2015年6月11日 · An Austin church has offered sanctuary to an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant who said returning to her homeland means violence, abuse or even death. As a lesbian, Sulma Franco said she is ...

2015年7月30日 · Sulma Catarina Franco-Chamale, an undocumented immigrant seeking sanctuary at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin, addressed the small crowd during her press conference on Wednesday. She ...

2015年7月14日 · Sulma Franco, a lesbian activist from Guatemala, has moved into a Texas church to hide from immigration agents, part of a growing sanctuary movement in the US.

2015年7月8日 · Normally, people seek refuge in a place of worship for solace and comfort. For Sulma Franco, it's to avoid being deported. Franco, an undocumented immigrant...

2016年12月4日 · Austin, Texas, United States – When Sulma Franco fled her native Guatemala in 2009, she planned to reach the United States and apply for asylum on humanitarian grounds.

2015年11月17日 · Sulma Franco shudders as she recounts the cold, 12-hour journey she endured through Mexico on the roof of a freight train. “I remember taking my belt, and I tied myself with it so I wouldn’t ...

2015年9月28日 · The call for sanctuary for Sulma Franco came to First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin, where I’m senior minister, because we have the reputation of being welcoming to LGBT folks, and because the Rev. Marisol Caballero, minister of religious education and congregational engagement, had been doing antiracism work within the congregation ...

2015年8月14日 · About six weeks ago, we brought you the story of Sulma Franco, an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant who lived and worked in SA before moving up the road to Austin and setting up a food truck business.

2016年9月23日 · A group of about 30 people attended a news conference Thursday at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Central Austin to announce that the church would give sanctuary to Sulma Franco, a 31 ...

2015年5月13日 · First UU Church of Austin, Tex., is providing sanctuary to immigrant Sulma Franco as she tries to gain U.S. citizenship. Franco identifies as a lesbian and fears for her safety if she is forced to return to Guatemala. (KVUE.com, 6.12.15)