Immigrant Sheltering In Church Finally Goes Home
Monday, March 1st, 2021
A Honduran immigrant who has spent three and a half years living inside a Missouri church to avoid deportation has finally stepped outside.
Alex Garcia left the church in suburban St Louis after a promise from US President Joe Biden’s administration to let him be.
Premier News reports that the married father of five fled extreme poverty and violence in his native Honduras.
He was due for removal from the US in 2017, but Christ Church United Church of Christ in Maplewood gave him sanctuary.
Sara John from the St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America, said Mr Garcia’s emergence came after the US government declared it would not pursue his detention or removal.