Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! New Republic -- "ICE agents violently detain Black pastor on Christmas Eve"
ICE forcefully detain Pastor on Christmas Eve—even though he showed ID.
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Agents said they had to take him back to office and prove his legal status.
"He's a pastor! You're beating a pastor," witness yells.
"He's not a pastor in this country," agent quips.
"God will judge you,"… pic.twitter.com/lEhZ8NiHms
The New Republic reports on an ICE encounter on Christmas Eve. "ICE has had a particular disdain for clergymen. In September, they shot Chicago Reverend David Black, the senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, with a pepper ball right in the face while he was protesting at the Broadview ICE facility. And in August, Black pastor and Maine resident Michel Tshimankinda spent two weeks in jail after being detained by ICE."
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