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Seeking Sanctuary: A Woman Fighting Deportation, Shelters for More than 500 Days

June 14, 2020

As much of the nation begins to head out with lifting shelter-in-place orders, a single mother living in Maryland is still hunkering down. Rosa Gutierrez Lopez sought sanctuary inside a church for more than 500 days, in fear being deported to El Salvador. Special Contributor Joie Chen shares her struggle to remain in the U.S. with her American children.

 

 

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