From Reddit: Church food pantry asked my mother to prove her legal immigration status. (Carson, CA)

[tishaLA]

Mom called me crying and totally freaking out, and I'm at a loss for words ...

She went to the local food bank, and carried her driver's license and LA Food Bank Card as usual, however today one of the volunteers got upset because she didn't understand a question he asked and had to repeat himself . Adding insult to injury she answered in spanglish (she has a heavy accent as well), the guy then decided that she looked undocumented and asked to see her "green card".

She had been going to that food pantry for months, now she's scared and mortified. This is LA County, and that pantry belongs to an effing "Christian church ".

I'm angry, mortified, and afraid for her. Need to vent, need advice. Don't know what to do. Already told her not to go back there EVER!!! Also to be careful, since they see her info on file when they scanned her card.

It's terrifying out there.

https://www.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/1i8htl3/church_food_pantry_asked_my_mother_to_prove_her/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_term=1

We're so fucked.

[dalton99a]

1. Carson Hope Community Church

https://www.carsonhopecc.org/watch-live

[LonePirate]

2. The MAGA crew has people moving in droves to atheism. Jesus would be ashamed of what they do and say in his name.

[tishaLA]

5. I donno. I've heard that Jesus always asked for papers when he handed out

loaves of bread and fish. (do I need the /s? I hope not.)

[LoisB]

3. The volunteer should be the one to never go back and should never volunteer for

any duty designed to help others. What a jackass. On behalf of we sane Californians, I apologize to your mother for that nasty experience.

[Skittles]

4. these assholes call themselves CHRISTIAN and PRO-LIFE

but they behave like NAZIS

[B.See]

13. That's because, for all practical purposes,

Nazis are exactly what they ARE.

Their platform is DOMESTIC TERRORISM, and terrified is how they want us.

[Skittles]

14. yes, WE see that

why don't the people who VOTED for that fascist fuck see that? Or can it be that THEY APPROVE OF FASCISM? People like that NEVER see themselves as its victims, NEVER.

[B.See]

16. They don't won't see it for the same reasons

they never saw it.

1. They deny or deceive themselves that it's not happening to them or rationalize and justify why it 'must' (otherwise they'd have to admit they were lied to, duped, PLAYED).

2. They don't care if they're getting fkd so long as they imagine some demonized 'other' is getting fkd MORE.

They willingly GET owned just to 'own the libs.'

A decidedly and malignantly sick-fk mentality if ever there was one.

[33taw]

6. What is it about food? I always felt if someone needed food you give it to them.

If someone steals my food - they need it. If a child needs lunch -give it to them.

[Skittles]

15. THANK YOU

I FEEL THE SAME WAY, AND I AM AGNOSTIC.

[Norrrm]

7. Are they Trumpsters/political Christians or is it just the one volunteer?

[Dem2theMax]

8. Here is the phone number of Carson Hope Community Church.

[phone]

Here is something we can actually do. Call and ask them, 'what would Jesus do in this situation?'

A couple hundred, or a few thousand, phone calls ought to take care of this.

[LauraInLA]

9. A caveat: if you read through the whole thread, a poster claims they called the pastor, who apparently was nice,said he

was present during the exchange, and it was a miscommunication. It may be true or not, but I think we might not tar and feather them just yet.

[Roy Rolling]

10. Excellent Point

The Aesop’s fable “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” is soooo important now. Because the POS-POTUS is so wicked, we must be careful not to overreact. There are so many things to be upset about, I’m gonna be careful and was actually just thinking to give someone I was at odds with the benefit of the doubt like it was the 1967 summer of love.

I’m actually going crazy, and will wait for the call when crazy people are needed. That’s a resistance I can’t resist.

[tishaLA]

11. Thank you for that info. I admittedly didn't read all the posts

If you think it'd be better for me to delete this, I will.

[LauraInLA]

12. No, no, I'm glad you posted it! I have no idea if the person who said they spoke with the pastor was truthful!

It just reminded me that it’s important to take everything, online especially, with a grain of salt.