First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City

After more than three years, a Honduran mother is granted freedom. Vicky Chavez and her two daughters took sanctuary inside First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City to avoid deportation. Thursday, she announced she’s been granted a stay of removal by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Saturday will mark the third year in a row Vicky Chavez has been living in a Salt Lake City church. And now, she’s asking President Joe Biden for help. Chavez is an undocumented immigrant and she and her two kids have been seeking sanctuary at the First Unitarian Church since 2018.

Two years ago, Vicky Chavez was facing deportation and almost got on a plane headed to her native Honduras, the country she had escaped to get away from a…

A year ago, Vicky Chavez and her two young daughters were bracing to return to her native Honduras, a country she fled to escape an abusive relationship…

A Honduran mother who sought sanctuary in a Utah church has been denied her most recent appeal for asylum. Vicky Chavez has been living at the First…