Expanding Sanctuary

Name: Expanding Sanctuary
Director: Kristal Sotomayor
Genre: Documentary, Family
Released: 2023-11-18
Duration: 20 min
Cast: Linda Hernandez

202320m

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DocumentaryFamily

A Latinx immigrant mother makes waves with a historic campaign to end the sharing of the Philadelphia police database with ICE.

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Linda Hernandez

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