Rev. Tom Gerstenlauer, the senior pastor at South Congregational, said what the church did was an act of faith in the face of injustice. ” We remain a community of faith in solidarity with Gisella and her family and all who suffer  unjust and unfair persecution under a system of imperfect law and incompetent administration,” said Gerstenlauer. Speaking inside the chapel before she left the church Monday, Collazo tearfully said, in Spanish, she was grateful to have been given sanctuary. ” Many families are not as fortunate and are being separated every day around the country,” she said.

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