From New York-The Washington Heights community has pitched in to help a Guatemalan immigrant facing deportation who publicly took sanctuary Thursday at Holyrood Episcopal Church.
The rectory library which Amanda Morales and her three children — 9-year-old Dulce, 8-year-old Daniela and 2-year-old David —now call home was outfitted with bunk beds Friday, food donations are pouring into the church and local officials are planning to rally Monday morning at Federal Plaza to request a stay of deportation.
Yvonne Stennett, the executive director of the Community League of The Heights, told Patch that her organization was called on by City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez to help Morales and her family while seeking sanctuary.
More here-
https://patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/washington-heights-community-rallies-around-mother-facing
also here-
http://nypost.com/2017/08/21/immigrant-facing-deportation-finds-refuge-at-church/
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