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Lansing Activists Weigh Moral Role, Legal Risk of Sanctuary

WKAR Public Media | By Kevin Lavery
Published March 9, 2017 at 9:18 PM EST
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Some Lansing area churches are weighing the responsibility -- and risk -- of offering sanctuary to refugees and immigrants.

As the Trump administration prepares to enact its updated travel ban, a number of U.S. churches have stated they will offer sanctuary to refugees and immigrants.  No definitive action has taken place in mid-Michigan...but the conversation is growing.  

WKAR’s Kevin Lavery talks with Oscar Castaneda with Action of Greater Lansing what a formal sanctuary policy might look like here.
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Kevin Lavery
Kevin Lavery served as a general assignment reporter and occasional local host for Morning Edition and All Things Considered before retiring in 2023.
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