Gutierrez Lopez said she didn’t sleep in the days leading up to her Monday flight. She tried to hide her anxiety but her children knew something was wrong. Then a friend told her about sanctuary churches. She called Perez, the organizer for the DMV Sanctuary Congregation Network. By Sunday, the group had found a willing partner in Cedar Lane Unitarian.
“We don’t see why she is a priority for deportation,” said Richard Morales, director of Faith In Action’s national immigration campaign, La Red, which coordinates sanctuary activity across the country. “There is no reason to separate this woman from her children.”
