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Samuel Oliver-Bruno, (left) hugs his wife and son in a photo taken earlier this year. Oliver-Bruno had taken refuge in CityWell United Methodist Church in Durham, N.C., while applying to remain in the U.S. To care for his ill wife. He was arrested by ICE officials Nov. Photo by Anna Carson Dewitt, courtesy of CityWell United Methodist Church. Samuel Oliver-Bruno, an unauthorized immigrant who found sanctuary in a United Methodist church for nearly a year, has been deported to Mexico.

However, the congregation of CityWell United Methodist Church in Durham, North Carolina, still is working to support Oliver-Bruno as well as his wife and son, who remain in the U.S. Rukovodstvo po remontu ford focus 1 6 duratorq tdci. The church also holds hope of his return to the United States, said the Rev. Crystal DesVignes, one of CityWell’s pastors.

“We are in constant prayer for them and constant communication with them as they try to navigate what might be the next legal steps they might take,” she said. “We’re still making the country aware of this situation.” Oliver-Bruno, 47, after he learned he would no longer receive a work permit and stay of removal from the United States. He remained in the church for 11 months while applying to remain in the country to care for his ill wife.

He left the church Nov. 23 for an appointment with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, required as part of his application to delay his deportation to Mexico. Shortly after he arrived, plainclothes agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — a separate agency — arrested him.

While trying to block the van transporting Oliver-Bruno to detention. ICE moved Oliver-Bruno to a detention center in Georgia and subsequently deported him from the United States in the middle of the night Nov. He is now staying with members of the Methodist Church in Mexico. Faith leaders and church members surround a government vehicle after Samuel Oliver-Bruno was arrested on Nov. 23 by ICE officials. Oliver-Bruno had left CityWell United Methodist Church to meet with U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Services in Morrisville, N.C., for an appointment. Photo by Anna Carson Dewitt, courtesy of CityWell United Methodist Church. ICE arrested Oliver-Bruno after he had exhausted multiple appeals, said Bryan Cox, an agency spokesman. “ As for how this agency knew he was going to be there the day of his arrest, his supporters made public announcements about it days in advance,” Cox said. “The church itself even announced it publicly on social media days prior to his appointment.” Church members, however, see Oliver-Bruno’s arrest and subsequent deportation as a violation of sanctuary.

Throughout his journey and visit at the immigration office, church members surrounded him in prayer and worship songs, the Rev. Ernesto Barriguete told United Methodist News Service after the arrests. Barriguete, director of multicultural ministries for the North Carolina Conference, was one of the United Methodists arrested trying to block Oliver-Bruno’s removal. The United Methodist Church,, opposes “immigration policies that separate family members from each other or that include detention of families with children.” The Social Principles also “call on local churches to be in ministry with immigrant families.” A number of Bible verses explicitly deal with how followers of God. The North Carolina Conference produced a short video of held in support of Samuel Oliver-Bruno and his family.