Both Pillsbury and Msgr. Karvalis have been to the jail to visit the girl, and there's no telling how long she might be there. And it's getting even harder now. The facilities, however, are not meant for long-term incarceration. These were built for people who would be there only a few days.
Most people are there at least a couple of months.
Under the updated laws, immigrants who do not apply for documentation within one year of their arrival are subject to immediate deportation. The effect would be to close the legal system to immigrants, who couldn't testify about a crime they witnessed, nor report being a victim of a crime for fear of being deported. Another part of the new law prohibits legal immigrants from receiving welfare assistance for more than a year during their first seven years in the country. Even if they have been working and paying taxes for four or five years previously, they would be automatically deported. Bishops should speak out and people should come out to the marches.