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| A Church Group Surrounded ICE After It Arrested An Illegal Alien, 27 Left In Cuffs |
| 2018-11-27 |
| [Daily Caller] Police arrested 27 members of a North Carolina church for surrounding an Immigration and Customs Enforcement van and refusing to move after immigration officers arrested an illegal immigrant. Members of CityWell United Methodist Church in Durham accompanied illegal immigrant Samuel Oliver-Bruno, whom they protected from deportation for 11 months, to an appointment to be fingerprinted at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Morrisville, North Carolina. The group initially prayed for Oliver-Bruno and sang hymns in the parking lot, but turned frantic when they witnessed immigration officers arrest him. They surrounded the van into which officers placed Oliver-Bruno, refused to move after being told to disperse, and were arrested. "We told the police chief, ’We understand this is your job, but we need you to understand that as a matter of conviction we cannot move, and you will have to arrest us,'" Pastor Cleve May told The Washington Post. Congregants initiated a nearly 3-hour standoff with ICE officers to block Oliver-Bruno’s arrest. Officers attempted to disperse the crowd, explaining to the congregants that according to U.S. law, Oliver-Bruno had to be deported. "Listen up!" an assistant field officer shouted to the crowd. "The only way this is going to go down is this way: He’s been ordered removed from the United States. That’s it. I know the law, okay? So what we’re going to do now ‐ you’ve got to disperse." The congregants refused to move from the van, however, and instead continued chanting "Shame" at ICE officers and sang hymns. The agent eventually stepped away from the crowd while Oliver-Bruno and two other officers remained in the van. Police arrived and arrested 27 of the church congregants and booked them in Wake County Detention Center with Oliver-Bruno. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 If this had happened in California, the police would probably have arrested the ICE agents. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-11-27 12:08 |
| #5 ’We understand this is your job, but we need you to understand that as a matter of conviction we cannot move, and you will have to arrest us,' Sold. Add 25 years for RICO for defrauding the US government by aiding and abetting illegals. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-11-27 11:10 |
| #4 So does that mean those church members leave their doors unlocked and welcome anybody into their house to live in and maybe help themselves to a few things? |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2018-11-27 09:40 |
| #3 I thought Christian Charity was supposed to be voluntary. These lot are reaching into other people's pockets to virtue signal. Increased Rents, Suppressed Wages. Less infrastructure. Increased population density. More Crowded government services and smaller rations from government services are all costs the migration subsidisers impose on others. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-11-27 08:11 |
| #2 Massive idiots. I doubt they give as much support to a citizen crippled by a drunk driving illegal. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-11-27 06:52 |
| #1 ...Well, give 'em this: they had the strength of their convictions and they remained essentially peaceful. Still idiots, though. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-11-27 05:01 |