Hrndz
@gocal83.bsky.social
Father. Husband. Son of migrants. Pope Francis and Pope Leo fan. California native.
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The case appears to be an example of a tactic that the Trump administration has used to pressure undocumented immigrants to leave the United States by separating them from their families after they refuse to comply with deportation orders.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...
ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The case appears to be an example of a tactic that the Trump administration has used to pressure undocumented immigrants to leave the United States by separating them from their families after they refuse to comply with deportation orders.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...
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"I believe that all bullies are frightened children who deserve to be well, and whom God wants to deliver from the spiritual forces of evil that have overtaken them," says David Black, who was paper sprayed by ICE officers in September.
sojo.net/magazine/dec...
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‘All Bullies Are Frightened Children’
A pastor’s reflections after being shot at by ICE agents.
sojo.net
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"I believe that all bullies are frightened children who deserve to be well, and whom God wants to deliver from the spiritual forces of evil that have overtaken them," says David Black, who was paper sprayed by ICE officers in September.
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“She wasn't told why she was detained. She was shackled like some type of hardened criminal and deported to Honduras with no opportunity to have a court hearing or even talk to an attorney. If that isn’t unconstitutional, I don’t know what is." #PrayForAmerica www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Student describes ‘horror show’ ICE deportation to Honduras at Thanksgiving
Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston airport while on the way to see family in Austin for a surprise trip
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December 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“She wasn't told why she was detained. She was shackled like some type of hardened criminal and deported to Honduras with no opportunity to have a court hearing or even talk to an attorney. If that isn’t unconstitutional, I don’t know what is." #PrayForAmerica www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"[An 8-year old boy wrote as a poem], 'If you're Brown/you're going down/ICE is coming/whether you're naughty or nice,' and the pain that an 8-year old must have felt. And I thought, 'What are we producing in our children?' "
Via @camillobarone.bsky.social in NCR - After 900-mile trek, Chicago priest urges action and empathy on deportations. "We need to do more than talk. We are an immigrant church. We're a nation of immigrants.”
#Catholic #immigration #ICE #Trump
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#Catholic #immigration #ICE #Trump
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After 900-mile trek, Chicago priest urges action and empathy on deportations
"We need to do more than talk," Fr. Gary Graf said. "We need to engage people in conversation. We need to step into the middle. We need to mediate in a sense."
www.ncronline.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"[An 8-year old boy wrote as a poem], 'If you're Brown/you're going down/ICE is coming/whether you're naughty or nice,' and the pain that an 8-year old must have felt. And I thought, 'What are we producing in our children?' "
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I am a former immigration caseworker for Catholic Charities and its immigration resettlement programs.
I think it's interesting to see how many Americans barely know what citizenship, permanent residence, and legal immigration status are.
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I think it's interesting to see how many Americans barely know what citizenship, permanent residence, and legal immigration status are.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I am a former immigration caseworker for Catholic Charities and its immigration resettlement programs.
I think it's interesting to see how many Americans barely know what citizenship, permanent residence, and legal immigration status are.
1/8
I think it's interesting to see how many Americans barely know what citizenship, permanent residence, and legal immigration status are.
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“The key to fighting evil—in our world or the Upside Down—is to do so in community. Alone, resistance is impossible; together, we can fight the toughest battles.”
Anyone else feel like this season of #StrangerThings hits different? An out of control military abducting/targeting kids? Hard not to see it as a modern day parable. Check out my article about it at @sojo.net sojo.net/articles/cul...
Amid Immigration Cruelty, ‘Stranger Things’ Feels Like a Modern-Day Parable
As a pastor in Chicago, watching federal agents sow mistrust and harm children no longer seems like a sci-fi nostalgia trip.
sojo.net
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“The key to fighting evil—in our world or the Upside Down—is to do so in community. Alone, resistance is impossible; together, we can fight the toughest battles.”
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“Worst of the worst”
A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a court order, according to her attorney.
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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College freshman, flying home for Thanksgiving surprise, is instead deported despite court order
A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was deported to Honduras in violation of a court order.
www.latimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“Worst of the worst”
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"In fact, in fighting for the world they want and practicing radical solidarity, the kids in Hawkins, Indiana, teach us exactly the lesson we need for right now."
sojo.net/articles/cul...
sojo.net/articles/cul...
Amid Immigration Cruelty, ‘Stranger Things’ Feels Like a Modern-Day Parable
As a pastor in Chicago, watching federal agents sow mistrust and harm children no longer seems like a sci-fi nostalgia trip,
sojo.net
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"In fact, in fighting for the world they want and practicing radical solidarity, the kids in Hawkins, Indiana, teach us exactly the lesson we need for right now."
sojo.net/articles/cul...
sojo.net/articles/cul...
“The typical taxpayer does not understand how expensive [deportation] is, how inefficient this is and also how inhumane it is…I think the misnomer is that we’ll put them on a Greyhound bus and drive them across the border to Mexico. But there are all these very expensive costs.”
