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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Amazing isn’t it?
Do it anyway. Dare the judge to do anything about it.
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To be honest with you, I think it is tacky to perform raids on churches.
Just as the dems would. Ignore and carry on.
All or none but not some
Will be overturned and hopefully fast, the US has no sanctuary laws for religious institutions, if they have a warrant or probable cause with a RAS they can enter, this ruling is flagrantly against executive authority and the constitution to execute the laws of the land.
I person cannot hide in a church to avoid the law.
I wonder what would happen if prolifers wanted for praying at abortion clinics hid in churches.
You are right. It is tacky.
So you would allow rapists and murderers to have safe haven just because a building is called a church.
A true church is not a building it is the body of believers and it is a moral perversion to allow evil to hide in such buildings as you seem to be inclined.
Strange that a judge with the last name Chuang doesn’t have the best interest of America at heart
Much better a rapist or murderer be protected than be tacky, do you people even hear yourselves?
I dislike church raids for several reasons. Firstly, it’s a church, and they are supposed to offer sanctuary to those in need. So that creates horrible optics of armed men grabbing people out of Sunday worship, and that kind of stuff loses us the midterm election.
That being said, if you let them take refuge anywhere, they will abuse that and the churches will be overflowing with refugees and that makes another untenable situation.
Did law enforcement raid the parking lot of the church that had an outdoor service during the covid lockdown?
You are right. It is tacky.
So is breaking the law.
Huh?
PDJT needs to declare a “state of emergency”,,,and designate illegal alien invaders as a existential threat to the citizens of the USA.
THAT JUDGE IS OUT OF HIS/HER LANE AND LOST IN EXTRA-CONSTITUTIONAL SPACE.
BAN THAT JUDGE FROM USING ALL U.S. GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, PROPERTIES, FORMS OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.
You are more worried about “being tacky” with a building called a church than you are with catching criminals, many of the worst sorts.
A building is just a building, people make a church. People are can be holy, not the bricks.
In other words, they want more butts in pews. Mo' money, mo' money, mo' money!
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