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Philadelphia’s 40-year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador

  • Written by Menika Dirkson, Associate Professor of History, Morgan State University
Philadelphia’s 40-year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El SalvadorSupporters visit Javier Flores, right, while he lived in sanctuary at Arch Street United Methodist Church in downtown Philadelphia in 2017.Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images

In the midst of a civil war, married couple Ernesto and Linda Fuentes fled their home country of El Salvador and headed for Philadelphia, via Mexico, in November 1983.

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