Hope and anxiety at immigration Mass as presidential election nears
For years, Maria Tavares has attended the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ annual Mass for the immigrant community to show solidarity with fellow migrants and to pray for the passage of comprehensive immigration reform.
With the presidential election a few weeks away and immigration taking center stage in the national discourse, Tavares, who is originally from Mexico and attends St. Pancratius Church in Lakewood, hopes this is finally the year that happens.
“We come here to pray for there to be some sort of reform so that all those who have not had the chance to legalize their situation will soon be able to,” she said. “There is still so much to pray for.”