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In this Oct. 26, 2017, photo, Amanda Morales, 33, poses for a photograph in the sanctuary of the Holyrood Episcopal Church, the Bronx borough of New York. Morales has been living in two small rooms of the gothic church at the northern edge of Manhattan since August, shortly after immigration authorities ordered her deported to her homeland of Guatemala. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ** FILE **

Lives of anxiety: Immigrants seek sanctuary in US churches

By CLAUDIA TORRENS - Associated Press

Amanda Morales' children Daniela Carvajal, right, Dulce Carvajal, left, and David Carvajal foreground play inside the Holyrood Church, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Morales who is originally from Guatemala and has lived without authorization in the U.S. since 2004 has taken sanctuary at the church. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Guatemalan immigrant seeks sanctuary in Manhattan church

By CLAUDIA TORRENS - Associated Press