State Terror Against the Church: ICE Assault on Minnesota Parish Exposes Neo-Church Collaboration
Catholic News Agency reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deported Francisco Paredes, a maintenance worker at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in Hopkins, Minnesota, on December 4, 2025, subsequently surveilling the church during Epiphany Mass. The article describes parishioners’ fear following this incident and the January 7, 2025 fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Renee Good by ICE agents nearby. “Father” Paul Haverstock lamented decreased Spanish Mass attendance and considered issuing dispensations, while Hopkins Mayor Patrick Hanlon criticized ICE’s tactics. This narrative exemplifies the neo-church’s surrender to secular power while feigning resistance.