When local police are after the same person as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, conflict can arise. It’s an issue likely to come up more often as ICE steps up arrests and deportations, and one that has come into the spotlight in Alexandria as a criminal case moves through the courts.
Inside St. Rita’s Catholic church, what’s known as a poor box and candle box are used to collect donations.
Patrons can drop cash into the boxes, which is sometimes wedged into church walls among the stones and cement. Those donations are then given to those who need help…