Quakers Sue to Block ICE Agents from Houses of Worship This Weekend
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- A group of Quaker meetings, represented by Democracy Forward, have filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security's plan to enable federal immigration enforcement officials to enter houses of worship for their immigration enforcement actions. Now, the plaintiffs are seeking emergency relief to pause ICE enforcement on all houses of worship across the country in advance of weekend services. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz discuss.
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Yes
all the churches, shelters, schools should sue
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*ALL* the churches, synagogues, mosques & temples should sue as one!!
Are the Southern Baptists going to sue themselves?
@@harveywabbit9541 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Many evangelical churches support him, he promises to let them impose a theocracy.
I'm so saddened, ashamed and horrified of this administration.
And UPSET! Rage!
Move to Mexico
What did you expect from a convicted criminal.
Y'all genocided Americans n have the audacity to attack Trump .....😮
So let's see He had his lawyer pay a stripper and he put down that the expense went under lawyer fees and that's what he's charged with so he correctly listed the fees where it should go under lawyer fees cuz the lawyer paid her and that's what you're using as a conviction for felony when everybody before Trump it was misdemeanors never before was it felony and now it's felonies and they had to have an underlying crime and for the first time in history they never approved one or even said one so see you're using something that is completely false and you're like a sheep or dumber than a bag of rocks If they did this to you you would be crying foul but because it's somebody that you hate personally you are willing to accept government misstep. That's what's crazy about you Democrats It's all fine and dandy if it's Trump but if it happens to American citizens American citizen start crying foul You have never done these actions before in the history of the United States but now that Trump's in office or Trump's running for president let's change these rules and let's get him convicted and a Democrat city with jurors that are all Democrat and that's exactly what they did. I studied the law for almost 10 years cuz I worked in law It is bizarre what they did to him with this conviction most professors are all professors will tell you what they did was done against the law Now you have all these Democrat professors that teach law saying this What does that tell you. So the next time law enforcement knocks on your door and charges you with something and you're not guilty of or it's a misdemeanor and they say well we're going to bump it up to a felony even though it's never been a felony Don't you cry about it.
@Iwalkalonebegood That isn't the law, and you didn't follow the case. You are repeating Trumpian WHINING like a good little mouth-breathing snowflake.
Trump was convicted on the DOCUMENTS he himself signed.
What didn't happen but should also have was prosecution for tax evasion because where he classified the payments were as a tax write-off business expense. There is no way that paying a woman to shut up about a sexual affair is a legitimate business expense.
@IwalkalonebegoodDonald tRump has been committing fraud for years… It was proven in a court of law. Convicted by a jury… but tRumpanzees (like you) minimize his crimes to one issue and I blame the media for your ignorance. They kept calling it a hush money trial… When in fact it was fraud and election interference by using and paying off a 3rd entity to try and bury the facts of the case
Know he used campaign finance money that is a big no no 🤡@Iwalkalonebegood
Thank you Quakers.
I am still wondering where the federal unions are and the national legal rights groups are. The quakers are the ones moving the fastest on this?
@@_PatrickOwe saw it coming.
The Quakers and Jesus are too "woke" for the MAGA folks.
@@dougofthewoodsdouglasb5505 They would deport Jesus.
Remove Musk from our Country. Start with him. Americans must worry about the lack of following rules, regulations, protocols and the norms.
DOGE savings idea - cut Space X ‘s government funding.
@@North_West1 you dont want fast internet?
@@North_West1 WOW< I love it, what a great idea!
@@North_West1100 % Agree !
Deport Elon
@@Rud37Hsd said _"you don't want fast internet?"_
The translucently thin-skinned musk is not needed for fast internet. All he is doing is polluting the night sky with his shoe boxes in space. There are plenty of other internet providers out there.
When the Quakers are suing you, you need to re- think your life purpose.
Agreed 100%. My Quaker ancestors went through this fight with the Fugitive Sl*ve Act of 1850. They did not risk their lives and livelihood to have to go through this AGAIN. we haven’t just fallen back a few decades. The government has fallen back socially and culturally by GENERATIONS.
Re: 47 & GOP, They don't have that Capability or Depth! Terror is their Point!
We are dealing with, Criminality here. ----- Psalms 10 & 27 & 46.
Nixon ?
@@robertsmith5744….” I am not a crook…. “
@@robertsmith5744yeah, Quakers aren't perfect. He really lost sight of the Testimonies.
