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Sojourners helping churches respond to Trump admin. move to allow ICE raids in churches

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In an interview with CP earlier this month, Pastor Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, said he has “received multiple assurances and clarification regarding the motivation behind [Trump's policy].” It's part of an effort, he said, to target criminal illegal immigrants and ensure that “there is no safe space for criminals to be able to hide, including churches, hospitals and schools.”

“Under no circumstance in the past 250 years of American history has there ever been a moment where federal troops have come in guns blazing into a church. And it will not happen under the Trump administration,” he added. “I do not foresee any circumstance where [Immigrations and Customs Enforcement] agents in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies go guns a-blazing on a Sunday morning service.”

However, he cautioned that “if there are innocent people, innocent with the exception of coming in here illegally, [...] but they are in the vicinity, in the same room, the same house … with a group of people that are involved in crime, when the criminals get deported, there’s a good possibility, likewise, they will get deported.”


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