WASHINGTON, D.C. – Immigration raids at houses of worship remain infrequent. But arrests last week at two Los Angeles-area churches have stoked fear among migrants and an uproar among advocates.
Although no reports have surfaced of churches in Arizona being targeted, many were already on edge.
Since the beginning of the year, the Rev. Veronica Alvarez has made sure the doors are locked and monitored at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Phoenix, where about half the congregation is Hispanic…