Tucson community turns to La Virgen to protect migrants
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Dozens of community members gathered outside the ICE Tucson Field Office to on the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe to pray for migrants being detained and deported.
Dozens gather outside the ICE Tucson Field Office for a Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe prayer vigil on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. Led by members of the Good Neighbor Interfaith Committee and local ministers, the group prayed for migrants who have been detained and deported, as well as for those carrying out the arrests and deportations. (Stephanie Casanova/CALÓ News)
Dozens gather outside the ICE Tucson Field Office for a Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe prayer vigil on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. Led by members of the Good Neighbor Interfaith Committee and local ministers, the group prayed for migrants who have been detained and deported, as well as for those carrying out the arrests and deportations. (Stephanie Casanova/CALÓ News)
A painting titled “Jesus Migrante,” which depicts him grabbing onto a barbed wire fence with bloodied hands, rests outside the ICE Tucson Field Office during a Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe prayer vigil on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (Stephanie Casanova/CALÓ News)
Dozens gather outside the ICE Tucson Field Office for a Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe prayer vigil on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. Led by members of the Good Neighbor Interfaith Committee and local ministers, the group prayed for migrants who have been detained and deported, as well as for those carrying out the arrests and deportations. (Stephanie Casanova/CALÓ News)
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Dozens gather outside the ICE Tucson Field Office for a Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe prayer vigil on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. Led by members of the Good Neighbor Interfaith Committee and local ministers, the group prayed for migrants who have been detained and deported, as well as for those carrying out the arrests and deportations. (Stephanie Casanova/CALÓ News)
Dozens gather outside the ICE Tucson Field Office for a Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe prayer vigil on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (Stephanie Casanova/CALÓ News)
Dozens gather outside the ICE Tucson Field Office for a Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe prayer vigil on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. Led by members of the Good Neighbor Interfaith Committee and local ministers, the group prayed for migrants who have been detained and deported, as well as for those carrying out the arrests and deportations. (Stephanie Casanova/CALÓ News)
Paula Miller (left) and Tina Schlabach (right) share a prayer during a Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe prayer vigil outside the ICE Tucson Field Office on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025.
A painting titled “Jesus Migrante,” which depicts him grabbing onto a barbed wire fence with bloodied hands, rests outside the ICE Tucson Field Office during a Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe prayer vigil on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (Stephanie Casanova/CALÓ News)
Dozens gather outside the ICE Tucson Field Office for a Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe prayer vigil on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. Led by members of the Good Neighbor Interfaith Committee and local ministers, the group prayed for migrants who have been detained and deported, as well as for those carrying out the arrests and deportations. (Stephanie Casanova/CALÓ News)
Rev. Karen MacDonald, a member of Rincon Congregational United Church of Christ, prays at a Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe prayer vigil outside the ICE Tucson Field Office on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (Stephanie Casanova/CALÓ News)
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