{"id":70141,"date":"2025-08-21T13:46:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/miami-outrage-archdiocese-denounces-unjust-immigration-arrest-of-venezuelan-priest\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:51:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:51:46","slug":"miami-outrage-archdiocese-denounces-unjust-immigration-arrest-of-venezuelan-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/en\/miami-outrage-archdiocese-denounces-unjust-immigration-arrest-of-venezuelan-priest\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami outrage: Archdiocese denounces “unjust” immigration arrest of Venezuelan priest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Archdiocese of Miami denounced the “unjust” immigration arrest of priest Gustavo Santos, a 32-year-old Venezuelan with an R-1 religious visa, after returning from a flight from abroad.<\/p>\n

U.S. authorities on Tuesday “suddenly and unjustly” denied Santos entry while he was returning from London despite having a visa valid until November, the archdiocese, which represents an area with 1.3 million Catholics, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

After “swift intervention” by Archbishop Thomas Wenski and advice from Catholic Legal Services, the detention was discussed before a judge and Customs and Border Protection(CBP<\/a>) reconsidered the case.<\/p>\n

“Father Santos has since been released and allowed to re-enter the country. We are grateful for the prompt resolution and welcome Father Santos back to his ministry,” concluded the three-paragraph statement from the Archdiocese.<\/p>\n

The religious body did not give further details about the immigration arrest of the priest, whom it considered to be a priest of “good reputation”.<\/p>\n

Santos, born on May 20, 1993 in Valencia, Venezuela, completed two years of ordination as a priest last May and is currently serving at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Miami.<\/p>\n

In a video shared by St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in 2021, Santos explained that he left Venezuela because of the violence.<\/p>\n

“I went to university and then they sent me here to the United States because of some kidnapping problems, you know the situation in the country. When I arrived here in the United States I totally lost my faith,” he said, according to EFE.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit Qu\u00e9Onnda.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Archdiocese of Miami denounced the “unjust” immigration arrest of priest Gustavo Santos, a 32-year-old Venezuelan with an R-1 religious visa, after returning from a flight from abroad. 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