New Sanctuary Movement
About
The SÃ Se Puede Coalition supports the New Sanctuary Movement. The moviement follows the tradition of The Sanctuary Movement of the early 1980's in which many churches and temples provided social services and advocacy support for Central American refugess. At the time, federal immigration policy would have denied the majority political asylum.
Now, in the face of the current immigrant hysteria, and inspired by the struggle of struggle of Elvira Arellano, the New Sanctuary Movement seeks not only to provide support for the undocumented, but also to shed light on the very real human rights issues involved in the massive raids and deportations that are occuring now.
Marcos Castillo
USA Today, July 8 2007
Marco Castillo, 25, came from Mexico with his mother and two sisters when he was 4 to join his father. They crossed into this country legally with a visitor's visa in 1986 but stayed after it expired.
They applied for legal residency and got bad legal advice, he says. Castillo, his mother and one sister — the other married a citizen — signed papers saying they would leave voluntarily without realizing what they were doing, he says. Their case is being appealed.
Castillo was senior class president at San Diego's Crawford High School, where he graduated in 2000. He worked his way through San Diego State University as a janitor, cashier, busboy and restaurant manager. Now a graphic designer in San Diego, he gets financial and moral support, but not shelter, from Quakers.
"It's spiritual sanctuary," he says.
Support
For more information on San Diego's New Sanctuary Movement or to find out how you can make a donation, please call (619) 781-2431.
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