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Nury Chavarria, 43, poses with her 9-year-old daughter, Hayley inside Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal church in New Haven, Conn., on Monday, July 24, 2017. Chavarria has sought sanctuary from deportation because she needs to be with her four children, and understands she has become a symbol in the larger fight over immigration reform. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)

Mother who took sanctuary in church granted deportation stay

By PAT EATON-ROBB - Associated Press

In this Thursday, July 20, 2017 photo, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy walks with nine-year-old Hayley Chavarria before speaking at a press conference at Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal Church in New Haven where her mother Nury Chavarria, who was supposed to be deported Thursday to Guatemala, has taken sanctuary. Malloy, said the attempt to deport the housekeeper and mother of four shows President Donald Trump's administration is not being truthful when it says its immigration policies are focused on &quot;the bad guys.&quot; (Catherine Avalone/New Haven Register via AP)

Connecticut governor visits woman taking sanctuary in church

By PAT EATON-ROBB - Associated Press