Naptime at the Bus Station (Volunteer Poem)
By Cherise Miles Little ones curled up in their mama’s brazos, the safest bed and mas comodo than anything they’ve slept in for the last three months. Even a…
Alone at the Bus Station (Volunteer Poem)
by John Dauer The Greyhound station has people everywhere, noise, luggage of all types, talking, movement, sitting, walking, standing. I look and look and see no one as…
IWC GUEST SPEAKER FOR AUGUST: JESSICA DOVALINA (NEW MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER)
Jessica Dovalina is an assistant director in the San Antonio Department of Human Services. She supervises the new Migrant Resource Center, which opened July 7, 2022. In an interview on KLRN’s On…
Title 42 created a humanitarian crisis. It must end.
A federal judge recently ruled that the administration can now end the use of Title 42, a 1944 law unearthed by the former administration to expel asylum seekers under a public…
AIRPORT BLESSINGS
By Mary Grace Ketner Weeks before, Blanca and her daughters Genesis and Abigail had left El Salvador. Backing out of the parking space at the Casa de Maria y Marta, Blanca…
UNTOLD STORIES
By Lucretia Burton The traumas “the pilgrims” have gone through (and even after they get to the United States) are so horrible that we do not ask about them. We just…
Thoughts on America
By Terry Burton Saturday, May 14th, 2022, San Antonio held a Taco Fest which completely engulfed Travis Park, where our bus station patrons usually spend the day. IWC had arranged…
TELL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS: TITLE 42 SHOULD NOT BE THE LAW OF THE LAND
In a rare victory for human rights, the Supreme Court recently ruled that the Biden administration can end the egregious Migrant Protection Protocol “remain in Mexico” policy implemented by the former administration.…
IWC OFFERS PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
IWC is seeking summer interns for 20-29 hours of work per week, mostly during evenings and weekends. The wage is $15 per hour, paid biweekly. Among other things, these rewarding…
NEW VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Have you ever said I’d really love to help but… I don’t speak Spanish It’s too much of a health risk to go to the bus station or airport I live too…