About a dozen religious leaders from San Diego The area visited the Federal Immigration Court on Friday to serve as witnesses that “what descends” as some cases arising from Trump It is heard of the migrant regulation of the administration, said the organizer.
Some migrants were arrested in court federal immigration officers. Rev. Scott Santarosa, the Jesitching Priest who was led by the organizer of the group, said the purpose of the visit “more than everything just for providing some feelings for the presence.”
“People The longing of people faith to walk vulnerable migrants, “Santaros added, Pastor San Dieg’s Church of Our Lady of Guadalupa.” Our goal is not trying to prevent the arrest – but we can prevent arrests – but we can prevent the arrest. “
The visit was preceded by the mass in the Catholic Cathedral of San Diego with the Bishop Michael Pham, the most popular group of the group, and one of the first bishops to be appointed as Pontif – which offers prayers for refugees and migrants in the world. Pham itself is a refugee; He came to United States unaccompanied as a boy from Vietnam.
The idea for a court visits began during the diocular call for events for the World Refugee Day, next to each church that holds the masses to pray for migrants and refugees, Santaros said.
The priest said that he hopes that visiting the court helps migrant communities – newer recent arrivals and those without legal status in the country who lived in the area of San Diego.
“They feel like people just want to disappear,” Santaros said, adding that his wife told him, in Spanish, “Father, we feel like we were hunting.”
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