Faith Under Fire
A Pastor’s Legal Fight Against CBP Exposes a Reckless Surveillance Operation The Sun Was beginning to set as Kaji Dousa neared the border. It was two days into 2019, and the line she was about to cross separating San Diego and Tijuana was the site of a politicized battle over the arrival of thousands of asylum-seekers playing out on televisions screens around the world. Dousa, a prominent New York City pastor, was more than a month into her latest round of border ministry, providing religious services to mostly Central American families whom the president had cast as a national security threat and federal agents had tear-gassed the previous day. The Rev. Kaji Dousa poses for a portrait inside the Park Avenue Christian Church, where she is senior pastor, in New York City The work was tiring enough, but as Dousa made her way through the sprawling San Ysidro port of entry, a bundle of nerves sharpened her discomfort. It was her first time crossing back from Mexico alone...