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Podcast: New Books in Latino Studies
Episode: Mario T. GarcÃa, "Father Luis Olivares, A Biography: Faith Politics and the Origins of the Sanctuary Movement in Los Angeles" (UNC Press, 2018)
Description: As the leader of the Sanctuary Movement in Los Angeles during the 1980s, Father Luis Olivares brazenly defied local Catholic authorities and the federal government by publicly offering sanctuary to Central American migrants fleeing political violence and civil war, and later extending it to undocumented Mexican immigrants unable to legalize their status after the passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Twenty-five years after the priest’s death, Mario T. GarcÃa has written the definitive account of Olivares’ life and the beginnings of the Sanctuary Movement in Los Angeles.In Father Luis Olivares, A Biogr...