Communities of faith welcome migrants caught in polarized immigration debate

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Rabbi Mona Alfi was busy preparing for evening Shabbat services at Congregation B'nai Israel in Sacramento, Calif., when her phone rang.

"It's not the ideal time to call a rabbi on a Friday afternoon," she remembers the caller saying. "But we have a situation and we could use your help."

The situation was that some Latin American migrants had been left outside an office building in downtown Sacramento.

"Help looked like making sure every person had a safe place to stay, making sure they had food to eat and had clean clothing," says Alfi. "These people had been put on a plane without anything. Not even a change of clothing, a toothbrush — not even knowing where they were going."