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    America's sanctuary communities are more numerous than you think

    Sanctuary counties span 30 states and represent 92 percent of America's population. As pressure builds on cities to either give up or double down on sanctuary, we'll map changes.

    March 9, 2017 · 3:00 PM EDT


    A sign at a February protest in New York calls for an end to immigration raids and deportations.

    Credit: Stephanie Keith/Reuters

    For some, the term "sanctuary city” is hardly new. It’s decades old, with roots in the 1980s — when churches defied federal officials and led efforts to house people escaping violence from Central America's civil wars.

    As the debate over immigration policies and their legality intensifies, the push to protect unauthorized immigrants from deportation has spread to more than 600 counties in 30 states.

    While policies vary, one tactic used by resistant localities is to limit cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, when it comes to immigration detainers. 
    https://www.pri.org/interactive/2017...ing-sanctuary/