Jeanette Vizguerra left sanctuary this morning and will spend Mother's Day with her four children. She has been granted a stay of deportation, until March, 2019, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Arturo Hernandez Garcia, who was arrested and held for several days in the beginning of this month and who has also spent time in sanctuary, has also been granted a stay of deportation until 2019. Grateful, relieved, amazed, joyful, words can't express the emotions brought about by this turn of events. Two short weeks ago the Denver community was terrorized by the unprovoked arrest of Arturo, and now both he and Jeanette are free to work and be with their families and communities.
(Here's the link to the Denver Post article: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/05/11/jeanette-vizguerra-arturo-hernandez-garcia-stays-deportation/).
Mother's Day feels momentous this year, possibly because it's one thing that folks of both parties can agree on - Moms are important. If we're lucky, as I have been, they're both nurturer and Mama bear, cheerleader and champion, forever worrying and yet brave as can been in times of actual trial. My mom taught me how to be a mother, and I'm still trying to live up to her example. (Failure is a part of progress, right?)
On this Mother's Day weekend I'm grateful that more families will be together because of the release of Jeanette and Arturo and I pray that we find a way to unite even more hard-working parents with their loved ones in the months ahead.
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