Churches Promise Sanctuary From Migrant Sweeps [Los Angeles]

AP via KURV ^ | 07/14/2019 | JSalinas

[Olog-hai]

A dozen churches in the Los Angeles area have declared themselves sanctuaries for migrant families as the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is scheduled to begin.

Guillermo Torres, with Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, says more churches have become involved than ever before, which he attributes to a growing sense of indignation at the administration’s actions on immigration. […]

Many houses of worship in other cities and states have also declared themselves immigrant sanctuaries. …

[fieldmarshaldj]

These are not Christian churches.

[South Dakota]

Just set up outside and wait them out.

Lets see if the churches have the resources to play this game

[kiryandil]

I know “One Weird Rope Trick” that would leave Guillermo here gasping in astonishment...

[deek69]

I think it is about time to have churches pay something in taxes

[Reno89519]

Hopefully not our church.

[DeweyCA]

12 tiny extremely liberal churches in the Los Angeles area (which encompasses more than 12 million people). Not very impressive.

[AlaskaErik]

Time for these criminal enterprises to start paying taxes on all their income and real estate.

[llevrok]

courts. universities. public schools. media and entertainment. churches.....

All under liberal control.

[Steve_Seattle]

" . . . migrant families as the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is scheduled to begin."

Notice all the editorializing in just that one half-sentence:

1. It uses "migrant" instead of "illegal immigrant."

2. It emphasizes "families," even though the law applies to everyone, families and individuals.

3. It uses the word "crackdown" to describe the administration's enforcement of COURT ORDERS pertaining to people who had been legally processed and given hearings according to existing, bi-partisan LAW.

[Steve_Seattle]

12 churches out of how many in the LA area? - 500? 1000? 2000? - yet the article makes it sounds like a mass movement, the unified voice of the Christian churches.

[Kozak]

Ok. Acting politically in violation of law. Send them a tax bill.

[ronnie raygun]

Soros again

[HighSierra5]

Since they are churches then they must be holier than thou. Right? Wrong! To an agnostic a church is just a church and then they must be right all the time. Unless they’re against abortion. Then comes the gnashing of teeth.

[LouAvul]

No, they are not Christian. And that was apparent to anybody who ever bothered to actually read the Bible.

They are mere organizations begun by men, for men, of men. That's why you don't see them named in the New Testament.

And since they are comprised of rules fabricated by mere mortals, they can continue to make up the rules as they go along.

Matt 15:9: But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

[bgill]

Good. Then the church shouldn’t be opposed to housing 10 thousand of them. Remember, they need 3 hots, private suites and lots of well appointed working bathrooms.

[bgill]

They don’t have anywhere near the resources. The toilets will be over flowing within the first hour.

[GailA]

Just have ICE cut Utilities to them. See how long that last, no lights, no cooked food, no toilets, no baths, no AC.

[bgill]

Hot beer will send them outside swiftly.