Faith Under Fear: Immigration enforcement empties pews at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Parish

Father Carlos Morales gives his weekly homily during the 8 a.m. Spanish-language mass on Sunday, February 8. Photo by Laura Garber
by Laura Garber Claudia sits in the back pew of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Parish every Sunday now, watching the door. Not for late arrivals, but for ICE agents.The 54-year-old parishioner — who asked that her last name not be used — carries a passport card everywhere she goes, despite being a U.S. citizen. During the height of last summer's immigration enforcement raids throughout Southern California, she took formal shifts as a door-watcher during mass, ready to lock the c
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