Transcript for Mother of four facing deportation seeks sanctuary in a church

We turn now to a mother of four. She is in a desperate situation. She's facing deportation and she's making a radical move. She's seeking sanctuary in a church in Connecticut. There's a question as to why the undocumented mother of four is being deported but getting support from political figures and Eva pilgrim has more. Good morning to you. Reporter: Good morning. She's a single mom of four supposed to be deported last week. This morning she's waking up inside a church praying someone will step in so she can stay with her children. A sanctuary standoff. A Connecticut mother seeking refuge in a church to avoid deportation. Since 1993. And I'm a criminal. Reporter: Nury Chavarria was 19 when she left Guatemala without legal papers. For more than 20 years she's worked as a housekeeper to support her four children all U.S. Citizens, the younges9 years old. Go out to eat with her friend and she always drives me and her and just knowing that we can't do that anymore just breaks my heart. Reporter: After years of back and forth with immigration Chavarria was to be deported Thursday, instead decided to fight the order setting up a makeshift home here inside this church, I.C.E. Now calling Chavarria a fugitive. Converting your stat us from illegal to legal is pretty impossible. She was doing everything that she could have done. Reporter: The governor of Connecticut and several politicians visiting the church to show their support. I'm a dad and a husband and a human being and I cannot see the logic. Reporter: Chavarria's daughter even making a plea to the president. My mother nury Chavarria is someone I love more than anyone in the world. Don't separate my family. Reporter: For now Chavarria sits and waits hopeful somehow she can stay. Thankful that for now her family is close. We can sit here, we can touch. I'm happy to be here with my daughter. Reporter: To be clear a church isn't a sanctuary from the law I.C.E. Telling us it's currently against policy for officers to go into sensitive places like churches, schools or hospitals but immigration could at any moment legally go inside that church, arrest her and send her back to Guatemala, just not a good look for them so they haven't done that at this point. Hence an emotional situation. Thank you. Let's check the weather and

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