ACLU Supports Religious Rights

[Gregory Matthews]

For the following I thank Pam Dietrich writing in
Spectrum

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Lawsuit Claims U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Violated Religious-freedom Rights for Detainees, SDA Men Included. Detained immigrants from various faiths — Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, and Christians — have reported incidents in which Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have violated their religious-freedom rights. Despite the agency’s “Religious Sensitivity” policy, which directs officers and agents to “remain cognizant of an individual’s religious beliefs while accomplishing an enforcement action in a dignified and respectful manner,” officials have seized rosaries from Catholic immigrants. Immigrants have had their Bibles confiscated at the border, including Catholic and Seventh-day Adventist men represented in a lawsuit filed last year by the ACLU. One pork sandwich every eight hours for six straight days was the only food that Border Patrol provided to Adnan Asif Parveen, a Muslim immigrant who was detained in South Texas in January because his work permit had expired and was pending renewal. Parveen reportedly informed officials that his religion forbids him from eating pork. All he could eat were the slices of bread from the sandwich. In Victorville, California, Presbyterian, Catholic, Seventh-day Adventist, Sikh, Muslim, and Hindu immigrants detained at a federal prison were not allowed to attend worship services or participate in any group prayer or religious study. One immigrant was even admonished for singing hymns to himself in his cell. From ACLU.org, “Border Patrol and ICE Routinely Violate Immigrants’ Religious Rights.”

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GREGORY

thank  you  for  posting this article====it  is  sad  

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