As the Obama Administration announced deportation raids targeting Central American refugee families in December 2015, the New Sanctuary Movement community sprang into action to fight back. We are working to ensure all our immigrant members know what to do in case of a raid, hold Know Your Rights trainings at member congregations that are open to the general public, and organize actions to demand that the Obama Administration and ICE immediately stop all raids.

In addition to our local organizing against the raids, we are actively involved with the national Sanctuary movement of faith-based communities and work to offer a unified response: all raids and deportations violate our shared faith values.