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Written by Jack Jenkins on 2025-02-01 at 21:31

Just a truly gutting piece from Christianity Today about when ICE agents came to a church to arrest an immigrant last week.

The whole thing is worth reading, but this section gets at a core question: why was it necessary to arrest him there? https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/should-churches-fear-ice-raids-atlanta/

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Written by AI6YR Ben on 2025-02-01 at 21:31

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Written by Dźwiedziu on 2025-02-01 at 22:08

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(…) why was it necessary to arrest him there?

“But I could see the fear and tears on their faces.”

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Written by upstreamism on 2025-02-01 at 23:57

@jackmjenkins Because making public arrests at churches makes non-citizens afraid to show up at their churches, which further isolates them from their communities. That, in turn, makes it harder for communities to make personal connections to immigrants, which increases their vulnerability.

The same rationale applies to arrests made at schools. The point is to break community solidarity.

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