hillary: javier flores que hoy cumple su tercer dÍa bajo santuario en una iglesia de filadelfia hablÓ ante la prensa de su decisiÓn de refugiarse para prevenir su orden de deportaciÓn. >> si yo hubiera querido dar a la fuga, como ellos decÍan que era un riesgo de fuga, quÉ me costaba quitarme el grillete que tengo en el tiempo. hillary: el seÑor flores estuvo respaldado por su familia, incluyendo su hija mayor. >> aunque ahora estamos tomando un riesgo que puede ser malo para nosotros, pero todavÍa lo vamos a tomar. hillary: en la conferencia, el pastor de la iglesia dijo que se le ofrecerÁ al ver que al seÑor flores sin importar el tiempo que se necesite. >> existe un memorando legal que prohÍba emigraciÓn entrar a las iglesias, escuelas y hospitales, esperamos que no sea quitado pero por ahora estÁ vigente y javier y su familia deben estar protegidos aquÍ. hillary: el seÑor flores, un riesgo porque no cumple con la ley de migraciÓn de presentarse, pero Él alega que en su caso los agentes de migraciÓn no han proporcionado suficiente revisiÓn. diversos grupos se unier

javier flores estuvo mÁs de un aÑo bajo denuncia por cruzar legalmente el paÍs. despuÉs se le dio tres meses de libertad para poder estar con su familia antes de ser deportado. pero alega que la peticiÓn es imposible encubrir. -- en cumplir. >> quieren que en tres meses arregle mi situaciÓn con mis niÑos, cuando estÁn en un trauma psicolÓgico. >> no se sabe que final tendrÁ esta historia. piensa que es la Única opciÓn para estar con su familia. >> tengo que seguir luchando por esos. -- ellos. creo que a cualquier padre, que tiene la responsabilidad de una familia, yo creo que harÍa lo mismo que estoy haciendo. laprimeras decisiones que de tomarÁ el presidente electo trump, provoca reacciones ejecutivas. gerardo fue en busca de informaciÓn. >> asÍ vaticina esta abogada lo que podrÍa demorar, la decisiÓn del presidente trump, de revocar la acciÓn ejecutiva de obama que creÓ daca, el programa permite quedarse en el paÍs emigrante que llegaron antes de junio de 2006, sin haber cumplido 16 aÑos. >> concientemente una firma se termina por completo la

the day before he was slated to be deported, javier flores made the choice to go into sanctuary. before then he had been detained for 16 months in the pike county detention center. he says he was charged with reentering the country after he received bad legal advice about how to regularize his residence status. in this video interview shared with democracy now!, flores sits with his five-year-old son junior, who saw him arresteded , during the home raid that sent him to detention, and was recently diagnosed with ptsd. >> this is all very sad. he was recently diagnosed with ptsd by the time i was detained at the pipe county detention center, and my oldest daughter, she had to get therapy for 10 days. i have threeee u.s. citizen children. i made the decision to go into sanctuary for my children and for my family. juan: meanwhile, students at as many as 100 colleges and universities across the united states held protests last week demanding their schools become sanctuary campuses. trump vowed to immediately deport up to 3 million people. during his campaign, trump also said he'd rev

javier flores a father of three held back tears as he explained hi situation and while he'll continue to accept sanctuariy inside of arts methodist church. he came here sunday because he was due to be deported the next day. >> grateful for the community's support. flores is an undocumented immigrant deported before and returned endured 14 months in jail and believed that ice agents are coming to get him again waiting for his ice application to be processed again. >> will stay here regardless of the times he gets deported he will come back for his family. >> some say that javier is an undocumented immigrant -- >> a host of the activists have protecting the native that came here in 1997 and started a family. >> javier is a courageously dedicated parent willing to risk everything to keep his family together. >> ice intends to adhere to guide an to apprehend individuals at locations such as schools and places of worships except in emergency situations. flores in fact helped bensalem police convict two thugs that knifed him during a robbery and therefore qualifies to remain in america. >>

