Guest Blog by: Iris Clement In the current political debates and ever-present discussion about illegal immigration, I often hear adamantly expressed phrases like “I do not support amnesty.” While politicians span the whole gamut of proposed solutions to the immigration issue, they all vociferously distance themselves from any accusation of granting amnesty. From a […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Maria-José Soerens In my work with immigrants, there are certain stories that stick with me because they reveal some aspect of God. Usually, the stories of the poor are too similar to those in the Bible to ignore. They are almost literal, revealing the ways in which God actually identified with […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Robert Chao Romero We have all suffered a tragic loss this week in the untimely passing of “Dreamer” Joaquin Luna. Joaquin was an 18-year old senior at Juarez Lincoln High School in Mission, Texas. He had aspirations of going to college and becoming an engineer so that he could improve his […]Continue Reading →
This was originally posted on the Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service (LIRS) blog by Lauren Rhymer: http://www.lirsblog.org/2011/11/13/immigration-football-and-hot-wings/ I just learned last night David has been at Stewart Detention Center for a month now. I don’t know David well, but I know his brother Cesar very well. Cesar married into my family a couple […]Continue Reading →
Blog post by: Emily Guzman You can find the full post in its original form at Emily’s blog: http://www.logansdad.org/blog.php As Pedro, Logan and I drove closer and closer to Georgia, we were excited but also nervous. This would be the first time we would return since Pedro’s release from Stewart Detention Center on […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Dr. Juan Martinez This blog post is cross posted here: http://caminandoconelpueblo.com/2011/11/07/una-sociedad-que-no-cree-en-la-familia and http://lovingthestranger.blogspot.com/ Translation by David Schmidt On November 3, 2011 a report on the status of U.S.-born children whose parents have been detained or deported by immigration agents was released (Shattered Families). According to this study, there […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Iris Clement “I’m reading a really interesting book and would like to share some of it with you in class today.” I hold up Just Like Us , which tells the story of four Mexican teenagers growing up in America. Faces show interest and curiosity, until the next words leave […]Continue Reading →
Today g92.org is trying something a little different. Tim Campbell wrote a letter in Spanish to his immigrant friends that he translated into English for our audience. The English version is first, followed by the Spanish version. Guest Blog by: Tim Campbell
The Shame
I am ashamed. The shame I […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Ian Danley Arizona won a significant victory last week when Russell Pearce, author of SB1070, lost in a first-ever recall election. It was not without great effort. I’m reflecting today on the lessons of the work and how we traveled from the darkness of SB1070 to the hope we feel today. The […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Amado Lobatos I was born in Mexico and smuggled into the United States in 1976. My father worked for many years in Wyoming as a farm hand. It was a very difficult place to be in that I was always embarrassed to be an illegal Mexican farmhand. After all, I didn’t […]Continue Reading →
