Hrndz
@gocal83.bsky.social
Father. Husband. Pope Francis and Pope Leo fan. California native.
“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...
www.bloomberg.com
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...
www.ncronline.org
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
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#Trump #Catholic #ICE
www.ncronline.org/opinion/what...
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.”
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"We have rarely witnessed such brutality erupt into public view like it has in Chicago. For me, this is a spiritual emergency, and it means putting our bodies on the line in order to stop deportations," writes @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social
I’m One of the Clergy ICE Assaulted. They Treat Immigrants Worse
I learned the hard way that my clerical collar doesn’t offer much protection from ICE. But immigrants have no protection at all.
sojo.net
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"We have rarely witnessed such brutality erupt into public view like it has in Chicago. For me, this is a spiritual emergency, and it means putting our bodies on the line in order to stop deportations," writes @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social
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Pope Leo offers his strongest rebuke yet against Trump's treatment of migrants in the U.S. sojo.net/articles/new...
Pope Leo Says ICE Should Allow Pastoral Care for Detainees
“Jesus says very clearly at the end of the world, we're going to be asked, you know, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him and welcome him or not?” the pontiff told reporters.
sojo.net
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Pope Leo offers his strongest rebuke yet against Trump's treatment of migrants in the U.S. sojo.net/articles/new...
Greg Boyle: “the measure of health in any community may well reside in our ability to stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than stand in judgment at how they carry it.”
Being poor is not a crime. We can't just get rid of people who can't afford food and shelter. Once you accept that truth it's obvious the solution is food and housing assistance.
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Greg Boyle: “the measure of health in any community may well reside in our ability to stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than stand in judgment at how they carry it.”
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Being poor is not a crime. We can't just get rid of people who can't afford food and shelter. Once you accept that truth it's obvious the solution is food and housing assistance.
November 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Being poor is not a crime. We can't just get rid of people who can't afford food and shelter. Once you accept that truth it's obvious the solution is food and housing assistance.
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Bishop Seitz at Border Mass: “Right now, as we are gathered here at this imposing fence, the government is hunting migrants down with malice, running roughshod over constitutional rights and due process, tearing apart and uprooting families…” drive.google.com/file/d/12458...
2025.11.01 MS Homily Border Mass.pdf
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November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Bishop Seitz at Border Mass: “Right now, as we are gathered here at this imposing fence, the government is hunting migrants down with malice, running roughshod over constitutional rights and due process, tearing apart and uprooting families…” drive.google.com/file/d/12458...
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MY LATEST @latimes.com COLUMNA: Bodies are stacking up in Trump's deportation deluge. It's going to get worse. Share, porfas!
Commentary: Bodies are stacking up in Trump's deportation deluge. It's going to get worse
One shudders to think what Bovino thinks is excessive for la migra. With his powers now radically expanded, we're about to find out.
www.latimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
MY LATEST @latimes.com COLUMNA: Bodies are stacking up in Trump's deportation deluge. It's going to get worse. Share, porfas!
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“If they are doing this to pastors who are praying [...] then it makes me shudder to imagine what they might be doing to our neighbors behind closed doors," says Rev. David Black.
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sojo.net/articles/int...
The Chicago Pastor Who Confronted ICE in a Viral Photo
Rev. David Black found himself in the middle of a spectacle, but he wants to be clear: This story isn't about him.
sojo.net
October 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“If they are doing this to pastors who are praying [...] then it makes me shudder to imagine what they might be doing to our neighbors behind closed doors," says Rev. David Black.
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sojo.net/articles/int...
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“When people see faith leaders standing in the line of fire, I hope they understand that it’s not because we seek attention or confrontation. Our presence...is meant to be a moral mirror. It reminds the world that this is not normal.” #PrayForAmerica religionnews.com/2025/10/24/a...
At Bay Area protest, a second pastor is shot by federal agents with a pepper round
OAKLAND, Calif. (RNS) — For the second time in six weeks, a pastor was struck in the head with a pepper round fired by a US immigration agent as faith leaders protested the arrival of more than 100 US...
religionnews.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“When people see faith leaders standing in the line of fire, I hope they understand that it’s not because we seek attention or confrontation. Our presence...is meant to be a moral mirror. It reminds the world that this is not normal.” #PrayForAmerica religionnews.com/2025/10/24/a...