Sanctuary movement will call on Biden to free Rosa Sabido, others in sanctuary
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News conference planned for 11 a.m. Tuesday By Patrick Armijo Education, business & real estate reporter
Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 6:41 PM Updated: Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 7:47 PM
Sanctuary movement will call on Biden to free Rosa Sabido, others in sanctuary The National Sanctuary Collective will hold a news conference Tuesday calling on the Biden administration to free about 45 people living in the country illegally who have sought sanctuary in houses of worship. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file
People in sanctuary press Biden for change Lucio Perez greets friends after arriving back into the First Congregational Church of Amherst, after a stay in Cooley Dickinson Hospital for a medical emergency in May 2018. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Irida Kakhtiranova makes a blueberry pie Wednesday, May 9, 2018 in the kitchen of the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence. She is a Russian immigrant facing deportation and was given sanctuary at USNF on April 6, 2018. She is the wife of a U.S. citizen and the mother of three American-born children. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 1/26/2021 4:36:20 PM
After close to three years living in sanctuary to prevent her deportation, a woman provided refuge in a Northampton church is calling on President Joe Biden to adopt policies that will ensure that she and others can remain in the United States.
Looking back at 2020: The year in pictures
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The pandemic and social protests gave us indelible images – but the year unfolded in other ways, too
Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 12:06 AM Updated: Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 12:28 PM Amy Semel with Mercy Regional Medical Center performs a COVID-19 test June 2 on Colton Carr at a drive-up testing site. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Looking back at 2020: The year in pictures Amy Semel with Mercy Regional Medical Center performs a COVID-19 test June 2 on Colton Carr at a drive-up testing site. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald