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Churches in Illinois and Massachusetts are reimagining Nativity scenes as protest art, depicting baby Jesus zip-tied and the Holy Family hidden from ICE raids.

Church leaders argue the displays illuminate refugee experiences their parishioners face daily, but archdioceses and critics call the scenes sacrilegious and politically inappropriate.

The controversy emerges as Trump administration immigration enforcement intensifies, with more than 2,000 arrests in the two states in September alone.

DEDHAM, Mass. — One baby Jesus lies in a manger in the snow, wrapped in a silver emergency blanket with his wrists zip-tied. Mary stands nearby outside the Lake Street Church in Evanston, Il

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