Immigrant Leaves Sanctuary Church After ICE Pledges Not To Immediately Deport Him Alex Garcia, a Honduran immigrant, has been living inside a Missouri church since 2017 to avoid deportation. Jim Salter MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) — After 3 1/2 years living inside a Missouri church to avoid deportation, Honduran immigrant Alex Garcia finally stepped outside Wednesday, following a promise from President Joe Biden’s administration to let him be. Garcia, a married father of five, was slated for removal from the U.S. in 2017, the first year of President Donald Trump’s administration. Days before he ...