EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz, the Hope Border Institute and others will hold a march and vigil calling for the end of mass deportations.
The event will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24 at San Jacinto Plaza.
This comes after Seitz issued a pastoral letter condemning the Trump Administration’s policy of mass deportations and mass detentions, calling them “a grave moral evil.”
Seitz calls mass detention, deportations a ‘grave moral evil’
The march will be led by Seitz. The El Paso bishop will be joined by the Auxiliary Bishop of Washington D.C. Evelio Menjivar, the first Salvadoran-born bishop in the United States.
The march and vigil will be held on the feast day for Saint Oscar Romero, a Salvadoran bishop and martyr known for his commitment to justice and peace.
Others joining the march include Estrella del Paso and local community leaders and organizations.
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