Open and joyful expressions of faith are being replaced by fear and isolation due to immigrant enforcement raids at American houses of worship, according to an amended lawsuit aimed at the Trump administration. The original action was filed last July…
What’s the status of ICE and ‘sensitive locations’? Confusing
A federal judge refused to block immigration actions near Minnesota schools while other courts consider Trump administration appeals to rulings in other lawsuits against raids at or near sensitive locations. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship alerted partner congregations this week that…
Second court rules sensitive locations out of bounds for raids
A federal court in Massachusetts has blocked a Trump administration policy that allowed immigration enforcement raids in sensitive locations such as churches, schools and hospitals. The ruling came Feb. 13 in New England Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, et…
Minnesota educators file suit against Trump administration
The Trump administration faces yet another lawsuit in connection with its policy allowing immigration enforcement operations at sensitive locations such as churches, hospitals and schools. A coalition of Minnesota educators and school districts filed federal litigation Feb. 4 to prevent…
‘This is domestic terror’: Shaken by ICE raids, pastors rethink ministries
When the Rev. Tanya Lopez talks about the day in June when she had to confront masked agents in her church parking lot, she focuses on the man they detained. As the pastor of Downey Memorial Christian Church near Los…
New lawsuit again seeks to block ICE raids at churches
The Alliance of Baptists and American Baptist Churches USA have joined a coalition of religious groups in a new lawsuit seeking to bar immigration enforcement actions in houses of worship. The federal action was filed July 28 by Democracy Forward…
Judge denies injunction against ICE raids sought by Fellowship Southwest and others
A federal judge has ruled against Fellowship Southwest, the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas and more than two dozen other plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the legality of immigration raids in churches and other sensitive locations. U.S. District Judge Dabney…