Topic: Flor Crisostomo
Clarification: Immigration-church sanctuaries storyIn a story July 12, The Associated Press reported that federal immigration officials have ordered the deportation of Flor Crisostomo, a Mexican immigrant living in a Chicago church.The reference should have specified that the Board of Immigration Appeals ...
Immigration officials hesitant to arrest immigrants who seek sanctuary in churchesEveryone knows where Flor Crisostomo lives, even the federal immigration officials who have ordered her deported to Mexico. "Avoiding churches is unofficial policy for federal immigration officials, according to Doris Meissner, a ...