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Testimony from a Central American Refugee, 1983

Image of a testimony from a Central American refugee

MS 362, Sanctuary Movement Trial records, Box 3, Folder 28.  Testimony from a Central American refugee recounting his trajectory to the United States in 1983 and his time with the Sanctuary Movement members and volunteers.

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