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Sunday, March 26, 2017
Immigrants find sanctuary in Austin church network
eight months, she never left the
church grounds. The congrega-
tion built a green plastic barrier
around a small outdoor space so
she and Ivan could go outside
without worrying about immi-
gration officials.
Ramirez was granted a de-
portation deferment through
October, meaning she can go to
the store or do her own laundry,
but she told pastors that with the
aggressive immigration enforce-
ment actions in recent months,
she wants to stay.
The pastors have said the pair
is welcome for as long as they
want. At the Unitarian Church,
Bamhouse and her congregation
are also prepared to offer sanctu-
ary for as long as the mother and
daughter may need. Network
volunteers declined to offer de-
tails about the mother until she
makes her decision.
“It’s very grounding and ex-
citing for a church to be able to
live out its mission this tangibly,”
Bamhouse said. “We gather in
community to nourish souls,
transform lives and do justice.
That is our mission.... This feels
like all of it.”
churches that do.
The Austin Sanctuary Net-
work has broadened in the past
year from a handful of churches
and advocates to more than two
dozen congregations and reli-
gious groups, three labor
unions, several nonprofit groups
and dozens of individual volun-
teers. This mirrors the loosely
organized national sanctuary
movement that has grown to
more than 800 churches and
congregations, with a good por-
tion of those joining since
Trump was elected.
“It’s bewildering for people at
this point. It’s like trying to re-
pair furniture when the house is
on fire,” said Pastor Jim Rigby,
whose congregation at St. An-
drew’s Presbyterian Church in
Austin has provided sanctuary
to Guatemalan immigrant Hil-
da Ramirez and her 10-year-old
son, Ivan, for more than a year.
“Opening our arms to our neigh-
bors goes without question.”
Pastor Laura Walter’s small
Presbyterian congregation in
Bee Cave, 12 miles west of Aus-
tin, hopes her church can ex-
pand the network to reach im-
immigrants are openly declar-
ing sanctuary and letting immi-
gration officials know where
they are, they don’t believe they
are violating the law. U.S. De-
partment of Homeland Security
officials declined to discuss the
legality of sanctuary, but pointed
to the sensitive areas policy.
The increased membership
in the Austin network has
meant more resources for out-
reach, including seminars on
preparing deportation defense
packets that designate who
should take custody of children
if a parent is detained for depor-
tation proceedings.
The network has also part-
nered with local and national ac-
tivists to teach more than 250 vol-
unteers tactics called Sanctuary in
the Streets designed to bring a
church service to areas where de-
portation raids are happening to
create a barrier between agents
and immigrants. The volunteers
also go with immigrants fearing
deportation to court visits or im-
migration appointments.
Volunteers often go with Ra-
mirez to appointments as she
makes her case for asylum. For
By Claudia Lauer
Associated Press
AUSTIN — Senior Minister
Meg Bamhouse knows she’ll
needbeds, a dresser, chairs and a
mirror to make the classroom at
the First Unitarian Universalist
Church of Austin feel more like a
home for a mother and her
young daughter who still are de-
ciding whether they will become
the latest immigrants seeking
sanctuary from deportation by
moving into a church.
It would be the second time
Bamhouse’s congregation of-
fered sanctuary. She was hesitant
in 2015 because of the unknown
legal and insurance risks, but this
time she agreed immediately.
There is growing fear in the
city’s immigrant community as
President Donald Trump’s im-
migration and executive orders
go into effect. And as more than
50 Austin area residents were
detained in U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement de-
portation raids last month, a
growing number of churches in
the Austin Sanctuary Network
are volunteering to offer phys-
ical shelter or support to
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Hilda Ramirez, an immigrant living illegally in the U.S., reach-
es out to her son, Ivan, as she sits for a Feb. 22 interview in the
sanctuary at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin.
migrant communities outside
city limits. They still are discuss-
ing whether the small church
has room to offer shelter or
whether they could get a permit
to build a temporary shower.
