Nativity Display at Left-Wing Church Includes Zip-Tied Baby Jesus, Roman Soldiers as ICE Agents
Katherine Hamilton1 Dec 2025886
A left-wing church in Illinois put out a Nativity scene with a zip-tied baby Jesus, Roman soldiers depicted as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and Mary and Joseph wearing gas masks.
Lake Street Church of Evanston said in a post to Facebook last week that the display “reimagines the nativity as a scene of forced family separation, drawing direct parallels between the Holy Family’s refugee experience and contemporary immigration detention practices.”
“By placing the Christmas story (Christianity’s central narrative of refuge, sanctuary, and sacred family) within the visual language of immigration enforcement and detention, this work asks viewers to confront the disconnect between professed religious or moral values and immigration policies,” the church explains in its post.
“The emergency blanket references the actual materials used in detention facilities. The zip ties on the infant’s wrists directly reference the children who were zip-tied by agents during a raid on a Chicago apartment building earlier this year, where most residents were U.S. citizens: a stark reminder that enforcement terror does not discriminate by documentation status,” the post continues.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/01/nativity-display-at-left-wing-church-includes-zip-tied-baby-jesus-roman-soldiers-as-ice-agents/
