LA Archbishop calls out growing ICE raids, activity: ‘It’s time we start talking again’
Jesus was an immigrant too, says Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez.
In his Angelus News weekly column to Catholics, the leader of the sprawling Catholic Archdiocese of L.A. took a hard stance against federal immigration enforcement, amid President Donald Trump’s ramped-up mass deportation plan.
“Here in Los Angeles, I have been deeply disturbed by the reports of federal agents detaining people in public places, apparently without showing warrants or evidence that those they are taking into custody are in the country illegally,” Gomez wrote on June 17. “These actions are causing panic in our parishes and communities… it is time that we start talking again and stop fighting in our streets.”