More than two dozen Christians and Jewish groups represent millions of Americans-which filed a case of reform of reform of the Epscopel Church and the Union, to reform the Mannitis and the Universal Universal, which led to the Trump administration to immigration to the Trump administration. The agents were further blocked to further the way. Arrests in worship houses.
The case filed in the US district court in Washington claims that the new policy is spreading fear of raids, thus attending worship services and other church programs. The case says the result is the result of violating the religious freedom of the groups.
Bishop, presiding over Epscopel Church, most rio. “We have immigrants, refugees, people who have documentary and non -documentary documents,” said Sean Rowe.
“If some of us are living in fear, we cannot worship freely,” he told the Associate Press. “By joining this litigation, we want the ability to collect our faith and to fully put into practice, follow Jesus’ order to love his neighbors.”
The new case on January 27 echoes and spreads some of the arguments filed in a similar case filed by five Quikar parties, and later joined the Co -operative Baptist Fellowship and a Sikh temple. It is currently pending in the US District Court in Maryland.
The Trump administration has not received an immediate response to the new legalization, in which homeland security and its immigration enforcement agencies have been named as defendants. However, a memorandum filed by the Justice Department on Friday, opposing the force of a Qicker case, presented the arguments that could also apply to the new litigation.
Recently. , Memo claimed that the request to stop the new implementation policy of the plaintiffs is based on speculation of fake future losses – and thus is an insufficient basis for issuing a stay order.
The memo states that the implementation of immigration has been allowed for decades to affect homes worship, and the new policy announced in January only stated that field agents-“general understanding” and “discretion” Using-can now perform such tasks without approval. Supervisor
A portion of this memo may not be applied to the new litigation, as it argued that Quakers and their fellow defendants have no basis for the acquisition of a nationwide order against a revised enforcement policy.
The DOJ Memo claimed that “in this case, any nominee should be in accordance with the defendants.”
The new legislature represents a large number of US worshipers – including more than one million followers of reform, which estimates 6,700 parties across the country that 6,700 parties I have been estimated. 1.5 million active members of the African Methodist Epscopal Church – the country’s oldest mainly dark difference.
The other plaintiffs include the Christian Church (the disciples of Christ), with more than 3,000 parties. The Church of the Brothers, with more than 780 parties. Converseian Battesta Hispana de Texas, which covers approximately 1,100 Spink Baptist churches. Friends General Conference, Association of Regional Cooker Organizations; Menunite Church USA, with about 50,000 members. The Universalist Association, which has more than a thousand parties. Conservative Judaism’s united synagogue, with more than 500 US parties. And regional branches of the United Methodist Church and the United Church of Christ.
“It would be difficult for them to ignore the case,” said George Town University Law Center’s Institute for Constitutional Advocate and Protection Lawyer, who is a central lawyer for legalization.
Prior to the recent change of the Trump administration, Korkran said immigration agents usually need judicial warrants or other special permission to work in synagogues and other “sensitive places” such as schools and hospitals.
He told the AP, “Now it goes anywhere, at any time.” “Now they have a great option to increase it – they have made it clear that they will find every non -documentary person.”
He cited a recent incident in which a Hondura person was arrested outside the Atlanta Area Church in his family when a service was being continued.
The litigation includes the details of some plaintiffs on how their work can be affected. The Union for Reform Judaism and Menunitis, among others, said that many of their synagogues and churches were hosted at site food, food programs, homeless shelters and other auxiliary services for non -documentary people. There are now fear of participating.
One of the plaintiffs is the Latin Christian National Network, which tries to combine Latino leaders with different traditions and values ​​to support social issues. Rio from two churches of Virginia President of this network. Carlos are Malvi, who told the AP what network members are witnessing.
He said, “There is fear and confidence in our government.” “People are afraid to go to the store, they are refusing to go to church. … Churches are fasting online because people are afraid of the welfare of their families and children.
The Catholic Bishops’ American Conference, which guides the country’s largest sect, did not take legal action, though it has criticized Trump’s crackdown on migration. On Tuesday, Pope Francis issued a huge repression on the deportation plan, and warned that people were completely deprived of their inherent dignity because of their illegal status and “will end badly. “”
Many conservative belief leaders and legal experts across the United States do not have concerns about the new arrest policy.
“The synagogues are for worship and are not a refuge to shelter those engaged in illegal activity or illegal activity,” said Matt Stever, founder of the Conservative Christian Legal Organization Liberty Councilor.
“Fuggling or criminals are not safe from the law simply because they enter the synagogue,” he said via email. “This is not a matter of religious freedom. There is no right to openly violate the law and to disobey law enforcement agencies.
Professor Kathleen Kavini, who teaches in the Department of Department and Law School at Boston College, questioned whether the plaintiffs would prevail with the argument of religious freedom, but advised the Trump administration to forbid the traditional ideology of shelters. It may be unreasonable to neglect as places. For weak people.
“These buildings are different – almost like embassies,” he said. “I think of churches that she’s from eternal country.”
