ICE raid on churches, have they gone too far?

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Hobie

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It seems that there is a desire to hunt down people even as they go to church..
"Latino pastor speaks out against 'harmful' ICE raids at churches: 'Deeply concerned'

A Latino pastor said churches are fearful of mass deportations at services as President Donald Trump's administration rapidly cracks down on illegal immigration.

"We're called as pastors to serve all communities," Reverend Dr. Gabriel Salguero told Fox News Digital. "So we don't ask, as pastors, whether people are immigrants and what their status is. We don't have the bandwidth, and we're not Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. We're not police. But we're deeply concerned about how these policies are going to affect children in our Sunday schools and for families that are in our worship service."

Salguero is pastor of The Gathering Place in Orlando, Florida, and president of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition, (NaLEC), which represents thousands of Latino evangelical churches and faith leaders across the nation...

Trump has authorized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to roll back guidelines that restricted ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) enforcement at "sensitive" locations, like schools, churches and hospitals....

Salguero's group, NaLEC, has come out against these policy changes, calling them "harmful" and an attack on religious liberty.

The church coalition is supportive of Trump's actions to deport violent criminals, but also has concerns about other immigrants being targeted."

Have they gone to far in this hunt for immigrants, can we not find a better solution to this issue.
 

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What is a "harmful" ICE Raid?
ICE deports people in the U.S that are here illegally
Letting them remain has been causing more harm
to the citizens of this country in various ways.
 
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I don't know if this church still is doing this. But years ago a church I had to leave due to them going into the gay agenda....they had a room behind the choir loft where they apparently housed an illegal migrant. I can't recall if she had kids with her.

I thought it was peculiar. But then, they did a lot of peculiar things. I left, it was crazy.
 
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The church coalition is supportive of Trump's actions to deport violent criminals, but also has concerns about other immigrants being targeted."

Have they gone to far in this hunt for immigrants, can we not find a better solution to this issue.
The law does not allow one to migrant to America based on ones own accord. Deporting ALL illegal invaders is the best solution possible. Do not mistake priority (violent invaders) with rule of law (ALL illegal invaders).
 
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It seems that there is a desire to hunt down people even as they go to church..
"Latino pastor speaks out against 'harmful' ICE raids at churches: 'Deeply concerned'

A Latino pastor said churches are fearful of mass deportations at services as President Donald Trump's administration rapidly cracks down on illegal immigration.

"We're called as pastors to serve all communities," Reverend Dr. Gabriel Salguero told Fox News Digital. "So we don't ask, as pastors, whether people are immigrants and what their status is. We don't have the bandwidth, and we're not Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. We're not police. But we're deeply concerned about how these policies are going to affect children in our Sunday schools and for families that are in our worship service."

Salguero is pastor of The Gathering Place in Orlando, Florida, and president of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition, (NaLEC), which represents thousands of Latino evangelical churches and faith leaders across the nation...

Trump has authorized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to roll back guidelines that restricted ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) enforcement at "sensitive" locations, like schools, churches and hospitals....

Salguero's group, NaLEC, has come out against these policy changes, calling them "harmful" and an attack on religious liberty.

The church coalition is supportive of Trump's actions to deport violent criminals, but also has concerns about other immigrants being targeted."

Have they gone to far in this hunt for immigrants, can we not find a better solution to this issue.
What have the strong and the brave morphed into is my question
 

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Have you ever thought of opening your home and allowing anybody to come in and reside with you...without your invitation? Btw, you are also to provide everything for them to survive including healthcare.
Your reply Deb has sidestepped the question by not addressing it
 

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I don't know if this church still is doing this. But years ago a church I had to leave due to them going into the gay agenda....they had a room behind the choir loft where they apparently housed an illegal migrant. I can't recall if she had kids with her.

I thought it was peculiar. But then, they did a lot of peculiar things. I left, it was crazy.
What does ice raid mean?
 

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What does ice raid mean?

ICE means "immigration and customs enforcement". They are law enforcement and currently are especially looking for criminal illegal migrants. Biden's administration let in millions of illegal migrants loose in the country.

They are dangerous....murderers, sex offenders, drug smugglers and vicious gang members. When ICE finds the criminals, if people living with them are illegal, they are also deported.
 
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@Ritajanice I Don’t know if you have the sky news app but they are doing a podcast on Trump 100 days , On the podcast day 13 they discuss ICE. It gives a more balanced approach than just hearing one side.
 

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@Ritajanice I Don’t know if you have the sky news app but they are doing a podcast on Trump 100 days , On the podcast day 13 they discuss ICE. It gives a more balanced approach than just hearing one side.
I don’t have a tv license Rita...I can only stream Netflix and YouTube...
 

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ICE means "immigration and customs enforcement". They are law enforcement and currently are especially looking for criminal illegal migrants. Biden's administration let in millions of illegal migrants loose in the country.
Did he not have to answer to allowing that to happen?
They are dangerous....murderers, sex offenders, drug smugglers and vicious gang members. When ICE finds the criminals, if people living with them are illegal, they are also deported.
I don’t have a tv license, so in reality I haven’t a clue what’s going on....only when I get stuff coming up on YouTube..like that terrible airplane crash.