Here’s What It Can Cost to Detain and Deport Just One Person
After one man was sent to multiple detention centers across the country and spent over 4 months in custody, his journey shows deportation under the Trump administration is anything but straightforward...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“The typical taxpayer does not understand how expensive [deportation] is, how inefficient this is and also how inhumane it is…I think the misnomer is that we’ll put them on a Greyhound bus and drive them across the border to Mexico. But there are all these very expensive costs.”
“Prayers are welcome, but prayer alone will not close Broadview’s ICE processing facility. It will take action and clarity of purpose. It will take more people being willing to get involved and follow the lead of my fellow protesters.”
"In the past 2.5 months, while protesting at Broadview, I have experienced more violence from ICE and Illinois State Police than I have hitherto experienced over my entire lifetime," writes Michael Woolf.
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I Was Arrested Outside of an ICE Facility We Need to Shut Down
Violence is never the answer for Christians, and violence against our righteous protests cannot stop us.
sojo.net
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“Prayers are welcome, but prayer alone will not close Broadview’s ICE processing facility. It will take action and clarity of purpose. It will take more people being willing to get involved and follow the lead of my fellow protesters.”
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Church teaching is clear on the duties of immigrants regarding the how and why of immigration.
Here's the thing: a lack of documentation does not diminish an immigrant's human dignity. In fact, a lack of documentation and the accompanying vulnerability increases our need to protect their dignity.
Here's the thing: a lack of documentation does not diminish an immigrant's human dignity. In fact, a lack of documentation and the accompanying vulnerability increases our need to protect their dignity.
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Church teaching is clear on the duties of immigrants regarding the how and why of immigration.
Here's the thing: a lack of documentation does not diminish an immigrant's human dignity. In fact, a lack of documentation and the accompanying vulnerability increases our need to protect their dignity.
Here's the thing: a lack of documentation does not diminish an immigrant's human dignity. In fact, a lack of documentation and the accompanying vulnerability increases our need to protect their dignity.
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“It’s denial of food, it’s unsanitary conditions, and the people who are detained there are detained without any spiritual care whatsoever.” #PrayForAmerica www.ms.now/top-stories/...
Chicago pastor sounds alarm after brutal ICE arrest: U.S. is facing a ‘crisis of morality’
Michael Woolf told MS NOW that “people of conscience” must speak out against Trump’s immigration crackdown, which he called an “emergency.”
www.ms.now
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
“It’s denial of food, it’s unsanitary conditions, and the people who are detained there are detained without any spiritual care whatsoever.” #PrayForAmerica www.ms.now/top-stories/...
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At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a... @jackjenkins.me
At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest
(RNS) — 'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.
religionnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a... @jackjenkins.me
@gustavoarellano.bsky.social: “May Catholics remind their fellow Americans anew of how powerful and righteous standing up for the stranger is.”
Commentary: Catholic Church puts foot down on Trump’s mass deportation policy. That’s a start
When millions of European immigrants came to the United States in the 19th century only to be scorned by mainstream society, it was the Catholic Church that embraced them, taught that keeping the cust...
www.latimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
@gustavoarellano.bsky.social: “May Catholics remind their fellow Americans anew of how powerful and righteous standing up for the stranger is.”
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Echoes of Eugene Debs. "You may be a convict, but... There is more to the real religion of Jesus Christ in the spirit you breathe out to the world from behind your cruel prison bars than in all of the orthodox sermons ever preached."
Idk this Minister's exact politics but this is real shit.
Idk this Minister's exact politics but this is real shit.
November 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Echoes of Eugene Debs. "You may be a convict, but... There is more to the real religion of Jesus Christ in the spirit you breathe out to the world from behind your cruel prison bars than in all of the orthodox sermons ever preached."
Idk this Minister's exact politics but this is real shit.
Idk this Minister's exact politics but this is real shit.
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Note: The pastor being thrown to the ground and arrested here while protesting outside an ICE facility here — who police single out — appears to be Rev. Michael Woolf, a Baptist pastor (he’s ordained by both American Baptist Churches USA and Alliance of Baptists).
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Note: The pastor being thrown to the ground and arrested here while protesting outside an ICE facility here — who police single out — appears to be Rev. Michael Woolf, a Baptist pastor (he’s ordained by both American Baptist Churches USA and Alliance of Baptists).
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"When power decides who is allowed to stay and who is ordered to disappear, Jesus is crucified once again at the margins." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...
The Gospel from exile: A deported migrant's story
For more than 30 years, Yolanda Chávez made her home in Los Angeles, where she formed her family and discovered her vocation as a theologian. But one day, the country that had been her home closed its...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"When power decides who is allowed to stay and who is ordered to disappear, Jesus is crucified once again at the margins." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...
