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McALLEN- The South Texas nun who was detained by immigration officers last month spoke publicly for the first time since the incident and as her future in the country remains in limbo.

Sister Leticia "Letty" Ugboaja, a 56-year-old nun from Nigeria, was walking the short distance from her home to Our Lady of Sorrows to distribute the Holy Communion at Mass when she was stopped by two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on June 28. "Even when I told them, 'Can I go to Mass; can I just attend Mass; can I receive communion,' the answer was 'No,'" Ugboaja said.