# @hyperallergic on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DSGSDuwEdEH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37787470-hyperallergic-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-10T21:33:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hyperallergic (@hyperallergic) — https://gondola.cc/hyperallergic

## Caption

This past Friday, December 5, the Archdiocese of Boston asked St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Massachusetts, to remove its nativity scene. The crèche features the shepherds and the Wise Men, but no Holy Family — no Jesus, Mary, or Joseph. In their place is a sign that reads: “ICE WAS HERE.” 

Trump-appointed Acting Director of ICE Todd Lyons denounced the scene as “abhorrent,” calling St. Susanna Parish’s pastor an “activist reverend.” But as the Trump administration continues its violent deportation campaign, anti-ICE nativity scenes are spreading. In Chicago, the Urban Village Church’s nativity features a sign that reads, “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.” 

Yet despite the condemnation of anti-ICE nativities, primarily by right-wing leaders, the campaign against Trump’s cruel immigration policies has seen support from the Catholic Church. 

To read the full story by Emma Cieslik (eocieslik), visit the link in bio.
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The Nativity scene at St. Susanna Parish displayed a sign that reads "ICE WAS HERE" on December 3, 2025. (photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) 

#Nativity #FuckICE #Christmas #Catholicism

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fuckice, catholicism, nativity, christmas

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