On February 24, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) sent a letter to all members of the U.S. Congress urging them to take action against ICE enforcement at churches. In the letter, Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, Oregon, and Bishop Brendan Cahill of Victoria, Texas, urged Congress to enact laws to ensure “respect for what are commonly referred to as sensitive locations, especially houses of worship, such that immigration enforcement efforts are avoided at or near these locations, absent exigent circumstances.”
But the letter failed to identify even one example in which ICE enforcement actions have taken place within a church or on church property. This is akin to the loaded question “Have you stopped beating your wife?” The facts are presupposed by the request. It seems U.S. bishops simply cannot stop their attacks on the Trump Administration and its legitimate efforts to enforce our immigration laws.