Joe Amon, The Denver PostArturo Hernandez Garcia, far left, and Jeanette Vizguerra walking with Ingrid Encalada Latorre safely from the Mountain View Friends Meeting after she was granted a temporary stay of deportation on May 201, 2017. Garcia and Vizguerra have just recently been granted stays of deportation that will last nearly two years.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostJeanette Vizguerra and her 10-year-old son Roberto Baez chant "Jeanette belongs here" with the Dreamers' Mothers in Action during a Mother's Day protest on the steps of the First Baptist Church of Denver where she is in sanctuary across from the capitol of Denver on May 10, 2017.- Zury Baez, 6, shows off her new dress as she and her mother, Jeanette Vizguerra, center, prepare for their version of the 2017 "Time 100" Gala. Vizguerra was in sanctuary with the First Unitarian Society of Denver and could not make the trip to New York City for the gala, but she celebrated locally with family, friends and supporters on April 25, 2017. She also spent time in sanctuary that year at First Baptist Church of Denver. (Photo by Joe Amon/The Denver Post)
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostArturo Hernandez Garcia visiting his friend from sanctuary Jeanette Vizguerra after he received a brief reprieve, as ICE released him from immigration detention. May 3, 2017, Denver.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostThe Mancos United Methodist Church has opened it doors to Rosa Sabido 53, by giving her sanctuary from threat of deportation by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) when the agency declined her latest stay of removal. The church feels it is a way of confirming brotherly love, caring for their neighbors and has vowed to stand with her during this time.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostDee Booton and Lyn Patrick, community volunteers, heading back to the Mancos United Methodist Church fellowship hall on July 12, 2017 with roasted tomatoes, peppers, onions and garlic they have prepared at the local Grange Hall commercial kitchen for Rosa Sabido's locally famous tamales. She is known as the Tamale Lady at the farmers market and is making tamales for a fund raiser to help with the costs of living in sanctuary at the Mancos United Methodist Church.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostRosa Sabido, center. talking with volunteers on July 14, 2017 about plans for an upcoming fundraiser for her cause. Many members of the community, the congregation of the Mancos United Methodist Church and advocates have embraced Rosa and are willing do what they can to help while she is living in sanctuary.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostRosa Sabido outside on a small side porch surrounded by a fenced in yard at the Mancos United Methodist Church on July 12, 2017. "This is my escape," she said. "A place to feel the breeze or see the stars."
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostBlanca Valdivia the mother of Rosa Sabido is filled with emotion while talking of her daughter living in sanctuary during one of her frequent visits at the Mancos United Methodist Church fellowship hall with Rosa's step father Roberto Obispo on July 12, 2017 Mancos.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostRosa Sabido waits at the door as her step father Roberto Obispo and mother Blanca Valdivia leave after one of their frequent visits to the Mancos United Methodist Church fellowship hall July 12, 2017 in Mancos.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostRosa Sabido 53, pauses while telling of her experiences trying to remain in the United States at the Mancos United Methodist Church on July 12, 2017. From being denied using her visitor visa to crossing the border, legal maneuverings, granted many application's for stay of removal and now living in sanctuary, it's a very crooked path she's been walking, just trying to find a way home.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostIngrid Encalada Latorre laying down her 18-month-old son Anibal Jurado for a nap in her room at the Mountain View Friend meeting where they have taken sanctuary in Denver on May 10, 2017. Ingrid and her son have been living at the church for months while her older son Bryant Moya 8, and partner Eliseo Jurado live in the family home visiting them on weekends. May 10, 2017, Denver.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostIngrid Encalada Latorre and her 18-month-old son Anibal Jurado listening to members of the Mountain View Friend meeting as they practice at the Quaker center where she and her youngest son have taken sanctuary on May 10, 2017/
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostOn May 20, 2017 18-month-old Anibal Jurado with his older brother Bryant Moya 8, at Mountain View Friends Meeting where their mother Ingrid Encalada Latorre has been living in sanctuary since Dec. 7, 2016. Ingrid is facing deportation, her application pending with the D.C. office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement until her court cases are decided.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostAfter months of visits and sleepovers Eliseo Jurado, holding his 18-month-old son Anibal, and Anibal's older brother Bryant Moya, 8, take one last look inside at where their mother Ingrid Encalada Latorre has been living since she entered sanctuary on Dec. 7, 2016 at Mountain View Friends Meeting. Ingrid has been granted a temporary stay of deportation.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostArnie Carter, a member of the New Sanctuary Committee at the First Unitarian Society of Denver and a group of supporters walk with Ingrid Encalada Latorre as she completes the first steps in a long journey to keep her family together by having a felony conviction against her reduced to a misdemeanor on May 3, 2017. She entered Sanctuary 5 months ago to ensure she could attend her hearing's and have a chance to stay in the United States.