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Southside Presbyterian Church, located in Tucson, Ariz., is the church Rosa Robles stayed in sanctuary at. Photo by: Elisabeth Morales/ Arizona Sonora News

Sanctuary movement: perception or power?

Elisabeth Morales February 16, 2017

After 94 days in sanctuary, Francisco Perez Cordova left his Tucson office-turned-bedroom at St. Francis in the Foothills United Methodist Church. A year later in 2015, Rosa Robles left her...

The top six nationalities refugees originate from in Arizona. Figures taken from the U.S. Department of Health Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 2014. Graph by Jorge Encinas/Arizona Sonora News.

Despite rhetoric, refugees are a humanitarian concern

Jorge Encinas May 9, 2016

Without warning, a sudden deafening sound is followed by a wave of pressure passing through the body. Time seems to slow as the quick flash is finally registered by the eyes only to be quickly replaced...

Tucson's Southside Presbyterian Church is home to the newly revived Sanctuary Movement. (Photo by: Cole Malham / Arizona Sonoran News Service)

Revived sanctuary movement growing nationwide

Cole Malham October 15, 2014

Churches across the country are opening their doors to illegal immigrants facing deportation as the newly revived sanctuary movement gains more supporters. According to the Colorado Alliance for Immigration...

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