STATEMENT FROM BISHOPS OF US COMMUNITIES ALONG THE US – MEXICO BORDER
The bishops of communities in the United States along the southwest border have issued a statement in response to the developing situation of a large number of migrants at the…
IN MEMORIUM: IWC VOLUNTEER EMILY LEECH
Emily was one of our longest-term volunteers, having been around from the beginning days of IWC. At that time, she could often be found at “the Casa,” our first overnight…
MAKE ONE LAST CALL TO YOUR TEXAS STATE SENATOR TODAY: VOTE NO ON HB 7!
Thanks to all of you who responded to our action alerts by making phone calls to Texas state elected officials opposing anti-immigrant legislation. You let us know that you made…
IWC’S GENERAL MEETING – MAY 2023
Our speakers for May were be Benjamin Deuel and Cindy Andrade Johnson from La Posada Providencia in San Benito, TX, a shelter serving immigrants and asylum-seekers in the lower Rio Grande…
SA’S NEW POET LAUREATE NOT NEW TO IWC
In 2019, around 100 IWC volunteers went to Laredo to join our collaborators there for Bold Border Action, a daylong event that included a Riverside memorial service for those who…
RARE AND URGENT NEED
Need: Isolated housing (guest house, B&B, etc) for a Venezuelan mother and her 4-year-old son for approximately 1 month. Food will be delivered. Situation: When the family arrived in the…
BETO’S WILD RIDE
By Mary Grace Ketner Sometimes helping a migrant reach his final destination involves a lot of logistics and teamwork among numerous individuals and organizations. That was the case with one…
IWC SERVED ALMOST 6,000 PEOPLE SO FAR IN 2023
With the help of our industrial team of volunteers, IWC served 558 individuals at the airport and 1,012 individuals at the bus station in March 2023: a total of 1570 people.…
AN IWC FOUNDER HONORED IN FILM BY IWC VOLUNTEER
(Left) Rebecca Flores answers questions from the crowd. (Right) Laura Varela introduces the film with clip of Rebecca Flores on the screen. An IWC founder and labor leader Rebecca Flores…