St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America

The symbolic measure was blocked on a 3-3 vote, with resolution co-sponsor Matt Swanson absent. Immigration advocates broke out in applause after the vote.

Alex Garcia, the Honduran immigrant who sought sanctuary in a Maplewood church nearly 3½ years ago, will return home today.

U.S. Rep. Cori Bush introduced legislation that would grant permanent residency to Alex Garcia, an unauthorized immigrant who has lived in a Maplewood church since 2017.

Alex Garcia has spent the last 1,101 days living in a Maplewood church. In 2017, Immigration and Customs Enforcement denied Garcia’s request for a stay of removal from the United States, and the Honduran native still lacks a viable path to U.S. citizenship. Until he has one, he and his community of supporters have made clear, Christ Church is home.

When immigration authorities ordered Alex Garcia to turn himself in for deportation last year, his wife Carly decided to fight to keep her family…

Mario González Contreras doesn’t like speaking at universities.The students who fill the lecture halls and seminar rooms are about the same age as his…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: November 17, 2008 - The School of the Americas protest is a retreat in solidarity with others to…