Growing Numbers of Immigrants Are Taking Refuge in Churches - Word&Way

Growing Numbers of Immigrants Are Taking Refuge in Churches

Oneita Thompson

Oneita ThompsonFor the last six months, Clive and Oneita Thompson and their two children have been doing familiar routines in an unfamiliar place.

For the Thompsons, a move into a United Methodist Church in order to avoid deportation means sharing space with strangers — whether it’s cooking in the church’s industrial kitchen, or showering in a public bathroom on another floor — and being unable to follow through on some of their parenting responsibilities.

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