After 11 months in Durham church's sanctuary, man arrested by ICE

After 11 months in Durham church's sanctuary, man arrested by ICE


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Updated 13 minutes ago

By Sarah Krueger, WRAL reporter

MORRISVILLE, N.C. — A man who has been living in sanctuary in a Durham church for almost a year was arrested Friday morning after going to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement appointment.

Samuel Oliver-Bruno was seeking deferred deportation after living in the United States for more than 22 years.

Oliver-Bruno’s pastor, Cleve May, was inside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office with him and said plainclothes ICE agents tackled Oliver-Bruno to the ground.

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Last year, the City Well United Methodist Church offered Oliver-Bruno sanctuary, as ICE traditionally has not arrested people inside a church, hospital or school because of its sensitive location policy.

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Durham church offers sanctuary to man facing deportation

May said Friday that although Oliver-Bruno wasn't in the church at the time of his arrest, he should have still been considered in sanctuary because church members were with him.

Oliver-Bruno’s son, Daniel Oliver-Bruno, was arrested by a Wake County Sheriff’s deputy for allegedly assaulting an ICE agent.

Many people at the USCIS office began singing and praying and said they were willing to be arrested to protect Oliver-Bruno.

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Morrisville police told warned protesters surrounding a law enforcement vehicle that they could be arrested if they didn't move.

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ICE needs to start dragging these illegal aliens out of the churches.

Churches are NOT above the law.

Arrest whoever is in charge of that Church and serve time for HARBORING an illegal aliens.

Now fast track that illegal OFF our soil now.

No court! Stop this lawlessness!

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Protesters in Morrisville are clashing with officers after a man who has been living in a Durham church for the past 11 months was taken into custody today by ICE. WRAL Sarah Krueger will have a live report at noon. wral.com/18015326

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Arrest the protestors!

This has got to stop!

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Originally Posted by MW

May said Friday that although Oliver-Bruno wasn't in the church at the time of his arrest, he should have still been considered in sanctuary because church members were with him.

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This would be LOL if it wasn't so serious.

Does being in a church, school, or hospital protect a US citizen from an arrest?

Does not being in a church, school, or hospital, but surrounded by someone who has been, protect a US Citizen from an arrest?

Didn't think so, we are living in the land of the absurd.

I did an internet search for City Well United Methodist Church

From the Bio of one of the pastors
I am focused on the intersections of Womanist theology, racial reconciliation, and Wesleyan discipleship. I have been enamored with the ways in which God wants to use my background in politics and government to instruct understandings of social justice and community organizing.

From the Bio of Cleve May mentioned in the story

“Wouldn’t it be amazing to get to start a new church in downtown Durham?” Well, in the UMC system, we don’t get to “write our own ticket,” so this conversation remained a private one. However, this dream proved to be God-given in August of 2010, when I received a call from the office of New Faith Communities asking if we would consider planting a new congregation in Downtown Durham!
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hum---could it be New Faith Communities are planting churches with a certain goal?

These Churches need to lose their tax-exempt status.

Start paying up the billions in TAXES you own to pay for your BS!

They are run by men and women...no better...no worse than anybody else in this country and they are NOT above the law.

It is a big business pushing their NWO and political views down our throats!

Cut off the ONE BILLION of our taxpayer money facilitating their human trafficking bringing people here and dumping them on our backs to pay for.

YOU want to help the overbreeding poor? Pack YOUR suitcase, take your bank account and go help them on their soil.

Pursuant to ICE policy, enforcement actions are not to occur at or be focused on sensitive locations such as schools, places of worship, unless;

1. exigent circumstances exist;
2. other law enforcement actions have led officers to a sensitive location, or
3. prior approval is obtained from a designated supervisory official.

The policy is intended to guide ICE officers' and agents' actions when enforcing federal law at or focused on sensitive locations, to enhance public understanding and trust, and to ensure that people seeking to participate in activities or utilize services provided at any sensitive location are free to do so, without fear or hesitation.

https://www.ice.gov/ero/enforcement/sensitive-loc


What does ICE mean by the term “sensitive location”?

Locations treated as sensitive locations under ICE policy would include, but are not be limited to:

• Schools, such as known and licensed daycares, pre-schools and other early learning programs; primary schools; secondary schools; post-secondary schools up to and including colleges and universities; as well as scholastic or education-related activities or events, and school bus stops that are marked and/or known to the officer, during periods when school children are present at the stop;
• Medical treatment and health care facilities, such as hospitals, doctors’ offices, accredited health clinics, and emergent or urgent care facilities;
• Places of worship, such as churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples;
• Religious or civil ceremonies or observances, such as funerals and weddings; and
• During a public demonstration, such as a march, rally, or parade.

https://www.ice.gov/ero/enforcement/sensitive-loc