“Our faith calls us to live this
out,” Walters said. “In the near
future we’ll be at the very least
helping support refugees and
asylum seekers.”
The churches are relying on a
2011 ICE policy directive telling
agents to avoid “sensitive areas”
such as churches, hospitals and
schools when conducting de-
portation actions under most
circumstances. Federal immi-
gration officials said that policy
is still in effect, but recent immi-
gration arrests around the U.S.,
including inside courthouses,
are increasing fears.
Many of the pastors say they
are teaching civil disobedience
when necessary, but because the
Record-Chronicle picks up
more than a dozen awards
Judge delays first trial in
2015 Texas biker shootout
of Journalism, won in the fea-
ture series category for his three
stories in The Muzquiz Connec-
tion series, a look at the bond be-
tween Denton and its “friend-
ship city” of Muzquiz, Mexico.
Third place went to a two-part
series on how taxpayers view
taxes, by reporters Peggy Hein-
kel-Wolfe, Jenna Duncan, Cait-
lyn Jones and Gill.
Heinkel-Wolfe also earned
honorable mention for the Star
Reporter of the Year award.
Record-Chronicle
writers won four awards. In the
breaking sports news category,
Brett Vito, who covers UNT ath-
letics, earned first place; Adam
Boedeker was second. Steve Ga-
mel won in the sports features
category, with Patrick Hayslip in
second place.
A portfolio of staff editorials
written by managing editor
Scott K. Parks came in first place
in the editorial writing category.
Topics included the Renewable
Denton Plan, local taxes and po-
litical correctness.
First place in team page design
went to “See ya at the taqueria,” a
staff roundup of local taco joints,
designed by Mariel Tarn-Ray, Ja-
son Lee and David Minton.
Other awards included Gill’s
second place in deadline writing
and Duncan’s second place in
business reporting. Copy editor
Brandon Wilken earned third
place for his sports, news and
business page designs.
Also this weekend, ACES:
The Society for Editing an-
nounced the winners of its 2016
Headline Contest. Tarn-Ray, the
Record-Chronicle’s copy desk
chief, received second place for
newspapers with circulation less
than 100,000.
Staff report
The Denton Record-Chron-
icle received 15 awards, includ-
ing first place in six categories,
Saturday afternoon in the Texas
Associated Press Managing Edi-
tors’ annual journalism contest.
Award winners are being named
this weekend during the group’s
convention in Houston.
The Record-Chronicle swept
the features category in Class A,
for Texas newspapers with Sun-
day circulation less than 10,000.
The top three places went to fea-
tures editor Lucinda Breeding,
in first; Britney Tabor, for a story
about a long-forgotten black
cemetery; and Julian Gill, for his
piece about a family living in
Denton after overstaying their
visas 15 years ago.
Freelance writer James Dale,
who is a staffer in the University
of North Texas Maybom School
WACO (AP) — A judge on
Friday postponed the first trial
over a 2015 Central Texas gun-
fight involving rival motorcy-
cle gangs that left nine people
dead, 20 others hurt and more
than 150 bikers charged.
The trial for Christopher
Jacob Carrizal, a member of
the Bandidos motorcycle
group, had been set for May
22. But state District Court
Judge Ralph Strother on Fri-
day postponed the trial after a
new attorney brought onto the
case indicated she couldn’t be
ready in time, the Waco Tri-
bune-Herald reported. A new
trial date wasn’t set.
Prosecutors and defense at-
torneys declined to comment,
saying Strother had placed
them under a gag order.
After delaying the trial,
Strother released a panel of
186 potential jurors who had
reported to fill out question-
naires for the trial.
Earlier during the hearing,
Strother had been visibly agitat-
ed with efforts to delay tire case.
