Immigrants in sanctuary in churches hope Biden offers relief
Associated Press— For over three years, Maria Macario has been too afraid to leave the white steepled First Parish church just outside Boston. “It feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders.” She’s among dozens of people from Colorado to North Carolina who have taken sanctuary as a last resort to stay in the country. The administration also fined several people taking sanctuary up to $500,000, citing violations for failing to depart the U.S. Emboldened by Trump’s departure, four sanctuary activists in Texas, Ohio, Utah and Virginia sued the Department of Homeland Security over the fines, alleging they were “selectively targeted” because of their activism. After spending more than three years in sanctuary at a storefront Chicago church, the Mexican mother of five U.S. citizen children packed up and left for her family’s suburban home the next day. “My lawyer says I could leave the church today, but I just don’t trust things,” Macario said.
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