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May 31, 2017

North Carolina: Undocumented Grandmother Taking Sanctuary in Episcopal Church
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In North Carolina, undocumented grandmother Juana Luz Tobar Ortega is
seeking sanctuary in an Episcopal church today to avoid her deportation.
Ortega has lived in the United States since 1992, when she fled violence
in Guatemala. She works as a sewing machine operator at a textile
factory near her home in Asheboro, North Carolina. Since 2011, she's
been reporting to annual required ICE check-ins without problems. But
this spring, after President Trump took office, ICE officials instead
ordered her to leave the country by today, May 31. Instead, she's
seeking sanctuary in efforts to remain in the United States with her
four children and two grandchildren.


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