A letter from a detention center: A pastor writes from inside
(RNS) — 'My faith teaches me that every person has dignity. It is easy to say those words from a pulpit. It is different to live them from here,' writes Molis Augustave, a Haitian pastor who spent weeks in detention before he was deported to Haiti.
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