An outdoor altar that for 20 years served migrant workers in the San Diego area was demolished on January 8 under pressure from local homeowners and anti-immigrant groups.An outdoor altar that for 20 years served migrant workers A migrant worker is someone who regularly works away from home, if they even have a home.[] Although the United Nations' use of this term overlaps with 'foreign worker', the use of the term within the United States is more specific. in the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. area was demolished de·mol·ish tr.v. de·mol·ished, de·mol·ish·ing, de·mol·ish·es 1. To tear down completely; raze. 2. To do away with completely; put an end to. 3. on January 8 under pressure from local homeowners and anti-immigrant groups. Built by nearby Our Lady of Mount Carmel This article is about a title given to Mary, mother of Jesus. For the church in Toxteth, Liverpool, see Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Church. Church as an outreach to the workers, the altar served migrants who lived in ramshackle huts in McGonigle Canyon. The squatters were evicted and their homes destroyed just before Christmas. "We're wandering pilgrims once again," Msgr. Frank Fawcett said at the final Mass. "Even though you find yourselves strangers in another land, we pray that you will still feel welcome from some." |
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