Denver, United States.
Honduran Vicky Chávez, who had been looking shrine in a Salt Lake City church, Utah, in early 2018, will be able to leave this site after receiving confirmation of the federal immigration authorities that she will not be deported, the congregation that hosted the immigrant reported on Thursday.
According to the First Unitary Church, the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) informed the Honduran which is no longer on the list of people with deportation priority and that, as a result, his deportation order (in force since 2017) was canceled indefinitely.
for that Chavez, 33, will now be able to continue to apply for asylum in the United States, An order that had already been denied four years ago but the appeal has not yet been resolved.
First Unitary Church
The final goal, says the statement of the First Unitary Church, Is that Chávez get his permanent residence.
In statements sent to local media, Chavez thanked President Joe Biden for the changes made that contributed to the undated postponement of the deportation.
“Now we can go to Disneyland“, Commented Chávez, mother of Yaretzi (9 years old) and Bella (3 years old).
Chavez fled Honduras in 2014 to escape a situation of domestic violence that included death threats. Without other direct relatives in his native country but with numerous relatives in Utah, Chávez chose Salt Lake City as the place to get rid of the threats.
When his asylum was rejected in late 2017, Chávez was ordered to leave the country on January 31, 2018. In fact, she and her daughters were at the airport, ready to board the aircraft, when Chávez made the decision to stay in the United States and seek sanctuary.
For the last three years the Honduran he did not leave the First Unitarian Church, Where members of the congregation transformed a Sunday school hall into a apartment for Chávez and then they took turns accompanying her every day and at all hours of the day. “for the love of Vicky and her family”.
Last month, a Mexican woman in a shrine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania leaving one church and another Honduran in FebruaryBut in Virginia, he also left the sanctuary. An estimated 20 people still remain inside churches to avoid deportation, including the Peruvian Ingrid Encalada Latorre and the Mexican Rosa Sabut, Both in Colorado.