Against the wall podcast: Sanctuary cities

By By Briannon Wilfong, Ashley Fredde, Vianney Cárdenas, Rosa Garcia, Kathleen Giles, Jillian Hanlin, and Michelle Rascón-Canales/El Inde The vote to make Tucson an official Sanctuary City might have failed last November, but those who worked to get Proposition 205 on the ballot say they are going to continue to fight for the rights of…

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Sanctuary movement: perception or power?

After 94 days in sanctuary, Francisco Perez Cordova left his Tucson office-turned-bedroom at St. Francis in the Foothills United Methodist Church. A year later in 2015, Rosa Robles left her sanctuary at Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson after 461 days. Cordova had been detained when his brother-in-law reported a crime, while Robles had been taken in for a…

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