Posted on 11/24/2018 2:36:09 PM PST by conservative98
A Mexican father who hid out in a North Carolina church for close to a year to avoid deportation was detained when he attended an appointment with immigration officials.
Samuel Oliver-Bruno, 47, had a scheduled meeting Friday at a Raleigh-area immigration office to provide fingerprints and discuss a petition to delay his deportation, so that he could stay in the country with his wife and son, who is a US citizen, local outlets reported.
About 20 minutes after he walked into the office, plainclothes US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested him.
The CityWell United Methodist Church’s pastor, Cleve May, and more than two dozen other people who’d accompanied Oliver-Bruno to the appointment surrounded the car taking Oliver-Bruno away and were also arrested, CNN and the Effingham Daily News newspaper reported.
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church sanctuary works for Protestants, too. And in a civilized society it is a reaffirmation of The Almighty. Uncivilized people burn churches and the concept of sanctuary with them. One of the differences between us and savages.
It’s a Medieval anachronism.
Should have just sent in a swat team to pull him out of his bunker.
I disagree it’s dated. Has the concept been abused? sure. But definitely not dated any more than a formal Christian church wedding is dated (another medieval construct).
Deportation status: Activated.
This story will chill the nads on some miscreants.
Well, Hillary may run again so you’ve got that going for you.
Shut up, the other side doesn’t need any help. Smarten up
Would you support using a Church as sanctuary for a bank robber?
Cleanup on post 20
They conveniently left out the part where he has already been convicted of using falsified paperwork
That would be a Duke hat.
Duke’s fault
There is a serious question of whether this is a real church, or just another one of the "God damn America" variants.
Deport this criminal.
I wish Trump would announce that for each
illegal coming across the border three
illegals already here would be deported.
Like regulations.
I hope they get thrown out of the church, major fines, and jail time.
Twitter feed is full of SJW retweets. Gun grabber, white guilt, anti-trump. Guy is a loooong way from the Methodist Circuit Riders of old.
only if he was using sanctuary as a means to peacefully surrender to authorities, as opposed to getting shot in the street
Why the double standard?
This guy lived in ‘sanctuary’ for a year.
Did you object to that?
How long would you allow someone to live in ‘sanctuary’?
Obviously for a year, but 2 years, 5, 10, with plans to surrender after 15?
As other have pointed out, this guy lived here only through the largess of ICE. They should have stormed the ‘church’.
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