Religion and Immigration Enforcement

At a Jan. 9 Concord vigil for Renee Nicole Good, New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Robert Hirschfeld warned clergy to "get their affairs in order" and prepare for a "new era of martyrdom" amid an ICE crackdown, explicitly invoking the example of Episcopal seminarian Jonathan Daniels. Daniels—praised by Martin Luther King Jr. for his 1965 civil‑rights work and killing—has been declared a martyr and saint by the Episcopal Church, with a feast day on Aug. 14 that commemorates his arrest during a peaceful protest.