A New Documentary "A Shelter for Edith" Takes Audiences Inside a Sanctuary Church
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I first met Edith Espinal at a meeting with Rubén Castilla Herrera and the Columbus Mennonite Church back in 2017 when I was on the board of the Central Ohio Worker Center. Edith was trying to keep her family together in the face of a deportation order. She had been trying for years to find a path to legalization, but in the end, the Trump administration wanted Edith gone — despite the fact that she lived in the U.S. for over two decades and had her whole family here.
A New Documentary "A Shelter for Edith" Takes Audiences Inside a Sanctuary Church
A New Documentary "A Shelter for Edith" Takes…
A New Documentary "A Shelter for Edith" Takes Audiences Inside a Sanctuary Church
I first met Edith Espinal at a meeting with Rubén Castilla Herrera and the Columbus Mennonite Church back in 2017 when I was on the board of the Central Ohio Worker Center. Edith was trying to keep her family together in the face of a deportation order. She had been trying for years to find a path to legalization, but in the end, the Trump administration wanted Edith gone — despite the fact that she lived in the U.S. for over two decades and had her whole family here.