Also a board member of the nonprofit Faith in Action Bay Area, Hage traveled with members of the group to the Otay Mesa Detention Center near San Diego’s border with Mexico Saturday, June 23. Hage said Bay Area residents joined members of faith communities from across the state outside the windowless facility, which she said was surrounded by fencing and barbed wire.

Though border patrol agents stopped anyone from entering the facility, Hage said the group gathered outside the walls to pray, eventually calling out to those inside with messages of love and support. Hage said it was challenging for members of the group to hear voices coming from the other side of the wall asking where their children were, but noted many felt it was important to stand witness to the injustices and return to their communities to find ways to end these policies.

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