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As Immigration Enforcement Escalates, How One South Bay Priest Is Pushing Back

As Immigration Enforcement Escalates, How One South Bay Priest Is Pushing Back

Update: 2025-12-08

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Inside Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish — home to historic farmworker organizing in East San Jose — we sit down with Father Jon Pedigo, a Catholic priest in the South Bay, to talk about the role of faith and houses of worship under the Trump Administration, what he’s seen in his primarily Spanish-speaking communities, and why he's leaving the pulpit to become a full-time organizer.

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As Immigration Enforcement Escalates, How One South Bay Priest Is Pushing Back

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