estÁ diciendo que puede estar el tiempo que sea necesario mientras inmigraciÓn toma una decisión. >> javier flores fue detenido varias veces cuando intentaba ingresar al paÍs por una emergencia familiar. seis aÑos mÁs tarde agentes fueron a buscarlo a su casa y lo o tuvieron preso 16 meses. >> no tengo ningÚn rÉcord criminal. sÓlo lo que he hecho es ingresar a los estados unidos. >> grupos proinmigrantes y lÍderes religiosos han salido en su apoyo. >> ellos estÁn luchando por mantener su familia junta. >> esta fue la Última medida que javiere tenÍa y recurriÓ para que no lo separaran de su familia. >> el hijo de cuatro aÑos de javier no lo quiso dejar solo y se vino a vivir con Él. por ahora este sÓtano se ha convertido en su hogar. >> a es la cama que tienes? >> es la cama que tengo. es un pequeÑo catre pero para mÍ estÁ bien porque lo tengo a mi lado. >> estÁ peleando por una visa u, por haber sido vÍctima de un crimen hace varios aÑos. pero dice que inmigraciÓn ha prolongado su paso para mejordeportarlo. mientras estÁ refugiado en la iglesia el director del comitÉ

. ♪ reportera: buenas tardes, hoy el seÑor javier flores decidiÓ buscar santuario. fue una decisiÓn muy difÍcil. tuve la oportunidad de hablar con su esposa. este caso ha recibido bastante atenciÓn porque la propia esposa se reuniÓ con johnson para pedir amparo a la deportaciÓn, hablÉ con ella sobre ese momento difÍcil que enfrenta la familia. >> Él ahora estÁ asustado y muy triste, prefiere quedarse con el papÁ que venir a casa. reportera:la seÑora llora, su esposo y padre de sus hijos buscÓ santuarioen la iglesia, y su hijo de cuatro aÑos de edad se uniÓ a su padre. >> el niÑo estÁ con Él, no se quiso venir, voy a dejar leche y comida para que coma. dijo que no querÍa venir y no quería ir a la escuela, quiere estar con su papÁ. reportera: este Último acto de resistencia de no presentarse ante los agentes de migraciÓn y optar por refugio adentro de la iglesia se debe a que se le vencÍa al seÑor flores su tiempo provisional de satÉn estÁis. a de que está en trÁmite la visa u. >>que le den una oportunidad para estar con los niÑos. reporte

javier flores lives at arch street methodist church. the mexican national was released from pikes detention center in august. he was given 90 days to sort out his visa case but the clock ran out today. his attorney is arguing that a waiver is deserved so his client can stay with his wife and three american born children. >> we appealed this twice because we thought the incorrect decision was made. the issue has as been in the waiver of admissibility. >> government agents are allowed to go into churches to serve warrants but have avoided that in the past. >>> this isn't the first time a philadelphia area church has been used as a sanctuary. in 2014, angela navarro moved into west kenz ig ton . today she is living and working here legally as she goes through the residency process. >>> former philadelphia eagle josh huff will be back in the area tomorrow, but it has nothing to do with football. huff is due in camden county court to face drug and weapons charges. he was pulled over on the new jersey side of the walt whitman bridge earlier t

javier flores is staying at the arch street united methodist church. he is from mexico and has a pending visa case. they say the move the take ware at the church is a move to save his case. >> the church has a lonk history in the community and telling immigration they're not running and they're not hiding, but if they want deport them, immigration is going to have to come into the church. >> there's still a chance he could be deported today. we'll continue to follow and monitor this case and let you know what happens. >>> meanwhile, new this morning, take a look at this. construction accident in glauser county. an excavator overturned with the operator inside. this is in south harrison township. crews worked to free the man. he's in a local hospital. he's got back and head injury, but is expected to be okay. >>> and the search is on for the cause of this fire. nbc 10 at frankfurt and lehigh avenue where is firefighters spent much of the morning putting out the fire. no one there was hurt. zblncht we are kicking off severe winter weather week here on nb

