Standing at the front of the First Presbyterian Church 1795 in Washington on Wednesday, Jaime Martinez, executive director of Frontline Dignity, scanned the group that sat in the pews. The gathering - about 45 people in all - included teachers, a business owner, retirees, a social worker, an ...
ICE continues to have a presence in the city of Washington. It’s difficult to know the scope of U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement operations in and around Washington - ICE isn’t required to notify police departments before it conducts operations and makes arrests, leaving its ...
On Sunday mornings, Octavio Nava used to celebrate Mass with his family at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church in Meadow Lands. But the pew where Nava, his wife and two children sat on Sundays is empty. Nava - a trusted member of the church community for years - was deported to ...
UPDATE: This story was updated on Nov. 8 to reflect confirmation of ICE raids. The recent ICE raids across the country and in Southwestern Pennsylvania, along with immigration enforcement agents in the city of Washington in recent weeks, have sparked fear among immigrants in the ...
A local Catholic church is rallying around the family of a Venezuelan immigrant and church member who was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and calling for his release. Jesus Teran was detained on July 8 after he went to the ICE Pittsburgh field office for a ...
CHARLEROI – Haitians and other immigrants living in Charleroi under humanitarian programs are facing an uncertain future, fearing deportation back to the unstable conditions they fled as the Trump administration ends legal pathways for them to stay in the United States. “I feel fear ...
