New Mexico Sanctuary Defense Committee collection, 1986-1988.

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New Mexico Sanctuary Defense Committee collection, 1986-1988.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37653618

Summary: Collection consists of materials relating to the New Mexico sanctuary movement in general and its involvement in the trial of Glen Remer-Thamert and Demetria Martinez, a reporter for the Albuquerque Journal. Remer-Thamert and Martinez were indicted by the U.S. Federal District Court of New Mexico on charges of violating U.S. immigration laws in assisting two pregnant Salvadoran women seeking refuge in the U.S. The defendants were found not guilty on all charges. Collection includes pleadings, minutes, trial information, letters of support, newspaper clippings, newsletters, publicity and promotional materials, articles on sanctuary, four black and white photographs of the defendants, and two VHS videocassettes of trial coverage by Channel 13 News of Albuquerque.

Papers: 2 linear feet.videocassettes: 2.Photographs: 4.

New Mexico State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7395329

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Quammen, David, 1948-....

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David Quammen was born in Ohio in 1948. He graduated from Yale University in 1970, the same year his first novel, To Walk the Line, was published. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, where he studied the literary works of William Faulkner. Though his early books were novels, he is best known for his concise and highly accessible writings on scientific topics. He received the John Burroughs medal for The Song of the Dodo in 1987. From the description of David Quammen papers, 1856-1999 ...

Martínez, Demetria 1960-

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Writer. Born in Albuquerque, N.M. Educated at Princeton University where Demetria Martínez took courses in religious social ethics. Her writings contain a mix of personal and political themes, focusing heavily on the Sanctuary Movement to aid Salvadoran refugees and on interpersonal relationships. From the description of Papers, 1988-[ongoing]. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 36677837 Demetria Martínez was born in Albuquerque, NM on ...

Arizona Sanctuary Defense Fund.

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New Mexico Sanctuary Defense Committee.

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The New Mexico Sanctuary Defense Committee was formed in 1987 to provide for the legal defense of Lutheran minister and sanctuary movement activist Glen Remer-Thamert. The New Mexico Sanctuary Defense Committee was also organized to educate the American public about the sanctuary movement and U.S. immigration policies. From the description of New Mexico Sanctuary Defense Committee collection, 1986-1988. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37653618 The New Mexico S...

National Sanctuary Defense Fund.

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Biography / Administrative History Growing political and military ferment in Central America in the 1970s caused people to flee their countries, particularly El Salvador and Guatemala. U.S. churches of all denominations became acutely aware of the situation after the assassination of El Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Romero in March 1980. Individual congregations began to assist Central American refugees escaping the oppression and violence by s...

Remer-Thamert, Glen.

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United States. District Court (New Mexico)

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Butler, A. Bates, III.

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Parker, Karen.

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Corbett, Jim, 1933-

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