Several Utah clergy members applaud a lawsuit filed by 27 religious organizations seeking to prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from entering religious spaces to search for undocumented immigrants. The decision by President Donald Trump to revoke a government regulation prohibiting immigration raids in sensitive locations like places of worship, hospitals, and schools, is condemned by religious leaders as a violation of the First Amendment right to religious freedom.
‘Todas las personas deben sentirse seguras cuando practican el culto’: el clero de Utah se opone a que ICE entre en los santuarios; la Iglesia SUD no se pronuncia sobre la demandaVarios clérigos de Utah aplaudieron una demanda presentada por 27 organizaciones religiosas esta semana con la esperanza de impedir que los agentes de inmigración entren en espacios religiosos para buscar inmigrantes indocumentados.
Que el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas “entre en un edificio y asuste a la gente”, dijo James, “está realmente mal”.se encuentran la Iglesia Episcopal, la Iglesia Presbiteriana , la Iglesia Metodista Africana Episcopal Sión, la Unión para el Judaísmo Reformista, la Sinagoga Unida del Judaísmo Conservador, la Iglesia Cristiana , la Asociación Unitaria Universalista, la Red Nacional Cristiana Latina y la Iglesia Menonita de EE. UU.
Cuando las fuerzas del orden “se centran en los fieles, hacen que toda la comunidad sea menos segura”, añadió Dobbins. “Los unitarios universalistas están comprometidos con la dignidad de todas las personas y se oponen enérgicamente a los ataques racializados contra nuestros vecinos indocumentados”.El reverendo Curtis Price, de la Primera Iglesia Bautista de Salt Lake City, dijo que sus feligreses estaban “conmocionados” por la nueva política de la administración.
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