Sanctuary in America: How Activists Defied the Government and Defended Immigrants–and Why It Still MattersLloyd D. Barba and Sergio M. González This article includes excerpts from Sanctuary in America...

Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term—but their work has always entailed great personal risk.

ABSTRACT. This article draws on numerous primary sources to tease out the “usable sacred histories” that Sanctuary Movement congregations of the 1980s invo

Since the 1980s, communities have challenged deportations by crafting sanctuary city policies.

Lloyd Barba, Ph.D., is a 2024-2025 PRRI Public Fellow who focuses on immigration and migration. He is also an assistant professor of religion and Latinx/Latin American studies at Amherst College in Ma...

Welcome to our story map about local immigration sanctuary policies passed from 2001-2014 in the United States. We are glad you are here!Note: Due to the interactive features and data intensity of thi...

More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans have filed a federal court lawsuit challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to m...

During a campaign rally in mid-October in Coachella, Cal., Donald Trump asked a throng of supporters if they know what a "sanctuary city" is. “That’s a place where you keep criminals, right? Who the h...

A number of Latino evangelical churches in Florida and in the southeast United States are gearing up to protect their sacred spaces.

During a campaign rally in mid-October in Coachella, Cal., Donald Trump asked a throng of supporters if they know what a "sanctuary city" is. “That’s a place where you keep criminals, right? Who the h...