Chicago Church Providing Sanctuary to Another Undocumented Mexican Immigrant

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Latino Daily News

A week after winning the suspension of a deportation order for an undocumented mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission in Chicago provided sanctuary for another Mexican immigrant.

Father Jose Landaverde told Efe this weekend that the church, located in the Mexican neighborhood of La Villita, came to the aid of Miguel Sanchez Olguin, 35, who has lived undocumented in the United States for 16 years.

Sanchez, a native of Zacatecas, came to Chicago from Kansas City, where last July an immigration judge ordered his deportation, despite arguments of the defense that his life would be in danger if he went back to Mexico.

Sanchez is a professional chef and almost all his relatives live in the United States, most of them with their papers in order.

In August 2011 he was arrested for a second traffic violation in Kansas City and the court handed him over to immigration.

Fr. Landaverde said that since his deportation is “imminent,” he decided to give him sanctuary while appealing to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to let him stay in the country.

“The scriptures forbid the oppression of anyone, and oblige the faithful to take part in acts of resistance,” the mission’s communique said.

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