The fact that the People of Peace have to sue the government is beyond sad 😢
STOP THE INSANITY!!
Muskie is AN ILLEGAL ALIEN, he was born in South Africa, and Never bothered to update his citizenship, GET HIM OUT !
Agreed, pacifists by creed and tradition. My quaker ancestors would be shaking their heads. They did not risk their lives to help free Africans from ownership for nothing. We aren’t just going back by decades, we are sliding back by GENERATIONS in social, legal, and cultural aspects of our history as a country. How messed up is it that COLONIAL JAMESTOWN was more accepting of a transgender than today’s government?
We were never as free as we were taught, but the facade has fallen. What’s next, declaring conservative Christianity is the nations legal religion? Taking away more rights of women? Outright ownership of people? Folks, this is endstage individualistic capitalism. The people on top just want to own everyone for their whim to line their pockets more. We are just puppets to them, and disposable.
@enuff-user We are witnessing blatant corruption at the highest level and a constitutional crisis is at hand!
The Religious Society of Friends is one of the historic Peace Churches, but not the only one.
The Brethren, Amish and Mennonites are not as politically active.
Thank you to the decent lawyers standing up for the people.
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The quakers are one of the few christian denominations that consistently find themselves on the right side of history. Others could learn from them tbh
I am related to a whole line of Quakers on my fathers side of the family. And they usually keep pretty good records. About who meets where etc. This is insane.
Agreed. Episcopalian, as well!
They are activists and always show up when civil rights are violated.
@@beckybailey940I am descended from members of William Penn's group. I admire them greatly.
@@AriesRising4444 Me too. A whole slew of them. My Grandparents and my father and his sister are mentioned in a genealogy book form NC. But it says they attended an Indiana meeting. It was Hinshaws genealogy.
Thank you, Quakers.
Amen…
Stand with the Quakers. This Resistance includes all Democracy loving patriots.
If we don't push back now, where does it end?
Death camps?
If the people don't push back, it will never end and will get worse.
Good for the Quakers!
Quakers are stubbornly Christian and independent. Their Meetings are where the community gathers and they all sit together in silence, until someone feels they have something to say. They stand up and say it, then they sit down again. It’s amazing.
Yes it is amazing. My mother's whole side of the family are all Quakers and I just love Quaker worship. They have been at the forefront of social justice long before it was a liberal or democratic thing to do. They just plain believe in treating people right, so bravo to them! What a world we live in…
I don't know about Quakers, but I know for sure that a lot, if not most of the Amish voted for the orange buffoon.
@ I don’t get that, unless it’s because they have neither the possibility nor the desire to follow the ‘English’ world (just means not Amish), so they were told or got the impression that DJT is a conservative, God-fearing man. Quakers and Amish are very different.
There was a large Republican push in the Amish comm to vote for trump. They voted for him in 2016 also. Don’t understand them voting for a man who is so evil.
@@nebtheweb8885well Trump does talk how America was great in 1790s…maybe that resonated with them. Crazy!
Its a terror campaign
Exactly
JE$U$ vs Jesus ?
It’s exactly what it is.
@@robertsmith5744 exactly
I agree.
"The Reign of Terror"
K-12 schools need to be protected to. Children need to fill safe in school
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They already aren't as a consequence of school shootings. Gun laws need to be introduced to protect all children in the US.
🙏💙❤️
Exactly,,,ICE should not be going into schools. How confusing and traumatizing for the children that men with guns come into their space to take children away. As is school shooters are not enough. How incredibly and intentionally cruel. A generation suffering from government induced childhood PTSD.
Thank you, Marc. Thank you, Paige. Really, thanks.
Go Quakers. ❤
It’s very hard to believe that we are talking about this
The Kings guard broke down doors of any religious gathering they wanted it to. That's why our forefathers rejected a King!
Trump is a tyrant!
Good for them!
Thank you Quakers for this righteous and bold action
Trump is cruel! He gets off on cruelty
He is a translucently thin-skinned narcissistic mo-ron. He only cares about his own well being. NOT the American people. He pretends to be a "Christian" but there is nothing christian about him. If the real Jesus were here, Trump, and his broligarcs friends, would all be tossed out on their ear because they are nothing more than money changers in the temple.
Trump isn't just cruel, he's a fascist and racist. He's also Convicted criminal. Remove him
He has help... I think his cruelest moves are coming from Stephen Miller... the guy is a ghoulish freak who gets off on inflicting pain on others.
