As immigration enforcement efforts intensify across the country resulting in the detainment and deportation of thousands of undocumented immigrants, including those who are in the process of attaining U.S. citizenship, the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City has created an educational hub for immigrants.

Luis Soto, senior director of the archdiocese's secretariat for evangelization and catechesis, said seeing the new Holy Angels Education Center come to fruition transcended any present pushback or controversy surrounding immigration.

"As an immigrant myself, I learned sometimes that immigrants, particularly Hispanic immigrants, are not a problem to solve, are not a challenge to overcome, but an asset to bless, particularly in the Catholic Church, even more here in Oklahoma, where about half of

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