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.
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Asylum seekers from different countries are trying to enter the United States, searching for a fresh start and new life. However, the previous administrations are skeptical about letting them in. Now that the Biden administration leads the United States, a Honduran immigrant leaves church sanctuary after three and a half years, as the Immigrations Customs Enforcement or ICE pledges not to deport him.
According to Huff Post, Alex Garcia from Honduras, a father of five, was slated for removal from the United States in 2017, the first year of the Former President Donald Trump s administration. The Christ Church United Church of Christ, situated in the St. Louis suburb of Maplewood, offered him sanctuary days before his deportation, according to Huff Post.