See how faith leaders are turning moral conviction into real-world resistance—the piece shows how clergy and communities are confronting what the author calls a rise in authoritarian practices tied to ICE enforcement and why that matters for democracy today.

Masked agents are terrorizing our communities, kidnapping children, harassing nonviolent protestors and arresting civilians in order to consolidate authoritarian power in the United States. The shooting deaths of Keith Porter Jr., Renee Good, and Alex Pretti expose the heinous agenda of this administration to destroy democracy by installing a white supremacist “Christian” nationalist state.

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