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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Amen, Amen and amen!!!
God bless you brother!
At a Walmart in the Bronx, African immigrants who had been regulars have stopped shopping. At a Sams Club just outside Boston, where most shoppers are of Haitian descent, roughly two-thirds have vanished. At multiple Costcos in the South, stores are considering locking doors once shopping begins.
Their common fear: That immigration agents will bust in and arrest shoppers in mid shopping.
and so it goes ... F ‘em ...
[actually, illegal aliens have almost completely disappeared in Front Range Colorado stores outside of Denver, for real]
Amen!
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