Editor’s note: This blog originally appeared on Bread for the World’s blog. Permission was given by the moderator to repost. It also appeared on the G92 blog in December 2013. My dad was a born a migrant. He likes to talk about the storm that was raging the night of his birth, but […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Dr. M. Daniel Carroll Rodas’s personal blog. Permission was given by the author to repost. The many issues concerning migration are global. It is natural to think that immigration presents challenges to this country, but reports from around the world underscore that the […]Continue Reading →
The CW’s breakaway hit, Jane the Virgin, has captured the hearts of viewers with its lovable characters and delicious drama. The show is an adaptation of the Venezuelan telenovela “Juana la Virgen” and includes all the fun you could hope for: overlapping love triangles, dead bodies, and baby daddies. […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: As today is the Friday after MLK Day, we revisit a post that appeared earlier on our blog in January 2013 – and then again in August 2013, reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of helping run a few Continue Reading →
In his speech, President Obama explained that whether our ancestors crossed the Atlantic, or the Pacific, or the Rio Grande, “we were strangers once, too.” President Obama’s invitation to Americans to welcome the stranger echoes God’s call to Christians. While I commend President Obama’s action to delay the deportation of roughly four […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: This blog is the eighth part of a series, “Migration, Trade and Brutality: A Journey through Mexico and Central America”, written by David Schmidt regarding his travels in the summer of 2012. The goal of this series is to educate and inform readers about the reasons why immigrants come to our country so […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: This post originally ran on www.immigrationimpact.com What is our obligation as a country to the unaccompanied child migrants at our border? This seemingly straightforward question is frequently lost among the political debate surrounding the humanitarian challenge at our southern border. In a recent Senate homeland security committee hearing, several senators focused only on […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: This post first appeared on FWD.us My dad’s hands violently trembled as he gripped the steering wheel. His knuckles became as white as my mom’s face when she turned to my brother and me in the backseat. She told us to duck down. The knot in my stomach tightened as I did and […]Continue Reading →
Editors Note: This post originally appeared on www.immigrationimpact.com, which features other insightful articles by Amy Grenier. The U.S. is experiencing a growing humanitarian crisis as thousands of children arrive at our southern border after making the harrowing journey from Central America and Mexico to the north. The number on unaccompanied minors arriving has risen at […]Continue Reading →
It’s been said that the immigration movement needs a leader. Another Cesar Chavez of sorts; an individual to embody the dream, whether the issue at hand is education, wages, human rights, labor rights, or legal status.
Yet looking out over the many aspects of the immigration debate in America, who could possibly encompass […]Continue Reading →