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostEighteen-month-old Anibal Jurado waiting with members of the Mountain View Friends Meeting and the sanctuary collation while his mother Ingrid Encalada Latorre has her ankle monitor fitted and activated at BI Incorporated in Greenwood Village so she can live with her family during her stay of deportation on May 22, 2017 in Greenwood Village.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostIngrid Encalada Latorre has her ankle monitor activated at BI Incorporated in Greenwood Village so she can live with her family during her stay of deportation on May 22, 2017.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostEighteen-month-old Anibal Jurado runs his mother Ingrid Encalada Latorre on their street in Westminster after living at the Mountain View Friends Meeting with her since Dec. 7, 2016. Her ankle monitor is barely visible but a constant reminder of the conditions she must follow so she can live with her family during her stay of deportation.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostIngrid Encalada Latorre and her oldest son Bryant Moya 9, take a break between interviews at the State Capitol. She coming down to the end of her short stay of deportation is spending hours in the waiting room of the Governor or speaking on the steps of the Capitol hoping for a pardon. Denver, CO.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostIngrid Encalada Latorre surrounded by Metro Denver Sanctuary Coalition members after her hearing at the Jefferson County Courthouse. She will learn of the judges decision in a few days that will decide if her case can be reopened from an arrest and subsequent plea bargain in 2010.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostIngrid Encalada Latorre and her partner Eliseo Jurado take a moment during a break in her hearing Aug. 16, 2017 at the Jefferson County Courthouse.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostIngrid Encalada Latorre's supporters pray over her and her nearly 2 year old son Anibal Jurado Sept. 12 at the Colorado Capitol in Denver.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostIngrid Encalada Latorre's supporters pray with her and her nearly 2 year old son Anibal Jurado Sept. 12 at the Colorado Capitol in Denver.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostIngrid Encalada Latorre (center) speaks to the press through translator Jennifer Piper of the American Friends Service Committee at the Colorado Capitol after learning that Gov. John Hickenlooper denied her pardon request Thursday and will now have to leave the U.S.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostIngrid Encalada Latorre walks with her nearly 2 year old son Anibal Jurado as they leave their home for an undetermined length of time. She is scheduled to be deported to Peru this morning but is reentering sanctuary with her sons Bryant Moya and Anibal Jurado at Foothills Unitarian Church in Fort Collins. Latorre spent five months in sanctuary at the Denver Quaker Meeting in Denver. Fort Collins, CO.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostIngrid Encalada Latorre was scheduled to be deported to Peru this morning but is reentering sanctuary with her sons Bryant Moya 9 and Anibal Jurado nearly 2, at Foothills Unitarian Church in Fort Collins. Latorre spent five months in sanctuary at the Denver Quaker Meeting in Denver. Fort Collins, CO.
- Joe Amon, The Denver PostBryant Moya 9 his mother Ingrid Encalada Latorre and brother Anibal Jurado nearly 2 in their room at Foothills Unitarian Church in Fort Collins. Latorre was scheduled to be deported to Peru this morning but reentered sanctuary with her sons. Latorre spent five months in sanctuary at the Denver Quaker Meeting in Denver. Fort Collins, CO.
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Arturo Hernandez Garcia, far left, and Jeanette Vizguerra walking with Ingrid Encalada Latorre safely from the Mountain View Friends Meeting after she was granted a temporary stay of deportation on May 201, 2017. Garcia and Vizguerra have just recently been granted stays of deportation that will last nearly two years.
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In the past three years, three people have claimed sanctuary with Denver churches to avoid deportation. In June, a fourth, Rosa Sabido of Cortez, entered sanctuary at Mancos United Methodist Church.
The sanctuary movement is growing nationally; organizers say the number of faith organizations has doubled, from 400 to 800, since the November 2016 election. Sanctuary has grown in Colorado as well. In addition to the church in Mancos, a new coalition formed in Colorado Springs and other organizations have joined the movement.
Ingrid Encalada Latorre was scheduled to be deported to Peru on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, but instead moved into a Fort Collins church to continue her fight to stay in Colorado with her two children, despite a pardon denial from Gov. John Hickenlooper and despite an expired stay of removal.
Encalada Latorre in December claimed sanctuary at Mountain ViewFriends Meeting in Denver to buy time to fight a criminal conviction for using someone else’s papers to work. She left sanctuary in May after she was granted a stay of removal that extended 30 days past her court date to try to overturn her felony conviction. The judge denied her request, though, so she turned to Hickenlooper for a pardon of the criminal conviction, which could have allowed her to reopen her immigration case.