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Posted on 07/04/2026 4:26:29 AM PDT by TheDon
The Catholic Diocese of Brownsville is working to gather information on Sunday’s arrest of a nun as she was walking to church in McAllen, calling circumstances behind the actions by federal immigration agents “wildly disturbing.”
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detained Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja, a 56-year-old nun from Nigeria, and released her later Sunday after South Texas members of Congress intervened.
“There are many questions remaining about the circumstances surrounding Sister Letty’s arrest and detention,” Bishop Daniel E. Flores said in a statement. “For now, it is clear that Homeland Security enforcement protocols that make it possible for a religious sister, or anyone, to be detained and handcuffed while peacefully walking to Church on a Sunday morning are wildly disturbing and need to be reformed.”
LULAC, the country’s largest Latino civil rights organization, also called for an investigation into the arrest.
The Department of Homeland Security has not responded to multiple questions sent Sunday and Tuesday by The Texas Tribune.
Ugboaja, who is part of the Daughters of Mary Mother of Mercy and has worked as a registered nurse for around a decade in South Texas, declined to be interviewed on the advice of counsel, said Brenda Riojas, a diocese spokesperson.
On Sunday morning, Ugboaja was taking a short walk to Our Lady of Sorrows for Mass. She lives just about a block from the church, according to Sister Norma Pimentel, who manages the diocese’s charitable arm.
Federal immigration agents detained her before she could arrive.
Ugboaja called for help while in custody and said she was being transferred to an ICE detention facility in Raymondville, about an hour drive from the church, according to Pimentel. The detained nun also needed medication, which Pimentel said federal agents didn’t allow her to get.
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We don’t know if she’s an illegal or not. The article conveniently leaves that part out.
Correct. Such as, is she here illegally? Does she have a visa? If not the latter, why not?
Maybe following immigration law is not her habit.
But I bet she’s in the habit of following man-made rules and regulation regarding her devotion to Mary.
Nun of this will save her soul.
Maybe she’s part of a network that gets illegals in.
No exemption from the law for nuns. Sorry.
““I will definitely ask all the sisters to please give me a copy of their documents and to carry something with them all the time,” she said.”
above comment from Pimmental and others near end of article give me reason to believe the arrest may have been justified if “Letty” did have her papers as she was on the street.
Fine if people come here legally but that includes following the rules, like being able to show it.
Something is very wrong with this article. Pertinent facts are left out.
Most articles that are published leave out pertinent information. We just have to guess what they omit.
Hee hee.… I see what you did there
If she is in America ILLEGALLY...GET OUT! No exceptions for illegal alien criminals.
Free the Sister!
Ugandan Latinos should be above all laws!
Free the Sister!
Ugandan Latinos should be above all laws!
If she was here illegals why would t
They release her.
Odd that on a quiet road on a Sunday Border Patrol just happened to go by see a nun walking and decide to pick her up.
Will wait for the whole story to come out.
If she is illegal, she is illegal. A thief quietly walking down the street is still a thief.
Are they hiding illegals in the convent?
Most likely.
Agreed.
I think so.
At all.
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