ICE claims that it’s not carrying out sweeps. The
operations target specific individuals, according to the agency, and avoid
“sensitive areas” like places of worship. But ICE agents reportedly arrested
six homeless men on February 8 as they were leaving a church-run shelter in
Alexandria, a DC suburb in Virginia. Religious organizations are protesting the
arrests and asking for phone calls to ICE (888-351-4024), the Department of
Homeland Security (202-282-8000), and members of Congress (202-224-3121).
ICE Agents Arrest Men Leaving Fairfax County Church Shelter
By Julie Carey, NBC4 (Washington, DC)
February 15, 2017
Some are questioning the way Immigration and Customs
Enforcement officials are handling arrests in Fairfax County after at least two
men were arrested near a church shelter.
Oscar Ramirez said he had just left the hypothermia shelter
at Rising Hope Mission Church on Russell Road in the Alexandria section of
Fairfax County, Virginia, when about a dozen ICE agents surround him and other
Latino men.
"'Stop right there. Stop right there. Stop right there.
Stay by the wall, where we can see your hands,'" the agents said,
according to Ramirez.[…]
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Faith leaders protest ICE raid outside Church
By Peggy Fox, WUSA-9 (Washington, DC)
February 17, 2017
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA (WUSA9) - Faith leaders protested at ICE
offices in Fairfax County
infuriated over news of a raid outside a church in
Alexandria along the Route One corridor.
"[ICE has] no business arresting people en mass without
reasonable suspicion to think that they may have committed some kind violation
of the law," said Nicholas Marritz with the Legal Aid Justice Center.
A fewer dozen Faith leaders and legal advocates for
immigrants are demanding answers from the federal government about the ICE raid
that happened outside the Rising Hope United Methodist Mission Church on
February 8th.[...]
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URGENT ACTION from Interfaith Immigration Coalition
Call the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration
Customs Enforcement
Tell them to Stop ICE Raids and Respect Places of Worship
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently detained
six men coming out of the hypothermia shelter at Rising Hope Mission Church in
Alexandria, Virginia. Places of worship are considered a “sensitive location” by ICE, which means that it is not ICE policy to make arrests or
other enforcement actions at or near sensitive locations, such as houses of
worship, schools or hospitals. ICE’s arrests of individuals leaving the
church’s ministry of shelter clearly violates that policy.[...]
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