Alex Garcia

In late February, Honduran immigrant and longtime Missourian Alex Garcia left the Maplewood church where he'd been living in sanctuary for 1,252 days. He and his wife, Carly, joined "St. Louis on the Air" this week to discuss their reunited life and remaining challenges ahead.

Alex Garcia, the Honduran immigrant who sought sanctuary in a Maplewood church nearly 3½ years ago, will return home today.

U.S. Rep. Cori Bush introduced legislation that would grant permanent residency to Alex Garcia, an unauthorized immigrant who has lived in a Maplewood church since 2017.

Immigration advocates in the St. Louis region want Congress to act swiftly to overhaul the nation’s immigration system to protect people like Alex Garcia, who has been living in sanctuary in a Maplewood church, from deportation.

Along with Alex and Carly Garcia, UMSL political scientist Adriano Udani and St. Louis-based attorney Javad Khazaeli, both sons of immigrants, discuss the changes they anticipate President Joe Biden's administration making when it comes to U.S. immigration policy and regulation — and what it all could mean for immigrants in the region.

Alex Garcia has spent the last 1,101 days living in a Maplewood church. In 2017, Immigration and Customs Enforcement denied Garcia’s request for a stay of removal from the United States, and the Honduran native still lacks a viable path to U.S. citizenship. Until he has one, he and his community of supporters have made clear, Christ Church is home.

A refugee from Honduras has surpassed 1,000 days in a Maplewood church as he tries to avoid deportation.Alex Garcia hit that milestone on Wednesday. If he…

When immigration authorities ordered Alex Garcia to turn himself in for deportation last year, his wife Carly decided to fight to keep her family…

U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay is calling on federal immigration officials to approve a stay of removal for Alex Garcia, who took sanctuary in a Maplewood church…

Alex Garcia has lived in Poplar Bluff, Missouri for 15 years. In the past, he received permission to remain in the U.S. even though he entered the country…