TAKE 5 – EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THE ISSUES
It seems every day there is a new piece of legislation or issue to tackle. Please take some time to educate yourself on these issues. A good place to start…
ASK YOUR CLERGY OR FAITH-BASED GROUP TO SUPPORT ANNUNCIATION HOUSE BY SIGNING SOLIDARITY LETTER
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is using the full power of the law to shutter Annunciation House, a faith-based nonprofit from El Paso that has been helping migrants on the…
IWC AT THE TEXAS CAPITAL
(From left to right) IWC representatives to Legislative Event 2024 – Rebecca Flores, Dre Rodriguez and Tori Salas. Thank you Texas Impact and United Women in Faith for coordinating the…
TAKE 5 – WHAT IS YOUR MOST POWERFUL TOOL FOR ADVOCACY?
Despite all our efforts, Texas legislators recently passed some of the harshest anti-immigrant legislation in recent history (Lawsuits challenging these bills are pending.) The only real solution for the humanitarian crisis…
TAKE 5 – WE’RE SENDING FORTH TINY RIPPLES OF HOPE
“Each time a [hu]man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, [they send] forth a tiny ripple of hope…”…
TAKE 5 – Support Bipartisan Bill to Give Unaccompanied Minor Children a Chance in Immigration Court
Seven-year-old Chanel and her sister Adriana, age 10, both unaccompanied minors traveling alone from Honduras, sit among other asylum-seeking children as they await to be transported to a U.S. border…
URGENT ACTION NEEDED TODAY: Bills Criminalizing Immigrants—and Those Who Help Them—Are Up for a Vote.
SB 11 would make improper entry into Texas a criminal offense, violating migrants’ right to asylum by arresting them rather than allowing federal immigration authorities to process them. This would…
TELL CONGRESS: FUND REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES IN TEXAS TO HELP NEWCOMERS
Photo by Sgt. Kyle Larsen, U.S. Army Reserve, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Even as a small group of extremists in the House of Representatives holds federal funding hostage, we…
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,…