FOCUS ON ACCOMPANIMENT
WHAT IS THE ACCOMPANIMENT PROGRAM The news has been full of reports of individuals being arrested and sent to detention when they appear for their ICE check-ins and Immigration Court…
HIGHLIGHT: IWC HOSPITALITY PROGRAM
The IWC Hospitality program served 29 people in May 2025. Here is just one family’s story. A mother got ill and fainted at the detention center. She was taken to the hospital.…
IWC BOOK ‘TRAVELING MERCIES’ GETS MORE NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE
Volunteers with the Interfaith Welcome Coalition help migrants released from immigration detention and dropped off at the Greyhound Bus station in downtown San Antonio, Friday, April 22, 2022. (Photo Credit: Jerry…
IWC VOLUNTEER SPEAKS AT UNITED WOMEN IN FAITH HORIZON CONFERENCE
IWC volunteer Minerva Briones spoke about IWC’s mission and the work we are doing in San Antonio at the United Women in Faith Horizon Conference held in Fort Worth on…
OUR NEXT MEETING: MEET CAROLINA CANIZALES, SA STANDS
Carolina Canizales will speak to us about SA Stands. Canizales is the Senior Texas Campaign Strategist at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC). In her role, she helps build organizing and…
IWC SERVED ALMOST 1.2K PEOPLE IN JAN. 2025
Despite the border largely being closed to asylum seekers, IWC served 1,187 people in January 2025. In the last full calendar year (2024), the IWC served 16,907, with a monthly…
PLEASE HELP IWC CONTINUE ITS MISSION
Several external factors will be impacting our volunteer programs: The new administration has largely closed off all asylum reception at the border. Essentially no one is being released from Border…
“TRAVELING MERCIES” FEATURED ON “THE SOUCE: LIVE”
Whew! We made it through the recording session! Front row: Michelle Rumbaut, Robin Raquet, Katie Myers, Sr. Denise La Rock. Back Row: David Martin Davies, Mary Grace Ketner, Jonathan Ryan, Dawn…
AUTHOR READING OF ‘ TRAVELING MERCIES’ HELD AT THE TWIG BOOK SHOP
Terry Burton reads a story from Traveling Mercies at The Twig Bookshop. (Photo Credit: Robin Raquet) On Tuesday, January 28, five Traveling Mercies authors read their moving, personal stories of encounters with…
IWC COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR SPOKE AT TEXAS DEMOCRATIC WOMEN LECTURE
IWC Communications Chair, Joan Plotnick, spoke to about 50 women at a Hill Country Texas Democratic Women’s (HCTDW) luncheon on Feb. 3 in Kerrville. The presentation focused on IWC’s history,…