But ICE officials lacked a search warrant. Community activists took Aguirre to Augustana Lutheran Church in Northeast ...

Kurt Kaufman, a ministerial associate, clasped the hands of his neighbors before leading a prayer circle at the First Baptist ...

Many of the legal questions surrounding sanctuary are bound up with the free exercise clause and separation of church and state issues. Until a case involving sanctuary makes its way to the ...

The Department of Homeland Security rescinded a directive that limited federal agents’ ability to conduct immigration ...

Churches took in refugees from battle-scarred Central America in the 1980s, a precursor to their current focus on ...

“Imagine we had Fox and CNN drawing attention to this place as a place where sanctuary is provided,” said the Highland Park pastor, fearing a person might target a church they see as ...

Trump’s executive order permits federal agents to arrest undocumented immigrants in formerly off-limit spaces such as ...

“The policy of the Catholic Church in the United States is that it’s right ... issued a statement reaffirming its position as a “sanctuary diocese,” which broadly means it opposes ...

A complaint in Washington, D.C., federal court — joined by 27 religious groups, including Baptist, Episcopalian, Evangelical, ...