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SacredGround: Houses of Worship Immigration Injunction Analyzer

9th Cir. Preliminary Injunction Active

1. Spatial Perimeter & Encounter Sandbox

Click map to position enforcement encounter
Simulate Preset:
Location: Church Parking Lot (Curtilage)
Distance to Altar: 95 ft
Buffer Protected: YES (Inside Injunction Radius)
Sanctuary Building
Protected Curtilage (School/Kitchen/Lot)
Injunction Ingress Buffer
Enforcement Encounter Vector
Public Thoroughfare / Municipal Transit Easement Parking & Ingress Parochial Hall / Food Ministry Education Center Sanctuary Nave Encounter Point

Unlawful Enforcement: Injunction & RFRA Violation

Targeted apprehension within the protected curtilage/buffer violates the active federal appellate injunction and triggers RFRA strict scrutiny without demonstrating a compelling governmental interest via least restrictive means.

2. Constitutional Doctrine Evaluation

Real-Time Legal Prong Evaluation
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) Substantial Burden Imposed

Enforcement actions and armed surveillance within worship grounds deter religious assembly, sacramental participation, and pastoral sanctuary, failing the strict scrutiny mandate of 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1.

Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita (2006); Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014)
First Amendment: Free Exercise Clause Chilling Effect Validated

Chills religious assembly and the sacred duty of hospitality. Targeting sacred spaces without a neutral law of general applicability fails constitutional muster under Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye.

Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (1993)
Fourth Amendment Curtilage & Reasonable Expectation Curtilage Protected Zone

Church parking areas, private community gardens, and connected service facilities constitute curtilage intimately linked to religious activity, requiring judicial warrants absent exigent circumstances.

Collins v. Virginia, 138 S. Ct. 1663 (2018); United States v. Dunn (1987)
APA & Protected Locations Doctrine Injunction Binding on DHS

Arbitrary and capricious rescission of DHS Guidelines for Enforcement Actions at or Focused on Sensitive Locations (2021 Mayorkas Memo) is preliminarily enjoined pending plenary judicial review.

DHS v. Regents of the University of California, 140 S. Ct. 1891 (2020)
Operational Legal Guidance: Federal agents staging on private house-of-worship curtilage or within the active injunction corridor are subject to civil contempt sanctions, Fourth Amendment suppression motions, and immediate emergency TRO enforcement.
August 2026 • Federal Appellate Ruling
Appellate Injunction on Sacred Space Enforcement
U.S. Court of Appeals affirms preliminary injunction barring federal immigration enforcement actions, surveillance staging, and targeted apprehensions near qualifying houses of worship and auxiliary faith properties.
2020 • U.S. Supreme Court
DHS v. Regents of Univ. of California
Enforces Administrative Procedure Act (APA) procedural constraints on agency policy reversals; agency rescissions of reliance-generating enforcement memos without rational justification violate 5 U.S.C. § 706.
2018 • U.S. Supreme Court
Collins v. Virginia (Curtilage Scope)
Confirms the Fourth Amendment protection extends to private driveways, parking alcoves, and adjacent spaces connected to private institutions, forbidding warrantless entry even under automobile exceptions.