A Call to Protect Sacred Space: Faith Leaders Urge Congress to Act on ICE Accountability
Dear Friend,
Our neighbors in Minneapolis – and in communities across the country – are living in fear, and they need our help. ICE is acting with impunity and Congress needs to hold them accountable. Take a moment to contact your elected officials and urge them to pass the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act into law and hold ICE accountable by withholding their funding.
Over the past year, ICE and the Trump administration have opened the door to immigration enforcement on church grounds, mass raids, guns being pointed at pastors, and the dehumanizing harassment of immigrant and refugee communities.
This pattern of impunity has ended lives, shattered families, and chilled community life, culminating in the deaths of more than 30 people in ICE custody, the shooting of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and the growing inability of our neighbors to live, gather, and worship without fear.
Congress has the power and responsibility to protect religious freedom by protecting communities. Use the simple form below to ask your members of Congress to 1) hold ICE accountable by withholding funding and 2) pass the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act to protect places of worship, health care facilities, schools, and childcare facilities from ICE enforcement.
And please consider joining a local group or starting your own.
Religious freedom is not just words on paper. It lives or dies in climates of fear, and preserving it now requires action.
In solidarity,
BJC (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)