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PC(USA) webinar speaks to biblical roots, logistics of protecting immigrants
by Gregg Brekke | Presbyterian News Service
Rosa Robles Loreto, pictured here with her family spent 461 days living in sanctuary at Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo provided)
LOUISVILLE – As immigration rights activists prepare for what is next in a post-election atmosphere of anti-immigrant sentiment, those that previously offered sanctuary to deportees aren’t waiting for the new administration to be installed. Pre-election promises of mass deportations by President-elect Donald Trump and a wave of race-based crimes since the election have activated faith groups and communities promising to provide sanctuary to immigrants.
A first step in this effort was made today during a webinar hosted by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Synod of the Northeast, the National Sanctuary Movement and Presbyterian Peace Fellowship titled: How to Become a Sanctuary Community.
Moderated by Emily Brewer of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship and AmyBeth Willis, organizer of the National Sanctuary Movement in Tucson, Arizona, the 80 minute conversation spanned topics including the history and Presbyterian leadership in the movement, legal issues for churches, and ways churches and other groups can provide support to the sanctuary movement. Read more…