Civil Liberties·Severity 2 — Notable·New Jersey
N.J. priest who ministered to detainees at ICE’s Delaney Hall drowns in El Salvador
ICE enforcement [ice_general] [NJ]. Fr. Alex Gaitan, coordinator of the Newark Archdiocese's immigrastion ministry and a pastor at St. Joseph's Church in Jersey City, was in the Central American country for a meeting with fellow members of the Claretian Catholic order.
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trust 0.75“Fr. Alex Gaitan, coordinator of the Newark Archdiocese's immigrastion ministry and a pastor at St. Joseph's Church in Jersey City, was in the Central American country for a meeting with fellow members of the Claretian Catholic order.”