Summary
Reports on ICE’s tactical use of churches — both targeting churches providing sanctuary and operating near churches whose leaders have ICE connections — as a new enforcement dimension during Operation Metro Surge.
Key Points
- ICE began targeting or surveilling churches providing sanctuary to undocumented immigrants
- The Southern Baptist church whose pastor led the local ICE office became both a protest target and a federal interest point
- Churches that had historically been off-limits (under Obama-era sensitive locations policy) are no longer protected
Entities Mentioned
- Sanctuary Infrastructure — the concept under active federal challenge
- Operation Metro Surge — the operational context
Notes
Lightweight ingest. Key data point for the Sanctuary Infrastructure concept.