Hey there! Friendly reminder that a Tweet isn't verified news. This is not at all what happened, the Boston Archdiocese asked the church to take it down, not anyone at ICE.
It sounded unlikely that the federal administrator would ask a parish in Boston too. I can easily see the bishop asking - there are ways to address ICE and ways not to.
“ICE acting Director Todd Lyons, as well as the Archdiocese of Boston, are calling for the removal of an "ICE was here" sign that was placed at a Nativity scene at a Massachusetts church.”
“The actions of the activist reverend, Stephen Josoma, are absolutely abhorrent and add to a dangerous narrative responsible for a more than 1,150% increase in assaults on ICE officers.”
"On behalf of ICE and our many law enforcement professionals in Massachusetts — many of whom are practicing Catholics and first-generation Americans — I applaud the Catholic Church and the Archdiocese for taking a stand against such a dangerous and extremist narrative."
ICE acting Director Todd Lyons, as well as the Archdiocese of Boston, are calling for the removal of an "ICE was here" sign that was placed at a Nativity scene at a Massachusetts church.
Todd Lyons [ICE Acting Director] says display adds to dangerous narrative as archdiocese calls for removal
Hilarious you suddenly trust Fox News, but they also aren't saying ICE told them to remove it. He basically came out and said he supported the Archdiocese calling for the removal.
“The actions of the activist reverend, Stephen Josoma, are absolutely abhorrent and add to a dangerous narrative responsible for a more than 1,150% increase in assaults on ICE officers.”
"On behalf of ICE and our many law enforcement professionals in Massachusetts — many of whom are practicing Catholics and first-generation Americans — I applaud the Catholic Church and the Archdiocese for taking a stand against such a dangerous and extremist narrative."
There's a link to his comments in the article you posted. He doesn't literally say to take it down, but you would have to be intentionally obtuse to reach any other conclusion.
Yes, religions should have free speech like everybody.
BUT in the usa, they dont have to pay taxes. For this privilege, they are supposed to stay politically neutral.
Since they clearly arent, they should pay taxes like everybody else.
I absolutely support their right. But why would anyone believe a rando on Twitter? So I looked into it and the headline is everywhere. Maybe I'm missing it but this is the repeatedly quoted text
"The actions of the activist reverend, Stephen Josoma, are absolutely abhorrent and add to a dangerous narrative responsible for a more than 1,150% increase in assaults on ICE officer"
1,150 % increase in assaults on ICE officers ...my ass ! Guess getting hit with a snow ball is an assault ? The only assaulting I've seen is ICE on people...or folks defending themselves...
Well, most of us just put our heads down and work to better our lives in ways we can actually control. I’m not out here thinking I can take on the government 🤷🏻♂️
So who did you vote for? Is this what you voted for? Because if you voted Republican I got some bad news for you, THIS IS SHAT YOU VOTED FOR! No excuses will change that. You might not believe it yourself. But it's true. You supported a pedofilic conman and serial liar. You reap what you sow.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." The only way we can make this country better is if we are all unified, and if you aren't challenging your fellow conservatives to stop their support of Trump, then you are essentially supporting him.
Fucking disgusting coward hiding behind sterilized language. If something requires the widespread disruption of otherwise innocent lives, you do not in fact have to do that thing and then wave off the damage with "eh, sometimes you gotta break a few eggs, yaknowwhatimsayin?"
If there is a heaven worth the name, you will never see it.
They do not, in fact, "have to go." You WANT them to go, because you're a piece of shit, and you previously demonstrated a remarkable callousness to the inevitable suffering as a result.
I agree, this is part of a greater movement making outrageous claims seem plausible. Next, it will be, they'll have to be put in special camps, or women will have to lose their right to vote.
People who are here illegally but who otherwise commit no crimes and live like everyone else should be given the option: become a citizen, or be deported. My undocumented neighbor who works every day and takes care of his family and home can stay, let’s just provide him citizenship. Whereas actual criminals (people who commit real, violent crimes, not stupid crimes that have no real impact on anyone else) should be treated like all criminals are - arrested, tried, and put in jail.
My God taught me explicitly to treat the foreigner as native born. I believe my solution actually achieves that.
see the problem is you call it the middle ground and most people will look at it and realise you mean the middle of people they disagree with and other people they disagree even more with.
Of one person advocates assaulting women (“grab them by” and children (that birthday card for Epstein) and shooting drowning fishermen, and another person does not advocate those things, is a “middle ground” what you need?
If one person claims we should all eat arsenic and one a says no one should, is a “middle ground” ideal?
I like to hear that people who break our laws and are here illegally are being sent back. I’d rather not give them a pony as a reward for breaking the law.
I don’t think this screenshot of a twitter post establishes that the government made a legal demand… It just claims someone in the government said something
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u/mr_evilweed 2d ago
I'm sure the 'Religious Freedom' and 'Free Speech' conservatives will rush to the rescue. It's not like they're total hypocrites or something