Trump thinks, therefore he is?? NO, he TORMENTS, therefore he is. So sad for the rest of us, that he has no sense of self discipline.
And declares himself a Christian
When I lived in Baltimore in the 1980s I attended the Baltimore Friends Meeting. They were the most humble, giving, spiritual without dogma people I have ever encountered. They should be listened to.
Thank you, my great grandparents were both leaders in the church. I try to have the same mindset. It's amazing how much gratitude is humbling and good for you.
Good for the Quakers for taking action so quickly. Let's hope others follow suit. This administration is cruel, heartless and despicable. Shame on those people who are facilitating all this..... Republicans listen up.
The fact pointed out here is that this vile intrusion against a religious group is totally unnecessary in the first place! Thank you Marc and Paige. This is most definitely one of many shots across the bow. Keep asking yourself what else we can do to rescue ourselves from this oppression!! This is cruel and insane.
Go Society of Friends!
I grew up nextdoor to a Quaker gentleman and his family. He was such a mellow down to Earth man. I have some beautiful memories of this family. This is such a horrible thing to do to these people. They do not deserve such mistreatment. I hope and pray that they are given swift justice!! 🤦♀️🙏⚖️🇺🇲
Good for the quakers!!!
I....can't believe this is america...😢
It’s not! It’s Maga trash!
trunt**land
Keep the lawsuits coming!! so that is all they have time for
The Quakers ❤
Thank you to all those fighting for justice and freedom.
Great topic! Facts that would otherwise go unnoticed. Keep reminding Americans. Thanks
GOOOO Quakers! God bless all of you!🙏❤️
Thank you for keeping us informed 💙 🦋
Bravo Quakers. My birthright Quaker family, especially my fiesty Quaker grandmother, is so proud.
CALL THEM ALL OUT 📢📢📢
It's so dreadful but good for the Quakers! Good people with empathy and intelligence. ❤
These people aren't playing with a full deck. All they know is cruelty.
How is this about keeping America safe when people are dragged out of peaceful religious services or schools? The real threat to America is coming from those making these dangerous decisions.
Wow, just wow.
Imagine going to church etc and during services ICE bursts in and attacks and drags away anyone they don't like....
So much for religious freedom in america...
Never really thought I would side with religious institutions but...I hope the Quakers are successful.
To have ICE focus on schools, hospitals and places of worship sends a very clear message and fascist and inhumane are clearly what the Trump admin intends.
The White House has a telephone line.
The Quakers are some of the friendliest and most respectful group of people in our country. Trump would find their values to be antithetical to anything he could understand.
Kind of like his response to Bishop Budde?
@@vaunniethayer1484 Mango Mussolini, aka Agolf Twittler, is a translucently thin-skinned narcissist. He is EASILY offended. Musk is the same. Say anything to upset him, and he throws a tantrum on his X platform, just like his cult leader.
You didn't mention funeral homes, but they're reportedly on the list, too...Thank you, Marc and team, more than words can say....
Sure, arrest the dead. Trump has no clue.
Wake up America!!!!
Be woke. Say no to koolaid.
Happy Birthday to our American Champion! Enjoy your day Mark.
Take action now! Before it’s to late😢
Sanctuary!!!!!!
Thank you Marc & Paige.
We just have to keep engaging and fighting back to keep the Constitution strong, and our constitutional rights safe from the tyranny.
Best.
Makes Trump's selling BIBLES suspect.
How could a 'man of God' BE SO CRUEL?!?!
He’s a man of the devil and I don’t even believe in the devil. There is nothing godly about that man.
Donald is no man of faith - any faith - he only believes in himself -true narcissist -
Because he ISN'T a 'man of god'. He is a translucently thin-skinned narcissist. He thinks only of his own well being and his own interestists, NOT those of the American people. To his cult, he is The Orange Cheesus, but to me he is Agolf Twittler, or Mango Mussolini... A demagogue, an adjudicated r@pist, and a 34 x convicted felon. The Real Jesus would have thrown him and his brolagaurchs out on their intergluteal clefts for being nothing more than money changers.
Since the Bible is his "favorite book", it's interesting he didn't put his hand on the Bible when he was sworn into the presidency. Greater hipocracy has never been so obvious than in this mans behavior and statements.
Most Americans don’t buy the man of God lie.
