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4 days ago

The religious leader who symbolizes resistance to ICE in Minneapolis: What Trump had in mind was ethnic cleansing'

Pastor Sergio Amezcua's volunteer network in Minneapolis scaled to assist 28,000 families, distributing 100 tons of food weekly and providing monetary support.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

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

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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