When she isn’t in the pulpit, a 71-year-old pastor and grandmother is behind the wheel of her car, quietly criss-crossing New Orleans to follow and monitor Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity — and warn her community in real time.
“I have to act,” said the Rev. Jane Mauldin, a minister affiliated with the North Shore Unitarian Universalists in Lacombe, La., in an interview with MS NOW posted on Wednesday, Dec. 10. “I can’t sit at home with my puppy dogs and my hobbies because I believe our democracy is threatened.”
Described by the outlet as an “ICE verifier,” Mauldin belongs to Facebook and WhatsApp groups that spring into action whenever members report possible ICE or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) activity in the area…