Holding candles and flowers, a crowd gathered around an Evanston church’s Nativity display, where the familiar figurines stood quietly in the snow.

But the Nativity display of Lake Street Church looked different this year, transformed to pay tribute to those targeted by President Donald Trump’s escalated deportation campaign.

Mary wears a gas mask. The baby Jesus is wrapped in an emergency reflective blanket, his hands zip-tied. A sign says Joseph “didn’t make it” because of immigration enforcement.

Behind them stand masked Roman centurions. Their vests read “ICE,” short for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and “BP” for Border Patrol.

Lake Street Church is among several churches around the Chicago area and country that have reimagined their Nativity displays in response to the

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