. >> reporter: javier flores wants to continue living in the country with his three american-born children. >> his 90 days were up today. basically he's seeking sanctuary because he has a pending visa case. >> reporter: he's getting help from a pro-immigrant organization, juntos. flores was released from pike county detention center in august. his lawyer tells us he was given three months to get his affairs in order and be with his family. flores was supposed to report to i.c.e. today but instead moved into his holy home. >> it left him in the position of, what is he going to do at the end of this period, you know, knowing the situation of his family. >> reporter: he's been deported twice but made it back into the country. >> it's important to clarify that that re entry was because e wanted to be with his family and children. >> the mental health situation of his children was deteriorating significantly. >> reporter: flores's attorney is arguing a waiver is deserved so his client isn't taken away from his family. >> we've appealed this twice because we thought it was a mistaken decision to

the person is mexican immigrant javier flores a 40-year-old father of three who has been fighting deportation after entering the u.s. illegally in 1997. he fears immigration and customs enforcement agents known by the acronym ice. he fears they could be coming to get him any day at any hour. the he election of donald trump makes him that much more nervous. this church joins dozens of other local congregations in a partnership to mount oppositions. >> we opened our doors to javier as a gesture of solidarity with him in seeking to stay with his family. >> reporter: in the week of the trump election new resistance organizations are recruiting volunteers. the new sanctuary movement says it has 750 in the six days since the election and they're setting up a hotline for notification so they can wage civil disobedience to try to block the deportations. >> we believe that when the laws that are faced do not match up with the laws of the state and especially the policies that trump is putting forth arrival to close that gap. >> reporter: lucy marquez entered the u.s. from mexico 15 years ago and built

javier flores is inside the methodist church he has a pending visa case. immigration aldcy group case flores took sanctuary in the church as a last hope to have his case resolved. we'll let you know what happens on air and on our nbc 10 app. >>> the fbi is close to wrapping up its investigation into racist messages sent to black students at the university of pennsylvania. that's another story we'll keep you updated on the nbc 10 app. thanks for watching. what do we want our kids to learn? how to game a test... or test themselves in a game? how to master an exam... or examine a master? how to be robots... or build robots? the njea believes students deserve a well-rounded education- including arts, music, technology, and so much more. that's why we're working with parents and communities to reduce the emphasis on high stakes testing. because when you limit the tests, they can test the limits... of their potential. >>> he, of course, is a movie legend with an astonishing number of films to his name. more than 150, in fact. >> we know donald opposite jennifer

flores quien entrÓ clandestinamente a los estados unidos en 1997 fue deportado en mÚltiples ocasiones, flores fue vÍctima de un ataque en el 2004 y colaborÓ con la policÍa lo que ayudÓ a la deportacion de atacantes a mÉxico, sin embargo, no puede optar a ese visado por mÚltiples entradas ilegales al paÍs. >> ellos violan muchos derechos de uno y no me estoy dando a la fuga, yo tengo el grillete en el pie que ellos saben dÓnde estoy. >> el abogado de flores presenÓo una mociÓn para reabrir el caso alegando que sus mÚltiples entradas despuÉs de ser deportado fue para cuidar de sus tres hijos que son ciudadanos estadounidenses. >> el presidente de colombia Álvaro uribe expresÓ sus mejores deseos a juan manuel santos quien se someterÁ examenes mÉdicos en estados unidos, santos informÓ que se harÍa una revisiÓn para descartar una recaÍda de un cÁncer de prÓstata que padeciÓ en el 2012 y que el viernes estarÍa de regreso en colombia. >> ♪ (mÚsica) ♪ >> bueno seguimos en bogotÁ donde manifestantes salieron a las calles con banderas blancas y pancartas para apoya

javier: te quedÓ espectacular. nosotros queremos empezar a despedirnos. nos vamos a despedir con las fotos que nos han enviado. carolina: mira ese bebÉ tan hermoso y pelirrojo. hay una fotografÍa de niÑos disfrazados. mande tambiÉn sus vÍdeos y fotografías para que salgan aquÍ en "ediciÓn digital". le agradecemos por todo, maÑana mucho mÁs. javier: gracias. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ galilemu