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Biden deportation moratorium blocked. What does it mean for NC immigrants in sanctuary? Aaron Sánchez-Guerra and Virginia Bridges, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Feb. 5 When President Joe Biden put a 100-day hold on most deportations after taking office last month, Juana Luz Tobar Ortega and Eliseo Jiménez, unauthorized immigrants in sanctuary in North Carolina, got their hopes up.
But a federal judge swiftly blocked the moratorium just days after it was issued, first for 14 days then until Feb. 23.
Now, both immigrants don t know when they might safely leave the churches where they have been living to avoid deportation orders the past three years.