THIS. Marc, can you please draw attention to some additional organizations that are helping protect immigrants against these raids so that we can volunteer and offer support to them? Literally no one seems to be speaking upfor them! Thanks!
EMC does just facts. Great YT channel. Talks about over-stimulation with social media. I didn't come up in the toxic cesspool of social media. I only message on YT and that's toxic enough for me thank you.
My stomach is in knots: The wife of my husband's co-worker was almost hysterical tonight. She is an RN at the hospital (Las Cruces, NM) & ICE showed up, checking to see if any personnel was illegal! She is originally from Puerto Rico, is here, but has a regular driver's license & not a real ID. This is a nightmare & feels almost unreal.😢
If she's from Puerto Rico, she is not an illegal immigrant. She is an American citizen!
My sister is a Quaker.
Check them out yourself!
As a Quaker, I’m so proud of my Meetings. And Quakers are VERY reluctant to sue….
Violation of a house of worship is wrong on any level. If someone enters the doors of a house of worship declares sanctuary they should be granted the sanctuary they are seeking.
Are ICE and DHS not carrying out unlawful orders and therefore subject to prosecutions
The Kings Guards do what the king wants!
They serve at his behest and his alone.
@@belladonnatook8851 Plus the orange buffoon and his cronies are firing most of the people that WOULD investigate such criminality. IGs have all been let go, so that Mango Mussolini can do what he wants. We no longer have three independent branches of government. Mango tells his AG what to do and who to go after. No ReTrumplican Corruptlican in Congress will stand up to the orange buffoon so he goes unchecked. So far, the only ones standing up to him within government, are a few judges. The others just stand by and let it happen. Mango should have been arrested the minute he broke his oath to the constitution on Jan 06, 2021. Again, this time around, he broke his oath to the Constitution on the first day he took office on Jan 20, 2025 by trying to cancel birthright which is in the constitution. The Orange Cheesus is a criminal, and an adjudicated r@pist who has no business being the president of anything. Send HIM to Guantanamo and lock him up for the remainder of his miserable life. With his wanting to end birthright, that would mean that Baron, and even his wife, should be deported.
Bless them
This sounds like something they have experienced in past. I am very proud of their standing up.
Great video! Thanks! Yikes… YIKES!!!
Thank you both from Sterling Heights Michigan
Bravo
I descend from a lot of Quakers. I was wondering when they were going to do something. There should be separation of church and state. Anti-abortion laws are a violation of church and state.
Thank you Marc
Thank you Paige
PLACES OF WORSHIP IS NO PLACE FOR ICE
Go Quackers.proud of this community.
Thank you Marc and Paige 💙
I believe trump was a convenient vessel for extreme right-wing leaders. trump doesn't think for himself. Flatter him, and he'll do the unthinkable.
I strongly agree. They know that if they put money in his hands he will do whatever.
Awesome.
Thank you Marc
One of the real "tells" will be how the Catholic Church responds in this case. On the one hand the most extreme branch of the Catholic church, Opus Dei, is deeply involved in Project 2025 and the "pro-life death cult" is extremely right wing, but the church has always pushed for separation of church and state to keep their privacy and independence. Talk about conflicting agendas!!! I would expect them to side with the Quakers on this issue but if they don't it will say a lot about how involved they are in this rebellion against our nation.
Well the pope was not happy with Trump.
True.
Completely agree with your statement. A large amount of Catholic’s voted for trump.
Revelation chapters 17 and 18 (especially - 17:16 and 18:23).
It’s all you need to know…
And it’s coming sooner than any of us think in a way we won’t be able to anticipate.
St. Thomas Aquinas, an early church father believed in strong borders for countries. The Catechism of the Catholic Church also states that the alien is to appreciate the resources granted him and TO DO HIS CIVIC DUTY in the country in which he is in. That means PAY TAXES. You can’t pay taxes if you do not have a social security number.
Where is the catholic church in all this?
Their history is not good in this area.
Complicit. Watch the documentary "Bad Faith".
The Catholic Church historically has been very powerful, yes. Wealthy, too.
They do not support this Admin.
But even if you're terrified don't fall into the arms of Project 25's church---that is their next step.
@@Lynnstorey-m7dI understand exactly your saying.
Opus Dei has a strong influence on project 2025.
God bless the Quakers.
William Penn is crying
No, he is proudly rejoicing!
Why would he cry?
@@jturtle5318 read about his life. Read about freedom of religion.
