In April 2017, Juana Tobar Ortega was ordered by ICE to self-deport to her native Guatemala by May. Instead, she moved into a nearby church where she sought sanctuary. She has not stepped out of the church since. - NBCLatino
Ortega is one of 46 immigrants staying in churches across 15 states to avoid deportation, according to Church World Service, a faith-based organization that tries to keep a record of people seeking sanctuary in America. Ortega was the first to seek sanctuary in a North Carolina church after President Donald Trump took office.
Jackeline Tobar, Ortega's daughter, working on a puzzle at St. Barnabas Church. She comes to visit her mother every Thursday and sometimes stays the night during school breaks. Tobar is studying zoology in college and says sometimes she brings her study groups to the church basement so her Mom can be a part of her life.Once Trump took office, all of that changed.
In 2011, ICE officers raided the fabric company where she worked and she was detained. She was released, but she had to check in with ICE annually. She did so, and she received a stay of removal six times. To keep busy, Ortega uses her sewing machine to make aprons and pillows she can sell to the community. She’s also started a catering business from the church’s kitchen.
The church also installed an alarm on the driveway that goes off when anybody arrives, so volunteers are alerted to visitors.Before moving into St. Barnabas, Ortega had never been to the church. She was connected with St. Barnabas through the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker advocacy organization that runs a program called Siembra North Carolina to prevent immigrants in the state from being deported.
Ortega's two granddaughters decorated the cinderblock walls of their grandmother's basement bedroom where she sleeps at St. Barnabas Church in Greensboro. The girls' drawings say things like "family should be free," and "my grandma will stay.
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