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DenaliDemocrat

(1,749 posts)
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:24 PM 12 hrs ago

We lost our priest thanks to ICE

We are a small town parish in a part of the world still officially classified as the frontier (we have less than 1 person per square mile).

Priests are hard to come by out here. We are losing ours thanks to Trump’s immigration policies.

He’s not here illegally. He’s not a “bad dude”. He’s not trafficking drugs. He’s a Jesuit. Go figure.

He IS going back to (I’m not saying what country so I don’t unintentionally dox him), because of Trump.

Anyway, please repeat this story to every mouth breather MAGAT knuckledragger that says we are only deporting criminals. Father is NOT a criminal (but he does give homilies that are way too long😂 .

(Side note: if you want to take this thread as opportunity to Catholic-bash or Pope-bash, go fuck right off and start your own thread. This is mine and I don’t want to read that shit. This HURTS a community and it sucks).

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We lost our priest thanks to ICE (Original Post) DenaliDemocrat 12 hrs ago OP
Many, many good people are being driven out. Mister Ed 12 hrs ago #1
It's disgusting DenaliDemocrat 12 hrs ago #2

Mister Ed

(6,905 posts)
1. Many, many good people are being driven out.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:31 PM
12 hrs ago

I know some of them. Legal residents, stalwarts of their communities. But apparently not sufficiently pale...

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