The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego has launched a new interfaith ministry to accompany refugees and asylum seekers at immigration court.

The program is in response to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactic of in order to quickly deport them.

The ministry is called "Faithful Accompaniment in Trust & Hope," or FAITH. It's a follow-up to the effort that was started six weeks ago when . Though there were ICE agents present, no one was detained that day.

Pham said he felt compelled to act after seeing and . It reminded him of the regime he fled in Vietnam as a young boy.

"Growing up living under a different regime, who were very oppressive, who did the same raids as what we saw here," he said. "That's why it takes another level of how serious this is for me."

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