Aleja Hertzler-McCain
alejacorazonhm.bsky.social
Aleja Hertzler-McCain
@alejacorazonhm.bsky.social
Reporter @RNS.org covering Latino faith & Catholicism | 🇵🇷 del DMV | disabled and proud | Se habla español | Signal: AlejaCorazonHM.47
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This is a new, far more detailed analysis from our investigative team that reveals … well.

www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The Times provides a millisecond-by-millisecond look at how an ICE officer ended up shooting and killing a motorist in Minneapo...
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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It appears @reuters.com photographer Tim Evans captured the exact moment — described below — Rev. Susie Hayward stood in front of ICE vehicle today and began to recite Scripture.

Source: www.instagram.com/p/DTObbj1id4...
January 8, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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In case you missed it: I’ve got a new (warning: somewhat intense) story on @npr.org about all the ways faith leaders have pushed back against the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign this year — including clergy directly confronting ICE agents and police. www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
How the clergy has rallied against the Trump administration's immigration policies
Religious leaders have rallied against the Trump administration's detention and deportation of immigrants. Clergy are filing lawsuits, accompanying migrants to court hearings and leading protests.
www.npr.org
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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NEW via me and @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: As Christmas approaches, clergy, churches and other religious organizations are wrestling with how to mark one of the most important Christian holidays while also serving an immigrant population in crisis. religionnews.com/2025/12/24/w...
Churches deliver Christmas to immigrants detained, deported and in hiding
(RNS) — Clergy, churches and other religious organizations wrestle with how to mark one of the most important Christian holidays while also serving an immigrant population in crisis.
religionnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Nine days before Christmas, a group of clergy huddled around a young mother, praying for a Christmas miracle that a judge would set bond for her husband at a hearing the following day and release him from immigration detention.

My latest reporting:

religionnews.com/2025/12/23/t...
'There is no Christmas for separated families': Pastors tend to immigrant families in crisis
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — As Los Angeles pastors lead congregations and preach about the meaning of Christmas, they’re facing the emotional devastation of families struggling to cling to hope.
religionnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Via @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: 'There is no Christmas for separated families': Pastors tend to immigrant families in crisis —> religionnews.com/2025/12/23/t...
'There is no Christmas for separated families': Pastors tend to immigrant families in crisis
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — As Los Angeles pastors lead congregations and preach about the meaning of Christmas, they’re facing the emotional devastation of families struggling to cling to hope.
religionnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Okay so I got busy and forgot to do my whole thread on this, but a couple of things:

1. There's a whole backstory here (which @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social notes in the piece)

2. This, in particular, is fascinating, because the admin didn't have to make a theological argument here — but it did.
December 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Via @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social in NCR- At Catholic colleges, Latino students increasingly find a place that feels like home. "That's when I really felt that sense of community, that sense of 'Hey, we're here for you.'"
#Latino #Catholic #college
www.ncronline.org/news/catholi...
At Catholic colleges, Latino students increasingly find a place that feels like home
Sixty percent of Catholics under 18 identify as Hispanic, but Latinos are underrepresented at Catholic universities. Latinos are also a minority among campus ministers and make up less than 10% of the...
www.ncronline.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Via me and @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: CBP posted a pic of two detained Iranians, saying, “No fun in the sun when you are unlawfully present.”

According to their Episcopal priest, they’re Christian converts seeking asylum, and deporting them may be a death sentence religionnews.com/2025/12/09/b...
Priest says sisters slated for deportation are Christians who could face persecution by Iran
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘We all feel a wound in our body of Christ, knowing what’s happening to them,’ said the Rev. Fran Gardner-Smith.
religionnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM