umstead park church of christ
are unlocked, but eliseo jimenez
is trapped within its walls.
the 39-year-old is an
undocumented immigrant with a
standing deportation order,
meaning immigration and customs
enforcement want him returned to
his native mexico.
but he's not going.
>> i'm not going to give up on
my kids.
i'm not going to take them away
from their own country, take
them away their rights to be
here, their rights to better
education, better life.
>> reporter: instead he's chosen
sanctuary in this church,
relying on an ice policy that
says federal immigration agents
won't apprehend people in so-
called "sensitive locations."
it's part of a strategy to buy
time to reopen his immigration
case and to find a legal way to
stay.
umstead park united church of
christ is just one of a growing
number of churches around the
country that have publicly
declared their opposition to
existing u.s. immigration law by
offering sanctuary to
undocumented people facing
deportation.
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