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Housing Immigrants: Immigrants and Abraham Waya

housing immigrants: To some churches, sanctuary means spiritual support or legal assistance to fight deportation, according to Metro News. Others promise or already are extending physical sanctuary by housing immigrants. Hundreds of houses of worship are offering sanctuary to people who could face deportation if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his campaign pledge to remove millions of immigrants living in the country illegally. In Brockton, a poor city of about 95,000 people south of Boston, four churches have pledged to take in immigrants fearful of being deported. Abraham Waya, pastor of Central United Methodist Church, who said his church can shelter as many as 100 people. If you need a safe place, once you enter the doors of this building, you are safe, said the Rev. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.