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Evangelicals backed Trump. Now pastors denounce his ICE crackdown hitting their churches.

Amid ICE arrests and detentions, attendance has dropped and churches have closed. 'You're deporting the future of American Christianity,' a Latino evangelical leader said.

Published April 3, 2026, 11:15 AM
Updated April 3, 2026, 11:28 AM3.9K
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Evangelicals backed Trump. Now pastors denounce his ICE crackdown hitting their churches.

Amid ICE arrests and detentions, attendance has dropped and churches have closed. "You're deporting the future of American Christianity," a Latino evangelical leader said.

Congregants at Sunday service.
 The congregation at Iglesia Jóvenes Cristianos in Brooklyn, N.Y., has been grappling with the immigration arrests of members, including a deacon who was the church's secretary for the past 18 years.   Guarionex Rodriguez Jr. for NBC News

Pastor Erick Salgado used to preach to his Brooklyn congregation that they shouldn’t fear immigration officers because “they are after criminals.”

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