'I Came to This Country to Work': An Undocumented Mother Takes Refuge From ICE in an NYC Church

By Splinter Video | August 31, 2017 | 10:30pm

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Amanda Morales Guerra, an undocumented mother of 3, has been living in a New York City church since earlier this month to avoid deportation, after she failed to report for an ICE check-in. She came from Guatemala in 2004 to escape gang violence. “I’m not a criminal. I came to this country to work.”