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Before Senate Bill 4, a far-reaching immigration law, goes into effect on Sept. 1, opponents are mobilizing across Texas, including those hoping to see more Texas churches offer "sanctuary" to the undocumented.
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<p><span class="byline--item" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-right: 1.1rem; color: rgb(121, 121, 121); font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.6px; letter-spacing: 0.68px; text-transform: uppercase;">BY <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; color: rgb(83, 155, 174); font-weight: 700;">JULIÁN AGUILAR</a></span><span style="color: rgb(121, 121, 121); font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.6px; letter-spacing: 0.68px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </span></p>
<time class="byline--item" datetime="Tue, 16 May 2017 00:01:00 -0500" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-right: 1.1rem; color: rgb(121, 121, 121); font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.6px; letter-spacing: 0.68px; text-transform: uppercase;" title="2017-05-16 00:01">
MAY 16, 2017</time>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.1rem; font-size: 1.1rem; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4;">The backdrop for Rev. Noel Andersen's sermon last week wasn’t a church dais but the gates of the Governor’s Mansion in Austin. The unusual setting didn’t stop him from preaching about his disappointment in Gov. <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(161, 210, 223); box-shadow: rgb(161, 210, 223) 0px -1px 0px 0px inset;">Greg Abbott</a> for signing one of the most aggressive state-based immigration laws in the country the night before.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.1rem; font-size: 1.1rem; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4;">“Somebody told me once that the Bible was important here,” Andersen said, ginning up an already fiery crowd of opponents that have, since January, railed against Senate Bill 4.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.1rem; font-size: 1.1rem; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4;">Andersen is from Washington, D.C., where his nonprofit, Church World Service, is based. But he said he expects to spend much of the summer in Texas, working to reignite a movement of churches offering "sanctuary" to the undocumented, an effort that has taken on a new urgency since Abbott signed SB 4, which goes into effect Sept. 1.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.1rem; font-size: 1.1rem; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4;">“We do expect to see a greater need now as immigrants are being more targeted through SB 4 and through President Trump’s policies,” Andersen said. “[The goal is] helping stop a deportation order and creating space to create a legal campaign to be able to stop that deportation and keep those people with their families.”</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.1rem; font-size: 1.1rem; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4;"><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/16/after-sb4-faith-based-groups-work-spread-message-sanctuary-congregatio/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social">MORE>></a></p>
<time class="byline--item" datetime="Tue, 16 May 2017 00:01:00 -0500" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-right: 1.1rem; color: rgb(121, 121, 121); font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.6px; letter-spacing: 0.68px; text-transform: uppercase;" title="2017-05-16 00:01">
MAY 16, 2017</time>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.1rem; font-size: 1.1rem; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4;">The backdrop for Rev. Noel Andersen's sermon last week wasn’t a church dais but the gates of the Governor’s Mansion in Austin. The unusual setting didn’t stop him from preaching about his disappointment in Gov. <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(161, 210, 223); box-shadow: rgb(161, 210, 223) 0px -1px 0px 0px inset;">Greg Abbott</a> for signing one of the most aggressive state-based immigration laws in the country the night before.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.1rem; font-size: 1.1rem; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4;">“Somebody told me once that the Bible was important here,” Andersen said, ginning up an already fiery crowd of opponents that have, since January, railed against Senate Bill 4.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.1rem; font-size: 1.1rem; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4;">Andersen is from Washington, D.C., where his nonprofit, Church World Service, is based. But he said he expects to spend much of the summer in Texas, working to reignite a movement of churches offering "sanctuary" to the undocumented, an effort that has taken on a new urgency since Abbott signed SB 4, which goes into effect Sept. 1.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.1rem; font-size: 1.1rem; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4;">“We do expect to see a greater need now as immigrants are being more targeted through SB 4 and through President Trump’s policies,” Andersen said. “[The goal is] helping stop a deportation order and creating space to create a legal campaign to be able to stop that deportation and keep those people with their families.”</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.1rem; font-size: 1.1rem; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4;"><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/16/after-sb4-faith-based-groups-work-spread-message-sanctuary-congregatio/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social">MORE>></a></p>