BY: Aline Behar Kado

CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE

LANDOVER HILLS, Md.– From the altar of Saint Mary’s Catholic Church during Mass each week, the change wasn’t very noticeable at first.

But now, as Father Mario Majano scans the congregation week by week, he sees it more clearly – more and more faces are missing.

Some parishioners say they are afraid to risk going to church due to immigration crackdowns and isolating themselves in fear.

Majano says he used to pass out “know your rights” cards and leave stacks of them at the back of the church. These days, with so much uncertainty around immigration policies and detentions, he doesn’t always know what to do.

“It’s hard to not be able to give them something tangible when we ourselves are not really sure what’s happening,” said Majano. He has not

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