Nashville pastor hopes God intervenes before Haitian congregants lose immigration status
December 26, 2017 at 1:00 a.m.
| Updated December 26, 2017 at 12:03 a.m.
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The Tennessean
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Holly Meyer
Jean Benjamin holds his son Jonathan during his Haitian congregation's Sunday morning service Dec. 10, 2017, at Nashville First Church of the Nazarene. Benjamin, who helps broadcast worship services online, lived through the earthquake that ransacked his home country. (Photo: Larry McCormack / The Tennessean)
NASHVILLE - Pastor Maromy Samuel does not want members of his East Nashville congregation to uproot their lives and leave the U.S.
Due to a recent federal policy change, they are set to lose their legal immigration status and will have to return to Haiti.
But Samuel has hope that God will intervene.
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