More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans 바카라 게임 웹사이트� ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists 바카라 게임 웹사이트� filed a federal court lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship.The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, contends that the new policy is spreading fear of raids, thus lowering attendance at worship services and other valuable church programs. The result, says the suit, infringes on the groups바카라 게임 웹사이트� religious freedom 바카라 게임 웹사이트� namely their ability to minister to migrants, including those in the United States illegally.바카라 게임 웹사이트�We have immigrants, refugees, people who are documented and undocumented,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said the Most Rev. Sean Rowe, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.바카라 게임 웹사이트�We cannot worship freely if some of us are living in fear,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he told The Associated Press. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�By joining this lawsuit, we바카라 게임 웹사이트�re seeking the ability to gather and fully practice our faith, to follow Jesus바카라 게임 웹사이트� command to love our neighbors as ourselves.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The new lawsuit echoes and expands on some of the arguments made in a similar lawsuit filed Jan. 27 by five Quaker congregations and later joined by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and a Sikh temple. It is currently pending in U.S. District Court in Maryland.There was no immediate Trump administration response to the new lawsuit, which names the Department of Homeland Security and its immigration enforcement agencies as defendants. However, a memorandum filed Friday by the Department of Justice, opposing the thrust of the Quaker lawsuit, outlined arguments that may also apply to the new lawsuit.In essence, the memo contended that the plaintiffs바카라 게임 웹사이트� request to block the new enforcement policy is based on speculation of hypothetical future harm 바카라 게임 웹사이트� and thus is insufficient grounds for issuing an injunction.The memo said that immigration enforcement affecting houses of worship had been permitted for decades, and the new policy announced in January simply said that field agents 바카라 게임 웹사이트� using 바카라 게임 웹사이트�common sense바카라 게임 웹사이트� and 바카라 게임 웹사이트�discretion바카라 게임 웹사이트� 바카라 게임 웹사이트� could now conduct such operations without pre-approval from a supervisor.One part of that memo might not apply to the new lawsuit, as it argued the Quakers and their fellow plaintiffs have no basis for seeking a nationwide injunction against the revised enforcement policy.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Any relief in this case should be tailored solely to the named plaintiffs,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said the DOJ memo, contending that any injunction should not apply to other religious organizations.The plaintiffs in the new lawsuit represent a vastly larger swath of American worshippers 바카라 게임 웹사이트� including more than 1 million followers of Reform Judaism, the estimated 1.5 million Episcopalians in 6,700 congregations nationwide, nearly 1.1 million members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and the estimated 1.5 million active members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church 바카라 게임 웹사이트� the country바카라 게임 웹사이트�s oldest predominantly Black denomination.Among the other plaintiffs are the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), with more than 3,000 congregations; the Church of the Brethren, with more than 780 congregations; the Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas, encompassing about 1,100 Hispanic Baptist churches; the Friends General Conference, an association of regional Quaker organizations; the Mennonite Church USA, with about 50,000 members; the Unitarian Universalist Association, with more than 1,000 congregations; the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, with more than 500 U.S. congregations; and regional branches of the United Methodist Church and the United Church of Christ.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The massive scale of the suit will be hard for them to ignore,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Kelsi Corkran, a lawyer with the Georgetown University Law Center바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection who is lead counsel for the lawsuit.Prior to the recent Trump administration change, Corkran said immigration agents generally needed a judicial warrant or other special authorization to conduct operations at houses of worship and other 바카라 게임 웹사이트�sensitive locations" such as schools and hospitals.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Now it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s go anywhere, any time,바카라 게임 웹사이트� she told the AP. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Now they have broad authority to swoop in 바카라 게임 웹사이트� they바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve made it very clear they바카라 게임 웹사이트�ll get every undocumented person.바카라 게임 웹사이트�She cited a recent incident in which a Honduran man was arrested outside his family바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Atlanta-area church while a service was being held inside.The lawsuit includes details from some of the plaintiffs as to how their operations might be affected. The Union for Reform Judaism and the Mennonites, among others, said many of their synagogues and churches host on-site foodbanks, meal programs, homeless shelters and other support services for undocumented people who might now be fearful of participating.One of the plaintiffs is the Latino Christian National Network, which seeks to bring together Latino leaders with different traditions and values to collaborate on pressing social issues. The network바카라 게임 웹사이트�s president is the Rev. Carlos Malavé, a pastor of two churches in Virginia, who described to the AP what network members are observing.바카라 게임 웹사이트�There is deep-seated fear and distrust of our government,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�People fear going to the store, they are avoiding going to church. ... The churches are increasingly doing online services because people fear for the well-being of their families and children.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which leads the nation's largest denomination, did not join the lawsuit, though it has criticized Trump's migration crackdown. On Tuesday, Pope Francis issued a major rebuke to the deportation plan, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and 바카라 게임 웹사이트�will end badly.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Many conservative faith leaders and legal experts across the U.S. do not share concerns about the new arrest policy.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Places of worship are for worship and are not sanctuaries for illegal activity or for harboring people engaged in illegal activity,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Mat Staver, founder of the conservative Christian legal organization Liberty Counsel.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Fugitives or criminals are not immune from the law merely because they enter a place of worship,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said via email. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�This is not a matter of religious freedom. There is no right to openly violate the law and disobey law enforcement.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Professor Cathleen Kaveny, who teaches in the theology department and law school at Boston College, questioned whether the plaintiffs would prevail with the religious freedom argument, but suggested the Trump administration might be unwise to disregard a traditional view of houses of worship as places of sanctuary for vulnerable people.바카라 게임 웹사이트�These buildings are different 바카라 게임 웹사이트� almost like embassies,바카라 게임 웹사이트� she said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I think of churches as belonging to an eternal country.바카라 게임 웹사이트