Posted on 02/11/2025 11:47:27 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
At a mosque in the Bronx, African immigrants who had been regulars have stopped attending prayer services. At a church just outside Boston, where most congregants are of Haitian descent, roughly two-thirds of parishioners have vanished. At multiple Baptist congregations in the South, pastors are considering locking church doors once services begin.
Their common fear: That immigration agents will bust in and arrest congregants mid-prayer.
That’s because President Donald Trump recently gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement the go-ahead to conduct raids at houses of worship. That directive is now the target of two major lawsuits, the second of which was filed Tuesday morning. Plaintiffs in the suits include dozens of faith groups, from Pentecostals to Sikhs to Quakers to Jews, who believe the Trump administration is trampling their religious freedom.
This might seem ironic, given that Trump has signed multiple executive orders purporting to “reduce burdens on the free exercise of religion” and protect people of faith. In reality, he and his allies have launched an aggressive assault on religious liberty — or at least, the liberty to practice a religion that isn’t precisely their own.
The offensive began with attacks on specific faith leaders. Trump lashed out at the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, Episcopal bishop of Washington, for having the gall to ask him “to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.” Rep. Mike Collins (R-Georgia) even demanded that she be deported. (Budde was born in New Jersey, which, to be fair, can sometimes feel like a foreign country.)
Then, Vice President JD Vance accused the Catholic Church, without evidence, of improperly receiving “over $100 million to help resettle illegal immigrants.”
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There is a solution. They can leave.
Lol
Same Wash Poop that had no problem with blue states shutting down Churches and arresting Pastors when the scamdemic was going on.
President Trump has nothing to do with illegals fugitives deciding not to go to church
Great.
They can live in the sanctuary of the mosque, temple, or church. That is sacred ground.
Step on the sidewalk and it’s fair game.
They can leave on their own and save us the money
Go home and you can worship without fear.
That the Wash Poop choose to ignore the mountains of evidence against the Catholic Church presented to you does not mean the evidence does not exist
Refugee services
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) received millions in funding from government agencies for refugee-related services.
You know the illegals that you Alt Leftists lyingly refer to as “refugees”.
Not true, Trump advocates for religion. Just wait till you see who he and the Pope are going to appoint as Bishop of Gaza.
Catherine Rampell is among the most grating, and predictable DC scolds still employed at the dying Washington (com)Post.
And that’s saying something.
Worst of all, they actively participated in child trafficking by handing kids over to anybody who showed up.
To the left, Christianity is only cool when Brown people do it.
Absolute BS article. It in no way inhibits their religion. They still go to the grocery store, don’t they? What’s the difference? It “sounds” more terrible. Oh brother.
Since when has the Washington Post been concerned with religious liberty?
Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, so we are in a state of war, and the enemies are within, scattered across the country. The Traitors, as well, are scattered across the country, and many embedded in government, media, or NGOs.
He has designated the drug cartels and Tren de Aragua as terrorist groups. Aliens of other origins can just be illegal aliens. All of them are subject to arrest, deportation, or worse. The ultimate worse.
The commie Democrats, in spite of being so "highly educated", seem slow on the uptake. There is no nuance in what Trump has declared. They just pretend he didn't declare it, or that it doesn't matter. FAFO.
Same with our Deep State pizzants. FAFO. Go ahead and pretend, until you become an "example".
I wonder how many of the negative reviews and push to NOT watch the Sound of Freedom movie in 2023 were pushed and funded from USAID and the like?
It seemed really suspicious how much negativity was ginned up about this movie.
If you are here, legally, all of your rights will be protected. If not, well….
No sympathy here. My great grandparents, my grandparents, numerous other members of my extended family, and my wife all went through the process legally, and either became legal permanent residents or (in almost every case) citizens. This is exactly the same as dealing with the authorities for any other crime: if you don’t want the police to bother you, don’t speed, don’t drive drunk, and don’t rob a bank. Also, don’t enter the country illegally, trying to jump the line ahead of millions of other people, and expect to have a freaking red carpet rolled out for you.
The 1st Amendment does not provide protection from coming into the country illegally. Since this has constitutional overtones, WaPo has no interest or understanding of these ramifications.
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