Nun Detention in McAllen Triggers Bipartisan Backlash on Immigration in Texas
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In McAllen, Texas, Sister Leticia Ugboaja, a Nigerian nurse heading to Sunday Mass, was briefly detained by ICE, her rosary confiscated and she was handcuffed before being released hours later after bipartisan pressure from Republicans and Democrats who argued she had deep local ties and no criminal record, highlighting nuanced views on immigration enforcement in the Rio Grande Valley.
- ICE’s arrest of nun heading to church fuels bipartisan backlash in South Texas The Washington Post
- ICE releases a Texas nun intercepted walking to church dressed in her habit CBS News
- ICE detains Texas-based religious sister on her way to Mass, releases her several hours later OSV News
- ‘Wildly disturbing’: Catholic Diocese of Brownsville releases statement after Valley nun detained by ICE ValleyCentral.com
- Catholic bishop seeks information on “wildly disturbing” ICE arrest of nun walking to South Texas church The Texas Tribune
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