San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas cited ‘concerns expressed by many of our brothers and sisters regarding fears of attending Mass due to potential immigration enforcement actions by civil authorities.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom pointed to the decree to highlight the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement actions.

The rare dispensations from the dioceses of Nashville and San Bernardino, California, signal how some local Catholic officials are responding to the growing panic that immigrants feel from the Trump administration's intensified immigration enforcement.