Rev. Odel Medina of St. Anne’s Catholic Church turned his parish into a makeshift legal and counseling center for those affected by a record-setting immigration sweep at chicken processing plants in Mississippi Latino20
During the height of a record-setting immigration sweep at chicken processing plants in Mississippi in August, the Rev. Odel Medina of St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Carthage turned his parish into a makeshift legal and counseling center.
Immigration lawyers and social workers who were scrambling to help affected families gathered at the church to help immigrant families navigate a path forward.Father Odel Medina.Medina coordinated hot meals and had a child psychologist ready to assist children who found themselves traumatized by the sudden separation from a parent.When news of the raid broke, Medina said it was like “a hurricane or an earthquake.
Medina said the work hasn’t stopped since the raids. Now that many are out of a job and awaiting trial, he's been raising money to help them pay rent, providing food, diapers, baby formula and other household needs. “I had to find help and support the community." Medina said."These people were working, they are not criminals. They were not out killing people at Walmart.”
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