In response to Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration and large imprisonment, law enforcement officials in New York and New Jersey have begun inspecting temple to find illegal immigrants.
Acting US Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamin Huffman resigned the Biden administration’s recommendations for the ICE and CBP police actions that prevent law enforcement in or near so-called” delicate” places time after Donald Trump sworn-in as leader.
These” sensitive” areas included places of worship like gurdwaras and churches.
” This activity gives the brave CBP and ICE employees the authority to impose our immigration laws and deport criminal aliens who have entered our country without being citizens, including murderers and rapists,” said the pair. Thieves will no longer be able to conceal from law enforcement in America’s churches and schools to prevent being detained. The department of homeland security stated in a speech that the Trump Administration does not tie the hands of our valiant law enforcement, but instead relies on them to use common sense.
The Biden-Harris management “abused the humanitarian pardon program to systematically permit 1.5 million immigrant arrivals into our nation.” This was all stopped on day one of the Trump Administration. The humanitarian pardon program’s unique goal, which was to examine migrants on a case-by-case basis, will be returned, it added.
Sikh communities in the US also expressed grave concern about the directive’s removal of the restrictions on” sensitive areas,” such as houses of worship, where immigration enforcement steps were originally restricted.
This troubling change in policy, according to the Sikh American Legal Defence and Education Fund ( SALDF), comes in response to community reports of DHS agents visiting gurdwaras in New York and New Jersey just days after the directive was put into effect.
The Department of Homeland Security’s decision to end privileges for sensitive areas and therefore pin places of worship like gurdwaras is greatly alarmed, it continued.
Sikh coalition said the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the DHS policy on “protected areas” ( which also included hospitals, schools, social service providers, and more ) opens the door to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) agents conducting surveillance, investigations, arrests, and raids at gurdwaras.”
The Hindu faith tradition holds against the notion that military law enforcement could elude government surveillance and raids on our gurdwaras without warrant. According to the Sikh Coalition, it will stress spiritual practice by limiting the capability of Sikhs to accumulate and form relationships with one another in accordance with our belief.
It also evokes a dark time in our social ram when governments hampered Sikhs ‘ freedom of expression, with disastrous effects, it said.
” If Sikhs-whether documented or undocumented-are concerned with congregation raids and surveillance, ghats may well be impacted by decreased presence, and thus an inability to carry out essential spiritual techniques in a meaningful way,” said Sikh Coalition.
