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The Rev. Oona Casanova Vazquez, lead pastor of the South Bay Church of the Nazarene in Torrance, stands outside Santa Ana Immigration Court during a prayer vigil for immigrants in Santa Ana, Calif., Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Deepa Bharath)

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Outside a Southern California immigration court, the Rev. Oona Casanova Vazquez sat beside a nervous Peruvian national as he waited for a judge to call his name — talking, smiling, even handing him a mint.

Vazquez, lead pastor of the South Bay Church of the Nazarene in Torrance, has been spending her Thursdays this summer with other faith leaders and church volunteers observing court proceedings and handing out leaflets about the Trump administration’s immigr

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