Zip Tied Baby Jesus Featured In Evanston Church's Immigration-Themed Nativity Display

ICE Nativity scenes: Churches reimagine Christmas story amid deportations

(RNS) — 'We know that Jesus was born into a Roman imperial occupation, and pretty much immediately becomes a refugee in Egypt, has to flee and faces political violence,' the Rev. Michael Woolf said.

‘If Jesus were born in America now’: church’s nativity challenges ICE policy

Mother Mary in a gas mask, Baby Jesus zip-tied by ICE agents. A Chicago church’s nativity scene sparks debate by mirroring immigrant detention.

Zip Tied Baby Jesus Featured In Evanston Church's Immigration-Themed Nativity Display

The Nativity display makes a comparison between the classic Christmas scene and recent ICE enforcement in the region.

Churches spark backlash with ICE nativity scenes

Lake Street Church installed an immigration-themed Nativity scene in which the baby Jesus was depicted secured in zip ties.

Evanston Church has anti-ICE nativity scene

Church: “The Holy Family were refugees.”