In an email dated August 7, 2017, and sent at 12:41 p.m., the sheriff of Bristol County, Thomas Hodgson, had written,
“Stephen [Miller], thought you might like to see samples of cards I discovered in a holder at the back of St. Julie’s Church in Dartmouth, MA. While attending mass last Sunday, I noticed a holder on a table near the entrance marked, ‘ICE-Immigration’ and noticed the three stacks of colored cards. Trying to determine if this is an isolated situation or a common occurrence in other parish churches.”
The sheriff claims he reacted as a law enforcement professional when he saw the cards, explaining,
“I thought it was appropriate to make Washington aware when these things were happening. If these kinds of things are going on in churches, then we should be aware of it,”
“People should celebrate the fact that sheriffs in the U.S. have direct access to the President. Decisions are not being made in a vacuum. They are made with information from people who have boots on the ground,” Hodgson has said.
“If I saw it at a store or a community center, I would have done the same thing,” he said.
How many businesses, stores, community centers, churches, or individuals have been reported without their knowledge?
I may not be the most religious person, but, spying on churches?