The Texas Assemblies of God leaders were detained on their way to a Billy Graham Evangelistic Association event. Sign up for The Daily Briefing Get the most recent headlines and stories from Christianity Today delivered to your inbox daily. Email* Sign Up This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. During the Sunday worship service and the livestreamed press conference that followed, the couple revealed new details about threats immigration agents allegedly made to coerce the couple to sign voluntary departure papers. Cardona attributed their eventual release to divine intervention: “God is doing something because this is not normal,” she said.