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Faith leaders rally to support immigrants facing deportation in Southern California

Faith leaders, including Vazquez, have been observing court proceedings and distributing information about immigration enforcement this summer to support immigrants facing deportation.
Clergy assert that immigrants are mostly working individuals trying to protect their families.
The support program for asylum seekers began to respond to immigration enforcement and will continue until the end of the month.
Rev. Hung Nguyen stated, 'We’re not there to obstruct or prevent any arrest,' emphasizing their supportive role.

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Religious Leaders Rally in Support of Immigrants Facing Deportation in Southern California.

By DEEPA BHARATH SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Outside a Southern California immigration court, the Rev. Oona Casanova Vazquez sat next to a nervous Peruvian citizen waiting for a judge to call on him. She talked to him, smiled at him, and even offered him a mint. Vazquez, senior pastor of the South Bay Church of the Nazarene in Torrance, has spent Thursdays this summer with other faith leaders and church volunteers, observing court proceedings and p…

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California religious leaders launch effort to accompany immigrants to court amid Trump crackdown

SAN DIEGO — The message for the dozens of volunteers who would soon be supporting immigrants at their court hearings was clear. “We’re not there to obstruct or prevent any arrest,” said the Rev. Hung Nguyen, associate pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Logan Heights. “We’re there to accompany people.” The orientation meeting Monday was a precursor to the launch of The Faithful Accompaniment in Trust and Hope, or FAITH, a pilot program tha…

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