Children at the border, a path to citizenship, undocumented workers, prejudice and hope. Even though I came from Nicaragua to Los Angeles on a 747, my story of fear, anxiety and passion is similar to thousands of children who are suffering today. How do we show compassion to those in need? What do we do […]
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Welcome back. You belong here. I stood in the circle holding hands even though everything in me kept yelling “Run!”. I’m not much into holding hands during prayer circles, they make me nervous, but here I was holding hands in a prayer circle. Our class had been talking about some pretty heavy topics, themes of
Welcome back. You belong here. I stood in the circle holding hands even though everything in me kept yelling “Run!”. I’m not much into holding hands during prayer circles, they make me nervous, but here I was holding hands in a prayer circle. Our class had been talking about some pretty heavy topics, themes of
Welcome back. You belong here. When I was a little boy in Nicaragua I remember “los borrachos”. These were men from the neighborhood who were drunk outside our door. My dad would come home from work and instead of kicking them out of the way, he’d give them work, paint the fence, clean the yard,
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Welcome back. You belong here. Over the last few months my wife and I have been attending prayer vigils, signed petitions and been a part of a visitation center group advocating for comprehensive immigration reform. It’s been an amazing journey, new to us to some degree, although I’ve been dealing with immigration issues my whole
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Welcome back. You belong here. A good sign among the cruel realities of the biggest raid in the history of the US, May 12 2008 in Iowa, 389 people were arrested or deported, mostly from Guatemala and Mexico. Spanish: Mujeres arrestas en Postville, Iowa, recibieron permisos temporales de Inmigracion “Pero casi 50 mujeres quedaron en
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Welcome back. You belong here. Language and communication is such an important issue with regards to Immigration (and I don’t mean learning Spanish). I mean, how do you present it so that both citizens and non-citizens can put fear or anger aside and have a conversation. Yesterday, Jenn Piper from the Americans Friends Service Committee,
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