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Recent US government policies deny most asylum applicants from even having an opportunity to request asylum before being deported back into Mexico. The immigration policy of prevention through deterrence (making the immigration process as difficult and dangerous as possible) is alive and well. Volunteers have
November 9, 2022 Finding ourselves and our families in danger and vulnerable to events or realities beyond our control, a natural survival response could very well be to escape the threatening and danger-filled situation in search of safety and greater security. However, the trek in
November 10, 2022 As Dottie Escobedo-Frank walked up to the altar at Christ United Methodist Church in Salt Lake City to be consecrated as a bishop, she did so with bare feet. “I’ve always worked from the ground,” said Bishop Escobedo-Frank. “Every church I’ve been
Declaración conjunta en respuesta a las caravanas de migrantes centroamericanos 7 de noviembre de 2018 La migración humana es tan antigua como la historia humana. Individuos, familias, tribus y naciones se han ido trasladando desde ante de los tiempos de Abraham y Sara. A lo largo de los siglos, factores políticos y económicos, las guerras inclusive; retos concernientes a la salud y al medioambiente;
Our Cal-Pac Disaster Response Team’s shower trailer, a mobile shower facility, is on loan with The Salvation Army near the border handling hundreds of anticipated migrants and asylum seekers.
By Dr. Helene Slessarev-Jamir, Mildred M. Hutchinson Professor of Urban Studies at Claremont School of Theology The seeds of the current humanitarian crisis unfolding along the southern border of the United States lie in its deep historical entanglement in Central and Latin America. Already in
The following is an excerpt from Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño’s chapter entitled, “Immigration: A Bishop’s Perspective,” from the book Bishops on the Border: Pastoral Responses to Immigration coauthored by Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño, Mark Adams (PCUSA), Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas (Catholic), Bishop Kirk S. Smith
[By Rev. John Fanestil, Foundation for Change] This Sunday at 11 am I will meet with my friend and colleague, Rev. Saul Montiel, in the parking lot of an auto insurance company in San Ysidro, the southernmost city of San Diego County. There we will
