“The images and stories of arrests and detentions, together with the violence in our streets, have caused many of our immigrant sisters and brothers – both documented and undocumented – to go into hiding.” This is what Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of Saint Paul and Minneapolis says in an interview with SIR, describing the consequences of recent federal immigration operations in Minnesota, marked by the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. “Many are afraid they will be detained and therefore do not leave their homes for work, medical appointments, shopping or even to receive spiritual care,” the Archbishop explains. “It is a fear that affects the most ordinary gestures of daily life.” The situation is also reflected in parish life: “Attendance at Mass in our parishes serving Latino communities has dropped dramatically. Many parents fear that something might happen while their children are at school and therefore keep them at home.” Archbishop Hebda also points to gestures of solidarity: “Every day I receive photographs of parishioners purchasing and delivering groceries to families too afraid to leave their homes, of neighbours accompanying children to school, of priests and deacons coordinating the distribution of Holy Communion to those who are confined at home or detained.”