URGENT VOLUNTEER NEED – AIRPORT OUTREACH
All shifts are available, and we welcome group volunteers like civic and faith-based groups. Our volunteers greet families as they arrive, giving them a backpack with travel snacks and necessary…
ANNOUNCING OUR NEW TIK TOK ACCOUNT
Interfaith Welcome Coalition has a TikTok. Please like and follow us! This outreach method has millions of followers and uniquely appeals to younger people. Let’s show people of all ages…
Thank Reps. Castro and Casar for Introducing an Amendment to Prevent Federal Funding of Operation Lone Star
Migrants trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico approach the site where workers are assembling large buoys to be used as a border barrier along the banks of the Rio…
URGE CONGRESS TO SUPPORT REFUGEES THIS SEPTEMBER
photo by Tim Mossholder Faith, compassion, and common decency compel us to welcome the stranger. We volunteer with the IWC because our fellow human beings need us as they flee climate change, violence,…
IWC SERVED ALMOST 26K PEOPLE BETWEEN JANUARY AND AUGUST 2023
The IWC served 25,802 people between January and August 2023. The 2023 monthly average was 3,225. In August 2023 alone, the IWC served 3,858 individuals at the bus station and…
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…
THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTION! YOUR EFFORTS HAVE KEPT THESE ANTI-IMMIGRATION BILLS PENDING (not yet approved).
In our last newsletter, we asked you to call members of the Texas House State Affairs Committee regarding anti-immigrant legislation, and you stepped up! We logged an unprecedented 187 phone calls to legislators…
SUBMIT A COMMENT: SPEAK OUT AGAINST SKYROCKETING IMMIGRATION APPLICATION FEES
photo cc. by Karolina Grabowska On January 4th, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a proposed rule that will increase immigration application fees, including naturalization, family-sponsored and employment-based visas,…