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Three activist mothers met Tuesday night as part of a virtual conversation to discuss the impact of society on their families and their efforts to promote change. The women include Edith Espinal, a mother of three who lived in sanctuary at Columbus Mennonite Church for three years; Adrienne Hood, the mother of Henry Green who was killed in 2016 by plainclothes Columbus police officers; and Jackie Kifuko, a former refugee and refugee organizer with Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS) who has been separated from her young son for seven years. Dubbed "tres madres," or three mot...

Fines against immigrants seeking sanctuary in US to end FOX 13 and last updated 2021-04-28 14:22:04-04 SALT LAKE CITY — A Trump-era policy that authorized U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to issue thousands of dollars in fines to immigrants who sought sanctuary in this country has now ended, according to an announcement from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “Knowing that we have won one more victory against the previous government makes us continue with the hope of having the future for which we are fighting. . . . Thank you Secr...

ICE ends Trump-era policy of fining undocumented immigrants, calling penalties ‘ineffective’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement will no longer issue fines to undocumented immigrants who have failed to depart the United States, the agency announced Friday, a reversal from the Trump-era policy that threatened immigrants with thousands of dollars in debt to the federal government. ICE officials said the agency rescinded the two Trump-era orders on the collection of financial penalties after determining the policy to be “ineffective,” and that it intends to cancel fines already issued to...

Honduran woman exits Utah church after 3 years in sanctuary This article is provided courtesy of the Associated Press. Vicky Chavez smiles after talking during a press conference at the First Unitarian Church in Salt Lake City on April 15, 2021. Chavez, who came to America to escape an abusive boyfriend in Honduras, received a stay of removal after living in the church for 1,168 days. (Screenshot from video by First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City via YouTube) Apr 15, 2021 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After over three years living in a Salt Lake City church to avoid being deported, Honduran im...

Vicky Chavez leaves the First Unitarian Church for the first time in 1,168 days Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Salt Lake City. Chavez, a Honduran woman in the U.S. illegally who received sanctuary in a Salt Lake City church with her two young daughters for more than three years is now free to leave without risk of deportation. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Thursday, April 15, 2021 5:43 PM EST By SOPHIA EPPOLITO, AP SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After over three years living in a Salt Lake City church to avoid being deported, Honduran immigrant Vicky Chavez stepp...