Pastor Ara Torosian of Cornerstone Church in West LA, spoke with CBN News about the incidents, which unfolded last month and reportedly included authorities detaining an Iranian couple with their 3-year-old child; the family is reportedly seeking asylum.

Torosian, a legal citizen who came to the US as a refugee from Iran in 2010, said he believes immigrants and those coming to the US as refugees must "respect the law"—a lesson he imparts to his parishioners.

However, he said the recent detainments he witnessed left him stunned.

"A family member of our church came to me and said, ‘We have [an] appointment tomorrow at immigration federal building in downtown Los Angeles. Shall we go or not?'" he recalled. "As a pastor ... I teach them ... you have to respect the law. You have to follow the rules and everything, and respect and to be a good citizen from [the] beginning of your arrival in the US"

So, the couple brought their 3-year-old child with them to the office building, where he said they were detained. Once made aware of the situation, Torosian said he arrived at the site as quickly as possible, but was unable to assist:

"I was very devastated to see," he said, noting the family, who reportedly arrived in America in Oct. 2024, are "Christian asylum seekers." He said they have paperwork and have followed the rules, leaving him perplexed as to what unfolded.

"Usually, they go to kind of update their address, and that's the process of showing themself in the office to see what they're doing ... following paperwork and signatures that they are here," Torosian said of the typical visits to ICE that unfold. "That's a regular for asylum seekers. They have the document and they're waiting for the court day and follow-up things."

He said the wife was part of the underground Christian church in Iran and that they came to the US to escape and find religious liberty.

At the time of Torosian's conversation with CBN News last week, he was unsure what would happen to the couple and if deportation would unfold. A follow-up email seeking an update has yet to yield a response... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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