‘The holy family is in hiding’: nativity scenes at US churches push back on ICE
Displays include handcuffed baby Jesus and Mary wearing a gas mask in wake of Trump’s immigration crackdownSatirical holiday displays mocking Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown, portraying the newborn Jesus and his parents, Mary and Joseph, as victims of heavy-handed tactics by the...
<p>Displays include handcuffed baby Jesus and Mary wearing a gas mask in wake of Trump’s immigration crackdown</p><p>Satirical holiday displays mocking <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>’s aggressive immigration crackdown, portraying the newborn Jesus and his parents, Mary and Joseph, as victims of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/12/border-agents-trump-immigration-crackdown">heavy-handed tactics</a> by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement">ICE</a>), have appeared across the US.</p><p>One striking retelling of the Christmas story, at Lake Street church in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/chicago">Chicago</a> suburb of Evanston, features baby Jesus lying in a manger in the snow – but wrapped in the kind of thin, foil blankets given out in emergencies and regularly as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/30/ice-hidden-detention-sites">bedding to ICE detainees</a>, and with his wrists zip-tied.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/12/church-jesus-nativity-scenes-mock-ice-trump">Continue reading...</a>
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