Trump Administration Says ICE Can Arrest Immigrants in Churches and Schools – San Diego Times
“Rev. K Karper, senior pastor of St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church in New York City, said he felt it was important several days ago to put up a sign informing ICE and Homeland Security they were not permitted inside the church. ‘It’s something that we’ve been involved with for a long time,’ he said. ‘It’s part of our religious mission to reach out and provide a place of safety to new arrivals and other people, regardless of their status.’
Given the administration’s policy change, Karper said his church will make it clear to officers that without a warrant, they don’t have any business on church property. ‘We’re a peaceful people. You know, what are we going to do?’ he asked. ‘But we’re going to make it clear to anybody who’s in the building, who feels threatened by this that they have rights, that they’re not required to answer questions, that they’re not required without a warrant to produce ID. You know, there’s still a rule of law in this country and we’re not Germany in the ’30s. We’re just not.'”
“‘I got my critical thinking back and started doing my own research, which I’m guilty of not doing back then because they gaslight you so much,’ Hemphill said. ‘It’s really weird when you come out of a cult. It’s like you look back and you go, what was I thinking?'”