She spent three years in church sanctuary in the US. A new documentary tells her story.
RNS Edith Espinal, who spent more than three years in church sanctuary to ride out the Trump administration’s harsh immigration crackdown, is having a pretty good September. Last week, the 44-year-old Mexican native was granted a work permit, giving her hope that she will be able to support herself seven months after securing assurances she […]
With new executive order in US, this immigrant is leaving church sanctuary after 3.5 years
Durham, North Carolina, US RNS Jose Chicas, a native of El Salvador who has been living in church sanctuary for more than three years, will move out Friday after President Joe Biden signed an executive order temporarily halting the deportation of undocumented immigrants. Chicas, 55, has been living in an old clapboard house next door […]
At a US church forum, presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren says she is open to suspending deportations
Raleigh, North Carolina, US RNS At a campaign event held at a church that is providing sanctuary to an undocumented immigrant, Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday said she would consider suspending deportations to pressure Congress to come up with a solution to the immigration crisis. Speaking at Umstead Park United Church of Christ, Warren was […]
In the US, immigration officials drop $US300,000 fine for an immigrant in church sanctuary
RNS The message Pastor Isaac Villegas got on his cell phone earlier this week was short and sweet. “Un problema menos,” texted Rosa del Carmen Ortez-Cruz, a mother of four living in sanctuary at a Presbyterian church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. “One less problem.” Rosa Ortez-Cruz has been in santuary at the Church of […]