President Donald Trump’s administration just notched another courtroom victory—this time dealing a major blow to liberal legal activists trying to stop immigration enforcement at places of worship.
In a decision sure to shake the left and bolster the president’s agenda, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee, upheld the administration’s authority to carry out deportation operations in and around churches and synagogues. The ruling effectively shuts down a challenge from over two dozen religious groups who attempted to block ICE from operating in what they call “sensitive locations.”
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Their main argument? That immigration enforcement in churches scares off illegal aliens from attending services. But Judge Friedrich wasn’t buying it.
“That evidence suggests that congregants are staying home to avoid encountering ICE in their own neighborhoods, not because churches or synagogues are locations of elevated risk,” Friedrich wrote in her ruling.
Friedrich ruled that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate any direct harm or show ICE was deliberately targeting religious venues. Her decision adds more firepower to Trump’s renewed crackdown on illegal immigration—a signature issue in his second term.
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