photo cc. by League of Women Voters of California The choices in this election have never been more unequivocal—and more consequential. We know that comprehensive immigration reform will not happen unless we elect…
On the second Thursday of each month, about a half-dozen Hill Country friends settle into Coral Adema’s comfortable dining room and link into the IWC General Zoom meeting. (Attendees see only…
Long-time IWC member Rebecca Flores remembers picking cotton as a child during hot Texas summers in Atascosa County, just south of San Antonio. “That was my education in being a…
By Barbara Edens Eduardo from Ecuador arrived at the airport. He had not eaten, so I walked with him to the café in Terminal A and bought him a…
By Sr. Sharon Altendorf Last week, a young Spanish-speaking man asked me if I remembered him. I’m sorry to say I did not. A year ago, he told me, he…
by Dawn Silvius One sunny Saturday morning this past winter, I stopped by the bus station to deliver fresh lunches. There were six or eight migrant mothers and children…
More than half of Americans say there’s an “invasion” at the southern border, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll, part of a broader decline in support for immigrants overall. The poll…
photo cc. by National Farm Worker Ministry TPS (Temporary Protected Status) holders have been contributing to our country for years. America is their home. They work, pay taxes, and own homes…
The IWC August General meeting was held on Aug. 11, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The guest speaker was Jessica Dovalina, an assistant director in the San Antonio…
photo cc. by Susan Ruggles Recent court rulings have once again put Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in jeopardy, and an upcoming ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals* could end it…