‘People Will Likely Not Show up to Church’: Local Pastors on Edge as Immigration Crackdown Looms

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‘People will likely not show up to church’: Local pastors on edge as immigration crackdown looms

At Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on Rampart Street, Spanish-speaking parishioners have begun skipping services, according to members of the congregation.

Viral warnings of planned ICE raids on churches have pastors worried

(RNS) — On Tuesday (Nov. 18), the pastor of an 80-person Latino Pentecostal church got a concerning WhatsApp audio message. The message, allegedly created by an unidentified pastor, circulating among Atlanta-area evangelical faith leaders, claimed massive immigration raids would occur there on Thursday and Friday. Soon, church members were sending him messages asking what they should do about the potential raids. By that evening at their teachin…

Viral warnings of planned ICE raids on churches have pastors worried

(RNS) — Rumors and viral reports about potential ICE raids have immigrant church leaders worried about their congregations. DHS says it doesn’t have plans to raid churches — but won’t rule it out.