Texas nun detained by ICE speaks out for first time: ‘It was very heartbreaking for me’
Sister Leticia Ugboaja attends a news conference at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic church in McAllen, Texas, on Thursday. Photograph: Michael Gonzalez/APView image in fullscreenSister Leticia Ugboaja attends a news conference at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic church in McAllen, Texas, on Thursday. He said that in 2019, an immigration judge denied her application for asylum but granted her protection from removal to Nigeria because she would probably be tortured there.
- ▪Sister Leticia Ugboaja attends a news conference at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic church in McAllen, Texas, on Thursday.
- ▪Photograph: Michael Gonzalez/APView image in fullscreenSister Leticia Ugboaja attends a news conference at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic church in McAllen, Texas, on Thursday.
- ▪He said that in 2019, an immigration judge denied her application for asylum but granted her protection from removal to Nigeria because she would probably be tortured there.
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Sister Leticia Ugboaja attends a news conference at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic church in McAllen, Texas, on Thursday. Photograph: Michael Gonzalez/APView image in fullscreenSister Leticia Ugboaja attends a news conference at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic church in McAllen, Texas, on Thursday. Photograph: Michael Gonzalez/APICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)Texas nun detained by ICE speaks out for first time: ‘It was very heartbreaking for me’Sister Leticia Ugboaja says she went into a cold sweat as ICE officers approached her in McAllen on her way to church Associated PressFri 24 Jul 2026 08.57 EDTLast modified on Fri 24 Jul 2026 09.06 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA nun who was taken into immigration custody last month in Texas said on Thursday that she went into a cold…
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