sanctuary churches
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.
Study: Liberal congregations more politically active than conservative ones
By Yonat Shimron — September 18, 2020
(RNS) — The willingness of left-leaning religious congregations to engage in political activity has spiked in the Trump era, new research shows.
Federal court protects woman who took sanctuary in a church from deportation
By Yonat Shimron — February 28, 2020
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (RNS) — A woman who fled Honduras after her partner stabbed her multiple times and has lived in church sanctuary for nearly two years is entitled to stay in the United States, a panel of federal judges ruled.
Sanctuary churches say fines against immigrants meant to sow fear
By Yonat Shimron — July 3, 2019
(RNS) — Some indigent immigrants would owe as much as $500,000 for overstaying their deportation orders.
Iraqi refugee in New Mexico leaves church sanctuary after two years
By Aysha Khan — July 1, 2019
(RNS) — The 66-year-old Muslim refugee from Iraq, who has lived in the U.S. for decades and trained tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers, spent two years inside an Albuquerque church’s basement seeking sanctuary from deportation.
With her life on hold, an immigrant woman marks two years in sanctuary
By Yonat Shimron — May 8, 2019
GREENSBORO, N.C. (RNS) — Juana Luz Tobar Ortega will mark her two-year anniversary in sanctuary later this month. A new film documents her struggle.
ICE’s War on Christmas
By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove — November 30, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — In 2018 the 'War on Christmas' is an assault led by President Trump and justified by his evangelical enablers.
Sanctuary churches’ rocky relations with ICE strained after arrest of undocumented man
By Yonat Shimron — November 29, 2018
(RNS) — Churches that provide sanctuary to people at risk of deportation are doubling down on security and wondering how best to deal with ICE.
After arrest of protected immigrant, sanctuary church members cry out for justice
By Yonat Shimron — November 26, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — A group of United Methodists severely criticized the arrest of Samuel Oliver-Bruno, an undocumented immigrant who had been living in their church, as he applied for a deferral on his deportation.
Baby Jesus was a Dreamer in Egypt
By Thomas Reese — January 9, 2018
(RNS) — Christians, especially those who believe that Scripture should be the foundation of American law, should be leading the charge in support of Dreamers, refugees and other immigrants.
Resisting Trump, churches give sanctuary to immigrants facing deportation
By Yonat Shimron — November 28, 2017
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Will law enforcement be sent into houses of worship — against the will of congregants motivated by sincere beliefs — despite the president's oft-stated commitment to religious freedom?
Man who spent year in church to avoid deportation walks free
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 11, 2017
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Javier Flores Garcia's attorney says his client has been granted deferred action, which allows him to live and work in the country.
An ethical analysis of the ‘New Sanctuary Movement’
By David P. Gushee — March 19, 2017
Are advocates of the New Sanctuary Movement meaning to call for civil disobedience?
Sanctuary for the undocumented comes with legal consequences
By Kimberly Winston — March 17, 2017
(RNS) Some religious leaders are preaching caution rather than participation.
Married lesbian Baptist co-pastors say all are ‘beloved’
By Adelle M. Banks — March 2, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) Maria Swearingen and Sally Sarratt have been encouraged by the cheers from progressives and aren't focusing on the criticism from conservative Christians.
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