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 immigration enforcement.

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“I come here to stand and bear witness to these people who have more courage than I have,” she said. “They walk through these doors knowing they could be detained. I'm here to offer them strength and to let them know they are valued and prayed over.”

Since early June, the T

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