In 2011, as a result of three years of coalitional effort against ICE access to the PARPS database, then-Mayor Nutter...
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WHYY, September 8, 2020: “Immigrant advocates sound alarm on PennDOT sharing drivers’ personal info”
WHYY, July 22, 2020: “From sanctuary to the Ivy League: A DACA recipient’s journey to Columbia University“
Rolling Stone, July 22, 2020: “The Faces of Deportation: One year. Six families. Dozens of lives disrupted by the Trump administration’s punitive and unpredictable immigration policies”
DemocracyNOW!, April 6, 2020: “Honduran Mother Celebrates Freedom After 554 Days in Sanctuary at Philadelphia Church”
WHYY, March 11, 2020: “One of three sanctuary families in Pa walks free with approval of feds”
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 11,2020: “How advocates helped free a Honduran mother from sanctuary after 18 months inside a Philadelphia church”.
Univision 65, March 5, 2020: “Hondureña refugiada en iglesia en Filadelfia no será deportada”.
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 5, 2018: “Two more immigrant families take church sanctuary in Philly”
WHYY, September 5, 2018: “Two more families choose sanctuary in a Philly church over separation, deportation”
Vice, July 27, 2016: “Philly’s Fight to Stay a Sanctuary City”
The Nation, July 18 2016: “Sanctuary cities are some of the few havens for undocumented immigrants”
Washington Post, May 30 2016: “Philadelphia has a hotline for undocumented immigrants facing raids,”
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 5 2016: “Kenney restores ‘sanctuary city’ status”
MSNBC, December 29, 2015: Immigrant allies prepare for potential deportation raids”
New York Times, September, 26, 2015: Immigration advocates in Philadelphia See Affirmation in Pope’s Visit
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 10, 2015: Singing for the Pope is about more than music
Huffington Post, January 16, 2015: Honduran Mother Living In Philadelphia Church Wins Reprieve From Deportation
PRI The World, December 24, 2014: This immigrant mom has found refuge from US authorities in a Philadelphia church
USA Today, November 21, 2014: [VIDEO] Angela Navarro in Sanctuary
Democracy Now, April 17, 2014: Philadelphia Bars Transfer of Undocumented Immigrants Without Federal Warrants
Al Jazeera America, March 27, 2014: Undocumented entrepreneurs: No social security number, owning a business

2008 – 2011: Campaign Beginnings
From 2008 to 2011, New Sanctuary Movement organized in coalition with other organizations across Philadelphia to end police-ICE collaboration in...