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More churches are opening doors to undocumented immigrants

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The number of churches willing to shelter undocumented immigrants has grown to about 1,000

Since President Trump took office, the number of American churches willing to shelter undocumented immigrants from the threat of deportation has grown to about 1,000 -- a small fraction of the Christian community. Special correspondent Duarte Geraldino meets one immigrant who has been welcomed by a congregation in hopes of buying time to find a legal way of staying in the U.S.

01/16/2018

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