@@ahm7944 I'm familiar with Penn. I think he'd be organizing and forming committees. Nothing can happen without a committee.
As always great content.
Pure Depravity. No Shame. GOP is spineless! God Bless, the Quakers. --- Psalms 37 & 91.
Sweet
I’m really exhausted with Repube hypocrisy.
January has been a long year.
My best to you.
Why can't the American people have a class action lawsuit against the Trump Administration?
Hmmmm
He has the Extreame Court on his side, unfortunately. He has a judge down in Florida in his pocket, and probably many others. He has a ReTrumplican Corruptlican Maga mo-ron Congress on his side, and he has the House of Representatives on his side. By electing the convicted felon, who is also an adjudicated r@pist, the American people chose their fate.
They knowingly voted for a criminal to be president. Now, they will pay, unless people stand up to this translucently thin-skinned oligarch and fight against his autocratic dictatorship. He should have never been allowed to run, especially after being convicted 38 times as a felon. But the Extreme court sided with him. Shows you where their feeble and partisian minds are. Then they gave him immunity, so now he can pretty much do whatever he wants without the worry about being held accountable.
I think it's called "impeachment".
It seems inevitable, for the 3rd try.
Look up, where is the money and power going. Don't hate each other that is a diversion.
Yet the republican party is supposed to be the party of god and church
Yeah, right. Republicans aren’t the party of god and church, they were able to successfully convinced people Democrats are the party of evil
Wrong god.
Moloch.
@@billmccullough777 The ReTrumplican Corruptlican Party of Maga Mo-rons is a party of what is a special kind of titanically stupid nitwits who only serve their golden idol, their r@pist cult leader, Mango Mussolini... aka Agolf Twittler. Pure demagoguery.
Yeah right.
IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH
Too many ReTrumplican Corruptlicans in Congress for that to happen. They will defend their rapist cult leader no matter what he does. Most are afraid of getting their congress careers ended during primaries. They will never vote agains their criminal cult leader.
I need to visit the House of Friends closest to me and learn more about this storied sect! Quaker Oats and Richard Nixon are all most Americans know about it!!
There are two strands of Quakers in the US. Traditional Quakers and Evangelical Friends. The latter are not always as oriented towards social justice as one might hope. They're a mixed group.
For clarity: Nixon's mother came from a Quaker family.
There was nothing of the Quaker tradition in Richard Nixon.
@@terri241he attended Meeting for Worship.
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Willian Penn was Quaker. The state of Pennsylvania was literally named after him. One of my forebears came here with him as indentured servants and was allowed to work off their contract AND be given a plot of land. Penn’s dream was a Quaker colony. This antecedent of mine had a grist Mill and something of a post office aside one of the canals.
We know all the criminals are 8 years old and in schools....
I was already asked about my citizenship status at Urgent Care in Florida Monday, January 27, 2025! WTH?!?
Wow! But then again it’s Florida (no offense to you)
Sad I have many ancestors that was Quakers some end up in IN. and MO.
❤❤❤❤TRUMP & MAGA
The felon wants the people in Merica to be in a state of fear and anxiety. I lived with a person like the felon, it took years to get that person out of my life. Don’t back down from any bully.
Glad to see the REAL Christians taking a stand against Christian Nationalism 🩷
They’ve been raiding schools in Texas as well!
Quakers sue? The world is upside down.
It's pretty rare.
Health can't be affected, in fact dokters are tied by their hypocratic oath to treat regardless. I know in the US this oath is not taken serious but dokters should.
Excellent… please let something work to take of this fd up mess!!
I’m an atheist who ancestors came to America with William Penn. I appreciate the Quaker’s stance on enslaved people and their fight against DJT’s authoritarianism.
When a group, that are pacifists by creed and tradition, stand up to FIGHT you, shit is BAD. My quaker ancestors would be shaking their heads and rolling in their grave, They did not risk their lives to help free Africans from ownership for nothing. We aren’t just going back by decades, we are sliding back by GENERATIONS in social, legal, and cultural aspects of our history as a country. How messed up is it that COLONIAL JAMESTOWN was more accepting of a transgender than today’s government?
We were never as free as we were taught, but the facade has fallen. What’s next, declaring conservative Christianity is the nations legal religion? Taking away more rights of women? Outright ownership of people? Folks, this is endstage individualistic capitalism. The people on top just want to own everyone for their whim to line their pockets more. We are just puppets to them, and disposable.
Love the good Quaker’s people. Blessed be!