So announce the raid ahead of time, tell people where they can hide out. But then they can say they actually tried.
Via Fox News:
Dozens of churches say they will open their parishes and offer sanctuary to undocumented immigrants who could be the target of a series of raids early next year.
The announcement by the Sanctuary movement, a religious and political campaign started in 1980s to provide safe-haven for Central American refugees fleeing the region’s civil conflicts, comes as the Obama administration plans a series of nationwide raids on undocumented immigrants early in 2016.
The faith-based Sanctuary group said it was offering its houses of worship to any migrant seeking safe haven from the crackdown.
The Washington Post reported last week that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was planning a series of raids that would begin as soon as next month and would likely affect hundreds of immigrants who fled violence in Central America since the start of 2014.
In a statement last week, ICE spokeswoman Gillian Christensen would not comment on the Post story but said that as part of civil enforcement priorities announced by DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson in November 2014, the agency will focus on individuals “who pose a threat to national security, public safety and border security.” That group includes people who have been caught trying to enter the U.S. illegally and those who have been ordered removed from the country since January 2014.