Members of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad-Cities have voted for their church to become the area's first sanctuary congregation for immigrants fighting deportation.
Unitarians Vote To Be Sanctuary Church
Alma Gaul agaul@qctimes.com, Quad-City Times
Thu, 05/24/2018 - 4:00pm
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