ICE Approach to Church Sanctuaries

Growing numbers of undocumented immigrants are seeking sanctuary in churches. As of now, they are not an ICE priority. Sophia Tareen reports for the Associated Press:

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have arrested illegal immigrants by the hundreds in raids at factories, restaurants, malls, farms and meat packing plants, but they have handled cases involving churches delicately.

“Our agency takes enforcement actions when we deem it appropriate,” said Julie Myers, assistant secretary of homeland security for ICE. “I am personally not aware of an instance when ICE has gone into a church. That being said, if there was a particular, extremely egregious, ax murderer or something else, that’s not to say we would not enforce the law at that time.” Click here for the full story.

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