IWC SERVED OVER 4K PEOPLE SO FAR IN 2024
The IWC served 4,102 people between January and March 2024. The 2024 monthly average is 1,367. In March 2024 alone, the IWC served 1,007 individuals at the bus station and…
TAKE 5 – SEND A LETTER TO CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF HR 1325
Image by Rawpixel.com on Freepix.com The U.S. is currently amid a severe labor shortage. Many articles (such as this and this) argue that immigration is part of the solution. Meanwhile, asylum seekers must wait…
Hospitality for a Young Mother and 1 year old in the Hospital: This is Us!
IWC Stories of Compassion: Angie Oviedo, a Social Worker from Christus Children’s Hospital contacted IWC about a mom with a one-year-old daughter from Guatemala. Ms. Castro and her daughter entered…
A FLIX FIX
By Minerva Briones One morning, I found a 40-year-old mother from Honduras outside the bus station. She was talking with her sister in a dialect, and later, I saw she barely…
IWC SIGNED ONTO LETTER SUPPORTING HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS
Amidst the worsening crisis in Haiti, the IWC has signed onto a letter authored by the Interfaith Immigration Coalition urging the Biden Administration to redesignate and extend Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for…
IWC THANKS LA TRINIDAD UMC FOR PUENTE PALS
Photo Caption: Minerva Briones, IWC Welcoming Associate, pictured with Puente Pals. On Sunday, March 17, IWC Board President Katie Myers spoke at La Trinidad United Methodist Church about IWC’s…
tAKE 5 – EDUCATE YOURSELF ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND MIGRATION
Education is critical to a functioning democracy. This week, we urge you to Take 5 minutes to understand how complex changes in climate and politics affect migration. Your understanding and…
EMOTIONAL DAY AT THE BUS STATION
Photo Credit: Jo Naylor, Flickr By Heather Nickodem It was an emotional day. We helped a gentleman whose wife had recently died in the jungle. She was seven-months pregnant. He…
IWC SERVED OVER 3K PEOPLE SO FAR IN 2024
The IWC served 3,095 people between January and February 2024. The 2024 monthly average is 1,548. In February 2024 alone, the IWC served 1,124 individuals at the bus station and…
IWC COORDINATING DIRECTOR INTERVIEWED BY SCRIPPS NEWS
Coordinating Director Tori Salas talks with Scripps News about the challenges of providing humanitarian aid to asylum seekers amid national politics, Texas Governor Greg Abbots’ Operation Lonestar, and SB4. As…