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LAUNCH OF NEW SANCTUARY MOVEMENT CHURCHES IN 20 CITIES GIVE REFUGE TO UNDOCUMENTED FAMILIES By PILAR MARRERO
Translated By ELENA SHORE
May 9, 2007 LOS ANGELES -- Juan Villadas life began to change early one morning in 2002
when immigration authorities knocked on the door of his Inglewood home and
arrested him along with three of his four children. Today, Villada will leave behind his normal life, including his home and his job, to
live in Our Lady Queen of Angels Church, La Placita, and become a symbol of
what a coalition of religious leaders has baptized, the New Sanctuary
Movement. Churches of different denominations in 20 U.S. cities will take in immigrant
families who have been previously selected to symbolize the situation of millions
who remain in legal limbo. The first wave of sanctuaries was announced today in
three U.S. cities, where sanctuary will be given to families who seek refuge there. I know were going to represent millions of people, Villada said in an interview
days before seeking refuge in Los Angeles oldest Catholic church. We want to
let the government know that we are not bad people. (I hope) that they listen to
us, because they are doing a lot of unjust things. This is not the first time a coalition of churches has taken this step. It happened
in the 1980s, with Central Americans fleeing wars primarily Salvadorans and
Guatemalans who were not initially granted legal asylum in this country. La Placita itself was one of the churches that opened its doors and became a
sanctuary for hundreds of refugees. It was a prophetic movement. We opened our doors to the refugees of wars that
our government was supporting. In doing so, we wanted to signal the country to
open its doors too, said Father Richard Estrada, who was then the assistant
priest at La Placita, which was led by Father Luis Olivares. Today, Estrada is the head priest, and will welcome Juan Villada into a small
apartment that has been set up for him in the old sacristy. This time, according to its organizers, the new sanctuary will be a different
version of the same idea. Churches wont open their doors to everyone who is 38 undocumented or under deportation orders, but will present symbolic cases to
mobilize public opinion in favor of immigration reform. And they wont just be Catholic churches. They will be Lutheran, Methodist,
Episcopalian, and Mennonite. Basically, we want to give voice to the 12 million immigrants who are asking to
be legalized. They live in this nation, are productive people with roots, and arent
yet accepted as part of this great nation, said Reverend C



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