undocumented immigrants
How Archbishop Tutu saved a small New York town from a blowup over hate crimes
By Dwight Lee Wolter — December 28, 2021
(RNS) — A letter from the archbishop resolved an impasse over who is invited to take a seat at the table of justice.
Study: Most white evangelicals don’t want to live in a religiously diverse country
By Yonat Shimron — November 1, 2021
(RNS) — The new American Values Survey from PRRI also shows that 60% of white evangelicals believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen. No other religious group comes close.
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.
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.
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.
2 Hispanic churches and too many tears: 100 COVID-19 deaths
By Luis Andres Henao and David Crary — May 13, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Two churches, one Catholic, one Lutheran, have lost more than 100 members to the coronavirus and because of lockdown rules lack the ability to mourn together in person.
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.
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 deports undocumented immigrant who left church sanctuary
By Yonat Shimron — November 30, 2018
(RNS) — His arrest shook the sanctuary movement because it appeared to show that ICE would not tolerate any deviation from its 'sensitive locations' policy that has prevented the agency from arresting people in houses of worship.
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.
Faith-based groups turn up the heat on ICE
By Yonat Shimron — June 27, 2018
(RNS) — Religious groups are just the latest to champion the idea of killing the agency. The effort has already gained traction among several congressional candidates plus four sitting members of Congress, all Democrats.
Donations, volunteering surge at border asylum-seeker center
By Manuel Valdes — June 25, 2018
The immigrant respite center run by Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley has received so many boxes that it had to rent additional storage space.
On World Refugee Day, Muslim family recalls warmer welcome in decades past
By Yonat Shimron — June 20, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Almasa Bass looks around with sadness at the difference 20-plus years have wrought.
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.
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