Irida Kakhtiranova came to this country from Russia in 2003 and the wife of a US Citizen and mother of three has been here ever since.
She is fighting her deportation order.
The Reverend Janet Bush at the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence says that members of the her congregation have consulted their consciences and responded with their hearts in the offer of sanctuary.
The Reverend hasn't said very much about Kaktiranova other than she is a restaurant worker and the sole provider for her family.