Released Texas Pastors Say Immigration Agents Threatened Family Separation
Faith leaders say the couple holds valid R-1 visas and was pressured to sign voluntary deportation papers after being taken to a Border Patrol center.
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Released Texas pastors say immigration agents threatened family separation
(RNS) — The Sunday worship service and press conference following the couple's detention revealed new details about alleged threats the couple faced from immigration agents to coerce them to sign voluntary departure papers.
ICE sparks fury for reportedly detaining pastors — then threatening to take their kids
Faith leaders are calling on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to immediately free a pair of pastors who advocates say were wrongfully detained by ICE agents in Texas on Thursday while traveling to a religious retreat.Pastor Nepthalí Zozaya Saucedo and his wife, pastor Cinthia Saraí Cardona Otero, were detained by federal immigration enforcers after arriving at McAllen International Airport.According to the couple and their church leaders, …
ICE agents arrested a couple of Mexican Christian pastors, who would have an American visa.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Service (ICE) detained Mexican pastors Nepthalí Zozaya Saucedo and Cinthia Saraí Cardona Otero in Texas, resulting in indications from religious organizations denouncing alleged pressure to sign voluntary exit documents. According to leaders of the Latino Christian National Network (LCNN), the couple was arrested as they moved from McAllen airport to a pastoral retreat organized by Billy Graham's Evangelist Assoc…
The Immigration and Customs Service (ICE) arrested a couple of Mexican Christian pastors with three American children as they went from McAllen Airport, Texas, on the border with Mexico, to a spiritual retreat, denounced religious organizations on Saturday. Migrant agents arrested Nepthali Zozaya Saucedo and his wife, Cinthia Saraí Cardona Otero, while traveling on Thursday to a pastoral retreat of Billy Graham's Evangelist Association, one of t…
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