Sanctuary churches in spotlight

As one of four undocumented immigrants taking refuge in churches across Los Angeles County, Juan hasn't been able to step outside the four walls of San Pablo Lutheran Church in more than three months.
Connie Llanos and Rachel Uranga in the Daily News.

But for the Guatemalan immigrant, who has lived in Los Angeles for the past 15 years, the hardest part has been not spending more time with his two young daughters.

"It is hard not to get that laughter when you come home from work, or those hugs," he said Monday at the church.

Juan, whose last name church officials would not disclose, has been thrust into the heart of a nationwide debate after 32-year-old Elvira Arellano was arrested and deported late Sunday when she left the sanctuary of a Chicago

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