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March 16, 2007
 
 

Some Churches Plan New Sanctuary Movement


"Churches in a handful of U.S. cities are preparing to launch a 'sanctuary' movement to help illegal immigrants avoid deportation and unite faith-based groups in a push for immigration reform. The 'New Sanctuary Movement' is based on the sanctuary movement of the 1980s, when churches harbored Central American refugees who were fleeing wars in their home countries, said the Rev. Alexia Salvatierra, executive director of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, an interfaith association spearheading the plans," the AP reports. "The group has been inspired by Elvira Arellano, an illegal immigrant from Mexico who has taken refuge at a Methodist church in Chicago since mid-August to avoid deportation, Arroyo said."

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