Among reasons places of worship attract so many immigrants is the fact that they provide essential community spaces for people cut off from families and hometowns abroad, said LMU Professor Brett Hover, the author of “Immigration and Faith.” Cecilia González-Andrieu, professor of theology at Loyola Marymount University, explained that the idea of churches as inviolable spaces dates back to Ancient Rome.
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Professor González-Andrieu was also interviewed about the issue by Univision, and Professor Hoover spoke to the Los Angeles Times.