Black Public Media presented Laura Varela (Producer), IWC communications director, and her colleague Andrew J. Gonzales (Producer/Director) with the Jacquie Jones Memorial Fund Award for their upcoming film American Sons. The $380,000 award…
Alejandra Rodriguez, IWC volunteer coordinator (right) and Manijeh Huereca, associate director of specialized programs at Catholic Charities Alejandra Rodriguez, the IWC volunteer coordinator, joined Manijeh Huereca, associate director of specialized…
Migrants walk in a line to a van outside the Migrant Resource Center on San Pedro Avenue.Photo Credit: Jerry Lara/San Antonio Express-News This past April, the lone Republican on the…
(Photo Credit: KSAT) The federal government will distribute $18 million in grants to five agencies in San Antonio and Bexar County that are providing services to migrants seeking asylum, including…
(From left) Don Larson, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, IWC Coordinating Director Tori Salas, Dre Rodriguez, IWC Volunteer Coordinator and San Juanita Cooley, Church of Jesus Christ of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…