Some in the Austin area and around the country are being more cautious about their church attendance after a Trump administration directive issued earlier this year means spaces like schools and places of worship are no longer protected from agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection entering and making arrests.
Several Austin area churches are affiliated with organizations suing over that directive.
KUT’s Jennifer Stayton talked recently with The Reverend Natalie Webb of University Baptist Church and The Reverend Katheryn Barlow-Williams of Central Presbyterian Church about how that directive is impacting their congregations. The Reverend Barlow-Williams speaks first.