A progressive Baptist church in Evanston, Ill., has received national recognition after using its annual Christmas Nativity scene to reflect harrowing scenes from Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the greater Chicago area. The Lake Street Church‘s politically-tinged holiday scenario shows Mary and Joseph wearing gas masks and standing up against a fence. They are looking at a baby Jesus, whose hands are zip-tied. The infant is also wrapped in an aluminum foil-looking blanket. Positioned behind the masked parents are Roman guards in wraparound sunglasses and tactical vests with “ICE” written on them. Since September, the Department of Homeland Security has been carrying out a large-scale immigration enforcement campaign in Chicago — dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz.” Agents have detained over 1,000 people in the process. Throughout the operation, federal agents have deployed tear gas in a busy neighborhood; arrested a local police officer whom they accuse of overstaying his visa; detained an alderperson checking in on a constituent, as well as a WGN producer who was simply walking to a bus stop; orchestrated a PIT …