A nun arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas last month speaks publicly for the first time since her detention. Sister Leticia Ugboaja said that on 28 June, while walking to Sunday mass in McAllen, she thought about the day’s Bible readings and carried little more than her rosary and cellphone. She described going into a “cold sweat” when two armed men approached her and that, in the moment, she did not understand what was happening. Ugboaja spoke at a news conference at Our Lady of Sorrows church in McAllen, where she addressed her arrest and custody. The accounts from outlets covering the same event focus on her description of the circumstances of the stop and her reaction at the time. Both reports identify the location as the US-Mexico border city of McAllen and date the arrest to 28 June, noting that she remains in the process of dealing with the immigration case following her transfer into ICE custody.
Texas nun arrested by ICE while walking to mass speaks publicly for first time
A nun arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas last month speaks publicly for the first time since her detention. Sister Leticia Ugboaja said that on 28 June, while walking to...
- Sister Leticia Ugboaja, a nun in Texas, speaks publicly for the first time since being taken into ICE custody.
- She says ICE officers detained her on 28 June while she was walking to Sunday mass in McAllen.
- Ugboaja describes going into a “cold sweat” when two armed men approached her.
- She told reporters she carried her rosary and a cellphone and was thinking about Bible readings.
- She holds the news conference at Our Lady of Sorrows church in McAllen.
Sister Leticia Ugboaja says she went into a cold sweat as ICE officers approached her in McAllen on her way to church A nun who was taken into immigration custody last month in Texas said on Thursday that she went into a cold sweat as two armed men approached her while she walked to Sunday mass in her habit, thinking about the day’s Bible readings and carrying little more than her rosary and cellphone.“Honestly, in that moment, I did not understand what was going on, what was happening to me,” Sister Leticia Ugboaja said at a news conference at Our Lady of Sorrows church in McAllen, Texas, on the US-Mexico border, where she spoke out for the first time since US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested her on 28 June. Continue reading...
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