Sanctuary Movement: U.S. Churches Aid Illegal Immigrants Facing Deportation

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Sanctuary Movement:  Some churches believe it is their job to provide asylum to those who came to the U.S. seeking a better life and an escape from poverty, drugs, and violence in their home countries.  Rev. Noel Anderson added that there are about 300 congregations that support the Movement nationwide.

The Movement has sheltered at least 10 immigrants who were facing deportation in the past 18 months.  According to Christian Today, the Department of Homeland Security plans to conduct large-scale raids in an effort to deport illegal immigrants. The raids could begin as early as January.

“As pastors we know that each and every family is a holy family,” said the Rev. Alison Harrington, pastor of Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona, according to Reuters. “We open our doors to today’s Josephs and Marys. The gift we have to offer on Christmas Day is the gift of sanctuary.”

Although the U.S. government passed a law in 2008 which prohibits sending undocumented Central American children back to their home countries, many fear that the new efforts to crack down on illegal immigration will end up targeting whole families.

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Reverend Ken Heintzelman: Sanctuary Movement Interview by PBS Arizona

PBS Arizona Interview: Reverend Ken Heintzelman, senior minister of Shadow Rock United Church of Christ talks about the Sanctuary Movement, where churches shelter undocumented immigrants from deportation.

 

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Churches offer sanctuary to immigrants ahead of DHS imminent crackdown – Fox News The announcement by the Sanctuary movement, a religious and political campaign started in 1980s to provide safe-haven for Central American refugees fleeing the region’s civil conflicts, comes as the Obama administration plans a series of nationwide …

 

 

 

Sanctuary Movement pledges to give refuge to migrants facing deportation – Washington Post Leaders of the church-based Sanctuary Movement vowed Friday to offer their places of worship as refuge for immigrants facing deportation under an Obama administration crackdown on Central American families who entered the United States illegally. Reuters, RT, Huffington Post.

 

 

 

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