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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Yep
Also apply the Jeffersonian tactic to these judges.
Bone head, a cordon also controls who and what goes in.
Yep such a great tactician, let them get close to cars they can use as weapons and run officers over instead of arresting them in the building where they do not have access to dangerous large equipment.
You are not as insightful as you think.
I say fine - you can check in anytime you want but you never leave
The churches will get tired keeping these wetbacks
I am.
Exactly.
that type of control does not exist. Grabbing them at the doorway is functionally no different and would literally be played out as the same as arresting in the church. The media would play it the same way, you gain no benefit PR wise.
Now let’s impeach and disbar him, shall we.
Correct!
Agreed 👍
“I Confess”, starring Montgomery Clift. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Then the churches shouldn’t be harboring illegals.
> I think it is tacky to perform raids on churches. <
Perhaps. But what about a raid on a soup kitchen? Or a raid on a picnic in the park?
Law enforcement must go where the leads take them.
Two quotes, I think, apply:
Margaret Thatcher - “This is no time to go wobbly.”
Larry the Cable Guy - “Get ‘er done!”
F him just do it.
Arrest the judge. Judges are not above the law.
“Did law enforcement raid the parking lot of the church that had an outdoor service during the covid lockdown?”
Yeah, I think you’re right and they told the preacher he was going to be arrested for not obeying the covid gestapo.
“A true church is not a building it is the body of believers”
Very true. The church is the Christians inside, not the building.
Is there any law or part of the Constitution the judge cites? Or is he just pulling the decision out of his derriere?
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