HAWTHORNE (CBSLA.com) — He’s known as the Catholic saint who watches over immigrants and he continues to bring out the faithful across southern California.

As the immigration battle heats up, the prayers of the faithful are fired up. Ana Magellan and Jorge Cruz drove to St. Joseph’s Church in Hawthorne to touch the chest of a statue of Santo Toribio, the patron saint of border-crossers and the sick. MORE