1. Oposición Legal y Religiosa a las Redadas.
Diversos grupos religiosos, incluyendo cristianos de varias denominaciones y comunidades judías, han iniciado acciones legales contra la administración Trump. Argumentan que permitir redadas de ICE en lugares de culto infringe su libertad religiosa, un derecho protegido por la Primera Enmienda, al impedirles ejercer su ministerio y acoger a inmigrantes.
- Churches sue trump admin. Over ice raids in houses of worship a group of churches, along with a nonprofit and an interfaith group, have filed a complaint against the trump administration over allowing immigration raids in houses of worship.
- 27 religious groups sue trump administration to protect houses of worship from immigration arrests the lawsuit contends that the new policy is spreading fear of raids, thus lowering attendance at worship services and other valuable church programs.
- New lawsuit goes after trump for immigrant raids at churches the new suit, filed on tuesday, has 27 institutions, from several christian sects to jewish groups, arguing that the raids are violating their religious freedom.
- Short version - the lord made all people equal and christians and jews are required to welcome immigrants so ice raids violate the first amendment rights of churches and synagogues to peaceably assemble and worship freely.
2. El Impacto del Miedo en las Congregaciones.
La política de redadas ha generado un clima de miedo que afecta directamente la vida de las congregaciones. La asistencia a los servicios religiosos y otros programas ha disminuido drásticamente, ya que los feligreses, especialmente en comunidades inmigrantes, temen ser arrestados mientras practican su fe.
- The new policy is spreading fear of raids, thus ing attendance at worship services other valuable church programs. The result, says the suit, infringes on the groups religious freedom.
- A friend of mine is a minister of a church with a significant hispanic population. No one was at church last week, too scared of ice raids.
- The church is telling catholics who fear ice that they dont need to attend mass. Trumps america. Where citizens cant freely practice their religion because of his gestapo raids in churches. Chilling.
- This is domestic terror shaken by ice raids, pastors rethink ministries the fear of raids has pushed some congregations back to pandemic-era worship strategies.
3. Acciones y Respuestas de la Comunidad de Fe.
Frente a la amenaza, numerosas iglesias y organizaciones religiosas no se han mantenido pasivas. Han organizado redes de respuesta rápida para proteger a los feligreses, han proporcionado información sobre derechos legales y han movilizado a sus líderes para denunciar públicamente las políticas consideradas inhumanas y contrarias a sus principios.
- A network of 5,00 churches is launching a rapid-response action plan to protect worshipers during ice raids.
- I go to a progressive church in la, and the pastors speak out against the ice raids and other inhumane policies every sunday. We have also given out know your rights information in different languages and planned what to do to protect people at our church.
- To not speak out is to be complicit la faith leaders mobilize amid ice raids since federal agents descended on the city, faith leaders have rallied congregants, protested and devoted resources to serve immigrants.
- Interfaith solidarity in opposition to trumps secret police.during the first sunday mass after the raids began in los angeles, members of a jewish synagogue stood guard outside a catholic church in boyle heights, a latino neighborhood, to look out for ice activity while parishioners were inside.
4. Fallos Judiciales y Batallas Legales.
La lucha legal ha tenido resultados significativos. En varios casos, jueces federales han intervenido para bloquear o limitar temporalmente las redadas de ICE en o cerca de lugares de culto, reconociendo el daño potencial a la libertad religiosa y la necesidad de proteger a los congregantes del miedo al arresto durante los servicios.
- Ice raids at churches have raised significant concerns about the violation of religious freedom, as a federal judge recently blocked immigration enforcement actions in or near places of worship.
- Judge blocks ice from no warrant raids on churchesfor now plus, how faith communities are ice-proofing their houses of worship.
- Breaking judge limits ice raids at churches, other houses of worship by britain eakin - law360 february 24, 2025, 1247 pm est a maryland federal judge has barred ice from conducting immigration enforcement operations at or near houses of worship.
- Federal judge pauses immigration raids in some houses of worship several quaker groups, a baptist denomination a sikh temple challenged the trump admins order allowing immigration agents to make arrests at churches.