TELL GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT: THE CRUELTY OF OPERATION LONE STAR MUST END
A woman holds a child on her back as migrants walk near concertina wire in the water along the Rio Grande border with Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Sunday.…
NEVERTHELESS THEY STOOD…FOR ME
A Poem by Moon Sánchez-Brand My neighbors told me the “gringos” will hate on me I didn’t want to leave the land of my people To travel for months in…
IWC’S COORDINATING DIRECTOR GIVES RADIO INTERVIEW ON IMMIGRATION
Tori Salas, Interfaith Welcome Coalition Coordinating Director, was one of the guest speakers on Texas Public Radio’s The Source on May 10. Salas joined with Rep Greg Casar, Democrat TX-CD-35 and…
THANK YOU FOR CALLING!
The Texas legislature’s regular session ended May 29th. And you let us know you made 597 calls to legislators opposing anti-immigration bills! Thank you for taking action. (Click here to read…
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…