Broad Nature of Church ICE Raid Policy Questioned by Judge

A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy—easing limits on immigration enforcement actions at churches—is not narrowly tailored, a federal judge said at a Tuesday hearing, comparing the policy to a big, shapeless muumuu.

“Think of the metaphor of tailoring,” Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV said at a hearing Tuesday on ICE’s decision to granting supervisors authority to approve enforcement actions at sensitive locations like churches or schools. A religious coalition argues the policy intrudes on churchgoers’ constitutional rights. “How does this make it different from a big, shapeless muumuu as opposed to a tightly fitted suit.”

“What makes it narrowly ...