Another man is free to leave US church sanctuary as immigration policies ease
RNS An undocumented immigrant who had taken refuge in a Raleigh, North Carolina, church for more than three years will now be allowed to leave without the danger of being deported. 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 […]
At a US church forum, presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren says she is open to suspending deportations
Raleigh, North Carolina, USRNS 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 grilled […]
IMMIGRATION: RESISTING TRUMP, US CHURCHES GIVE SANCTUARY TO IMMIGRANTS FACING DEPORTATION
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on how churches in the US are extending protection to immigrations facing deportation…