My dad can finally come home : Supporters celebrate Lucio Perez leaving sanctuary after 3½ years amherstbulletin.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from amherstbulletin.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published March 14. 2021 10:29PM
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) A Guatemalan man has left the Massachusetts church he lived in for more than three years to avoid deportation after being granted a reprieve from federal immigration officials.
Lucio Perez stepped of the First Congregational Church in Amherst on Saturday. The Rev. Margaret Sawyer, of the Pioneer Valley Workers Center, a local group that s been supporting Perez, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently stayed his deportation.
The organization said Perez was denied a deportation stay under President Donald Trump s administration and ordered to leave the country. It said he entered the country illegally in 1999 at the age of 17 and eventually settled in Springfield, Mass., with his wife and family in 2008.
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Supporters celebrate Lucio Perez leaving sanctuary after 3½ years
Lucio Perez waves to the crowd with his family gathered behind him in front of First Church Amherst in celebration of the end to his sanctuary on Saturday, March 13. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Dora Perez talks to the crowd in front of First Church Amherst in celebration of the end to her husband Lucio Perez s sanctuary on Saturday, March 13. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Lucio Perez gives hugs to members of the crowd gathered in front of First Church Amherst in celebration of the end to his sanctuary on Saturday, March 13. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
A Guatemalan man has left the Massachusetts church he lived in for more than three years to avoid deportation after being granted a reprieve from federal immigration officials.