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Man leaves church and reunites with family after years in sanctuary from deportation

February 24, 2021 by Staff Reporter

Alex García from Honduras sought sanctuary in Missouri church in 2017 under threat of removal from US by Trump administration

After three and a half years living inside a Missouri church to avoid deportation, a Honduran man has finally stepped outside, following a promise from Joe Biden’s administration to let him be.

Alex García, a married father of five, was slated for removal from the US in 2017, the first year of Donald Trump’s administration. Days before he would have been deported, Christ Church United Church of Christ in the St Louis suburb of Maplewood offered sanctuary.

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Source: theguardian.com

Filed Under: POLITICS, US

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