Article 710YN As Trump cracks down, faith groups step up for immigrants: ‘What has happened to our heart?’

As Trump cracks down, faith groups step up for immigrants: ‘What has happened to our heart?’

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Anita Snow in Tucson, Angela Kocherga and Alyda Mu
from US news | The Guardian on (#710YN)

Nuns, bishops and laity from California to Texas have created a network of help to uphold church teachings

Catholic parishioners rushed to deliver food boxes to immigrants too terrified to leave their homes in the California city of Coachella after federal immigration agents swept through Latino neighborhoods during the summer.

Just south of Arizona's border in Nogales, Mexico, Catholic nuns, laypeople and volunteers at the Kino Border Initiative, despite rising threats against aid workers, cook and serve two meals daily for immigrants who have been deported or lost their chances at US asylum in Donald Trump's crackdown.

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