The delay means the first
trial related to the confronta-
tion between the Bandidos
and Cossacks motorcycle clubs
and police outside of a Twin
Peaks restaurant in Waco is set
to begin June 5 before a differ-
ent judge. It involves 50-year-
old Kyle Smith, a member of
the Cossacks motorcycle club.
Attorneys for some of the
more than 150 indicted bikers
have pushed for speedy trials
and dismissal of charges. The
bikers were indicted on charg-
es of engaging in organized
criminal activity.
Others have sought a
change of venue and have tried
to disqualify District Attorney
Abel Reyna from handling the
cases.
sports
Last year, a judge denied a
motion on behalf of two bikers
to have Reyna removed from
the case.
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INDICTMENTS
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■ Klyne Bibbs, 32, possession of a
controlled substance, Carrollton police
■ Jeremy Cummings, 24, possession of
a controlled substance, Carrollton police
■ Tracy Judd, 47, possession of a
controlled substance, Carrollton police
■ Chad Eldridge, 51, possession of a
controlled substance, Carrollton police
■ Michelle Garrett, 37, possession of a
controlled substance, Carrollton police
■ Brooke Welborn, 26, possession of a
controlled substance, Carrollton police
■ Jake Mathew, 23, possession of a
controlled substance, Carrollton police
■ Victor Castillo Jr., 19, aggravated
assault, Denton police
■ Michael Boliver, 36, two counts of
possession of a controlled substance,
Denton police
■ Stephen Brock, 31, two counts of
endangering a child, Denton police
■ Victoria Flores, 25, two counts of
endangering a child, Denton police
■ Jason Cochran, 35, possession of a
controlled substance, Denton police
■ Elizabeth Cudd, 25, endangering a
child, Denton police
■ Jose DeJesus, 41, possession of a
controlled substance, Denton police
■ Christopher Johnson, 30, possession
of a controlled substance, Denton police
■ Jose Mata aka Jose Moreno, 30,
unlawful possession of firearm, Denton
police
■ Julie Short, 37, two counts of assault
against emergency services personnel,
Denton County Sheriff's Office
■ Katherine Allen, 40, possession of a
controlled substance, Flower Mound
police
■ Lucas Austin, 27, possession of a
controlled substance, Lewisville police
■ Abel Anderson, 25, assault against
public servant, Lewisville police
■ Christian Hernandez-Perez, 19,
evading arrest, Lewisville police
■ Luis Moreno, 18, robbery, Lewisville
police
■ Breyan Pitcock, 23, possession of a
controlled substance, Lewisville police
■ Mary Rankin, 32, possession of a
controlled substance, Lewisville police
■ Colleen Taylor, 47, possession of a
controlled substance, Lewisville police
■ Dontrell Young, 31, unlawful pos-
session of firearm, possession of a
controlled substance, evading arrest,
Lewisville police
■ John Pacatte, 43, retaliation, Hickory
Creek police
■ Jose Martinez, 18, possession of a
controlled substance, Little Elm police
The following people were indicted by a
Denton County grand jury Thursday at
the Denton County Courts Building.
Listed are those indicted, their age,
charges and the law enforcement
agency that made the arrest:
■ Bobby Anderson, 35, unauthorized
use of a vehicle, evading arrest, pos-
session of a controlled substance,
Aubrey police
■ Gilberto Dioniso-Bartolo, 34, pos-
session of a controlled substance,
Carrollton police
■ Travin Chandler, 21, possession of a
controlled substance, Highland Village
police
■ Bobby Anderson, 32, possession of a
controlled substance, Lewisville police
■ Tamara Jones, 33, possession of a
controlled substance, Lewisville police
■ Anthony Cobb, 29, possession of a
controlled substance, Lewisville police
■ Kelsey Kerr, 27, possession of a
controlled substance, Lewisville police
■ Billy Prock, 43, possession of a
controlled substance, Lewisville police
■ Jose Pena, 53, possession of a
controlled substance, Trophy Club
police
■ David Bibb Jr., 39, possession of a
controlled substance, Carrollton police
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