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Rosa Gutierrez Lopez has spent six months at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church. Her story illustrates the political divide over immigration in this country. Previous Post: Bethesda Church Providing Sanctuary for El Salvador Mother

Rosa Gutierrez Lopez remains at the Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethesda, finding sanctuary from federal agents who want to deport her to her native El Salvador. “We are approaching it both as an act of faith and as an act of faithful resistance,” said the Rev. Abhi Janamanchi, senior minister at the church. […]

Immigration concerns top this week’s edition of County Report This Week. The show also includes reports about the Dickerson incinerator, a police academy for Hispanic residents, local celebrations of Black History Month, and more. Watch the 30-minute news and information show, below:

Some Takoma Park residents are hoping to establish a memorial scatter garden in a city-owned park. Jennifer Beman has lived in Takoma Park for 30 years. She said she came up with the idea after her father-in-law passed away last year and the family was looking around for a place for him to be buried. […]