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This weekend at thelivingsouth.com, we'll tell the story of Christian pastor Isaac Villegas, author of "Migrant God," who's used his North Carolina church to provide sanctuary for undocumented people.

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Isaac Villegas is the pastor of a NC church that sheltered a woman for two years while the Trump administration tried to deport her.

This week for The Living South, I talked to Villegas about the church's history of offering sanctuary during troubled times. Sign-up is free at thelivingsouth.com

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