Abbie Arevalo-Herrera, center, hugs her sister and is embraced by her husband during a press conference at First Unitarian Universalist Church on June 22nd.
(Credit Mallory Noe-Payne / RADIO IQ)
It’s been three weeks since church members in Richmond offered sanctuary to a young mother facing deportation.
She and her daughter came to Virginia from Honduras in 2013, fleeing an abusive relationship and crossing the border illegally.
She’s since married a man here in Virginia and has had another child.
Reporter Mallory Noe-Payne visited her, and has more on how she’s doing.
Virginia Public Radio 