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Churches to Provide Immigrants Sanctuary
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP May 09, 2007 10:03pm |
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| Category | Announcement |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Thursday, May 10, 2007 03:45:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Churches in five big U.S. cities plan to protect illegal immigrants from deportation, offering their buildings as sanctuary if need be, as they pressure lawmakers to create a path to citizenship for the nation's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.
On Wednesday, a Catholic church in Los Angeles and a Lutheran church in North Hollywood each sheltered one person, and churches in other cities plan to do so in coming months as part of the "New Sanctuary Movement."
Organizers said churches in more than 50 cities nationwide were planning to join the sanctuary effort. They don't believe immigration agents will make arrests inside the churches. |
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