Posted on 02/24/2025 4:41:36 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump Administration from conducting ICE raids at some places of worship.
US District Judge Theodore Chuang, an Obama appointee, blocked ICE raids on the churches, which filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration.
ICE can still conduct raids at churches and places of worship that are not involved in the lawsuit.
Politico reported:
A federal judge in Maryland has blocked the Trump administration from conducting immigration enforcement actions — like raids and arrests — at a handful of churches, temples and other places of worship that sued over the new policy.
Unlike some of the nationwide restraining orders judges have issued against Trump administration policies in recent weeks, the order issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang applies only to the facilities used by a handful of Quaker, Baptist and Sikh denominations and congregations that sued last month.
The Trump administration removed limits the Biden administration had imposed on enforcement at “sensitive” sites such as churches, schools and hospitals. Chuang, an appointee of President Barack Obama, said in a 59-page opinion that the removal of those limits threatened the religious freedom of the groups seeking relief from the court.
“The substantial burden that the [Trump administration] policy is far from speculative and is already occurring,” wrote Chuang, who noted reports that congregations with large immigrant populations have drawn fewer attendees since the Trump directive was issued last month. “It is reasonable to expect that such enforcement actions will occur at Plaintiffs’ place of worship where DHS specifically stated in its press release announcing the 2025 policy that ‘criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest.’”
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Oh, so the cartel only need to get some churches started here in the states?
I wasn’t worrying about being tacky. I was being sarcastic.
Enjoy the rest of your evening.
Those are the churches that should be raided first.
The judge is creating law by making sanctuary building outside of our current legal system. The judge should be disbarred.
He literally has created law no where those churches are outside of warrants and probable cause searches.
“To be honest with you, I think it is tacky to perform raids on churches.”
You’re right. It’s fine if churches hide rapists, murderers, child molesters, and other assorted criminals. Jesus would so be down with that.
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Churches are not exempt from the law. hWen they harbor illegals, they are breaking the law. This sh-it for brains judge’s reasoning is just amazing — it might lower the number of parishioners that attend — really. Hardly a constitutional concept when done voluntarily.
Ahh, ok if it was sarcasm I apologize, and earlier posted literally believed it was tacky and you followed that, with no sarc tag.
Most boomers have no right in them, they are just a bunch of low-T, wrinkled-up socialists.
Such churches harboring illegals should have their tax exemption status revoked.
Ever hear of a cordon?
No entering or exiting.
This isn’t the wild west. There are no sanctuary cities, churches, schools, saloons....
They can just wait for the persons to leave the Church and grab them. It’s a bad look for the government.
Exactly! Cordon the place, no food allowed in. Catch them when they come out to the perimeter.
Yes and it is stupid, there are no special exemptions for a building called a church to allow criminals to avoid the law. Go live in Europe if you want that nonsense.
God lives in us not buildings, stop imputing some kind of sanctification on bricks and wood.
All your desire accomplishes is providing ways for horrible evil people to avoid accountability because you think the
That is moral cowardice being more worried about someone’s sensibilities than actually preventing evil.
Let these churches suffer the presence of many, many of these people.
Block them all in until they surrender and come out.
I bet the churches will be begging for help before they surrender.
Then there will be hostage situations etc.
These churches are lacking wisdom....probably heretic churches anyway.
I think the judge does have the bets interests of the Nation at heart. It is very bad practice to break the sanctity of a church. If a cordon is established around the church where no food is allowed to enter, the perps can be collected when they come out to the perimeter.
Don’t raid churches. Raid their parking lots as services let out. You can deport Jose and Maricella in their Sunday best!
Exactly!! So many here at FR are terrible tacticians.
Yep cordon it off as they just drag a 5 year old and 2 or 3 days later after they have raped and killed the criminal comes out hungry. So blind to what your moral ambiguity can end in.
Weak morals like weak leadership harms and kills innocents.
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