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Quaker Groups File Federal Lawsuit to Stop ICE Raids at Churches

According to Democracy Forward, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of a group of Quaker congregations that includes the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, this Trump administration policy “is already sowing fear within migrant-friendly congregations and has led to cancelations in worship services out of fear.”

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