A mother who sought sanctuary from deportation for nearly a week at a New Haven church will be coming home to her four U.S.-born children. An Immigration Court in Hartford granted Nury Chavarria’s motion for an emergency stay on Wednesday.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement said they won’t detain Chavarria while the court decides whether to re-open her asylum case. That could take several weeks.
Chavarria got emotional as she remembered when she came to the church a week ago, instead of flying to Guatemala. She spoke through an interpreter.
“Now I can cry but not as I did on the 20th when I was shedding tears because I had to leave,” Chavarria said. “These are tears of joy.”
Chavarria thanked her legal team and church members. Together they marched with more than 300 supporters in front of Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal Church.
The crowd came for a rally against Chavarria’s deportation. But it turned into a march of celebration.