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The #promise of #America isn't #hate, #power, #patriarchy or "justice" serving corporations & oligarchs, but #justice that serves the poor, & a godlike #caring heart, as #Jesus taught: "Be you #compassionate as your Father in heaven is compassionate." #mercy #courage #truthtopower bit.ly/3Tz8mQW
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The #promise of #America isn't #hate, #power, #patriarchy or "justice" serving corporations & oligarchs, but #justice that serves the poor, & a godlike #caring heart, as #Jesus taught: "Be you #compassionate as your Father in heaven is compassionate." #mercy #courage #truthtopower bit.ly/3Tz8mQW
“Where did we go wrong?
When did the notion that we should protect our borders and regulate immigration devolve into a determination to unleash anonymous masked agents pulling people from cars, and to publicly celebrate the creation of true hellholes like the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility?”
When did the notion that we should protect our borders and regulate immigration devolve into a determination to unleash anonymous masked agents pulling people from cars, and to publicly celebrate the creation of true hellholes like the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility?”
The editors: Safe borders do not require terror tactics from ICE
When did the notion that we should protect our borders and regulate immigration devolve into a determination to unleash anonymous masked agents pulling people from cars, and to publicly celebrate the ...
www.americamagazine.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“Where did we go wrong?
When did the notion that we should protect our borders and regulate immigration devolve into a determination to unleash anonymous masked agents pulling people from cars, and to publicly celebrate the creation of true hellholes like the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility?”
When did the notion that we should protect our borders and regulate immigration devolve into a determination to unleash anonymous masked agents pulling people from cars, and to publicly celebrate the creation of true hellholes like the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility?”
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NCR Editorial - What is American Catholicism in this moment of political crisis? “What we are witnessing is clearly contradictory not only to the heart of the Christian Gospel, but to the essence of other world religions as well.”
#Trump #Catholic #ICE
www.ncronline.org/opinion/what...
#Trump #Catholic #ICE
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What is American Catholicism in this moment of political crisis?
U.S. bishops have spent untold millions to influence national politics on abortion, but their response to real terror in our streets and government-driven deprivation of basic needs has been embarrass...
www.ncronline.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
NCR Editorial - What is American Catholicism in this moment of political crisis? “What we are witnessing is clearly contradictory not only to the heart of the Christian Gospel, but to the essence of other world religions as well.”
#Trump #Catholic #ICE
www.ncronline.org/opinion/what...
#Trump #Catholic #ICE
www.ncronline.org/opinion/what...
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The bishops should not be "discussing immigration enforcement." They should be proclaiming the gospel which, on this issue, is clear and unequivocal. #LiveTheGospel #WelcomeTheStranger #RebuildMyChurch
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The bishops should not be "discussing immigration enforcement." They should be proclaiming the gospel which, on this issue, is clear and unequivocal. #LiveTheGospel #WelcomeTheStranger #RebuildMyChurch
“The suburban apathy that has kept too many Southern Californians on the sidelines as immigration agents sweep into our cities was nowhere to be felt in Little Village. People poured out of businesses and their residences. Others looked out from rooftops.”
MY LATEST @latimes.com FRONT-PAGER: In Chicago, residents mount a community-wide defense against Trump's deportation machine. Share, porfas!
Commentary: In Chicago, residents mount a community-wide defense against Trump's deportation machine
Over the past two months, ICE has swept throughout Chicago but has swung its hammer with gusto on Little Village, considered the Mexican heart of the city.
www.latimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“The suburban apathy that has kept too many Southern Californians on the sidelines as immigration agents sweep into our cities was nowhere to be felt in Little Village. People poured out of businesses and their residences. Others looked out from rooftops.”
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"[T]he situation is now worse because it is often Christians who are disappearing the poor. ... [W]e ignore Christ ... Pope Francis called for a social conversion toward the marginalized, but he went largely unheeded. ... In Dilexi te, the call continues."
www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-poor-l...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-poor-l...
Recovering Our Vision of the Poor
The Trump administration defends a radical inversion of Christian teaching on poverty.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"[T]he situation is now worse because it is often Christians who are disappearing the poor. ... [W]e ignore Christ ... Pope Francis called for a social conversion toward the marginalized, but he went largely unheeded. ... In Dilexi te, the call continues."
www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-poor-l...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-poor-l...
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MY LATEST @latimes.com COLUMNA: From the ballot box to the streets, Latinos are blowing the whistle on Trump’s reign. Share, porfas!
Commentary: From the ballot box to the streets, Latinos are blowing the whistle on Trump's reign
Election Night was a humiliating rebuke of Trumpism. And the tip of the Democratic spear? Latinos.
www.latimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
MY LATEST @latimes.com COLUMNA: From the ballot box to the streets, Latinos are blowing the whistle on Trump’s reign. Share, porfas!
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Pope was asked about migrants detained in Chicago not being able to receive communion: "I would certainly invite the authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to their needs many times they have been separated from their families for a good amount of time, no one knows what’s happening.”
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Pope was asked about migrants detained in Chicago not being able to receive communion: "I would certainly invite the authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to their needs many times they have been separated from their families for a good amount of time, no one knows what’s happening.”