church sanctuary
She spent three years in church sanctuary. A new documentary tells her story.
By Yonat Shimron — September 17, 2021
(RNS) — Espinal, who is married and has three adult children, had been living in the United States since she was 16.
Last North Carolina immigrant to take sanctuary at a church goes home
By Yonat Shimron — April 19, 2021
(RNS) — Juana Luz Tobar Ortega was the first person to seek church sanctuary in North Carolina in 2017 and she is the last to leave.
Another NC man is free to leave church sanctuary as immigration policies ease
By Yonat Shimron — March 24, 2021
(RNS) — Eliseo Jimenez, a 42-year-old itinerant laborer who worked in the state’s tobacco fields and later in construction laying floors, has been living at Umstead Park United Church of Christ since Oct. 9, 2017.
Two more leave church sanctuary as immigration policies ease
By Yonat Shimron — February 24, 2021
(RNS) — The two are the latest beneficiaries of new Biden administration guidelines that restrain ICE from arresting and deporting undocumented immigrants who do not pose a threat to public safety.
As Biden floats immigration plan, Edith Espinal leaves 3-year stint in sanctuary
By Yonat Shimron — February 18, 2021
(RNS) — The 43-year-old Mexican native was allowed to go home on the same day President Joe Biden unveiled his immigration overhaul to Congress.
Their hopes dashed by a Texas judge, immigrants living in churches wait for a reprieve
By Yonat Shimron and Jack Jenkins — January 29, 2021
(RNS) — Now that a Texas judge has barred part of President Biden's deportation moratorium, immigrants living in church sanctuary are searching for solutions. Thirty lawmakers want to help.
With new executive order, this immigrant is leaving church sanctuary after 3.5 years
By Yonat Shimron — January 21, 2021
DURHAM, N.C. — Dozens of others who took sanctuary in churches after former President Trump’s aggressive deportation policies are now checking with their lawyers to see if it might be safe for them to leave.
At a church forum, Elizabeth Warren says she is open to suspending deportations
By Yonat Shimron — November 8, 2019
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Speaking at Umstead Park United Church of Christ, Warren was grilled about economic and political issues at a forum organized by the national Latino advocacy organization Mijente.
ICE drops $300,000 fine for an immigrant in church sanctuary
By Yonat Shimron — October 25, 2019
(RNS) — ICE spokesman Richard A. Rocha confirmed that his office has dropped the fines for eight undocumented immigrants.
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