FOCUS ON DETENTION WAREHOUSING
Photo of warehouse property at 542 SE Loop 410 ICE is spending $45 billion in taxpayer money to house humans in product warehouses. Under its ICE Detention Reengineering Initiative, product warehouses…
FOCUS ON SECTION 287(g) and SB8 WHAT IS A SECTION 287(g) AGREEMENT?
In 1996, Section 287(g) was added to the Immigration and Nationality Act. This section authorizes ICE to give state and local law enforcement officers the authority to carry out certain immigration enforcement…
PASTOR GARCIA WINS HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
(From left) Pastor Dianne Garcia accepts the 2026 Oscar Romero Award from Rothko Chapel Board Member Rev. Laura Mayo and Chief Engagement Officer, Kelly Johnson. Pastor Dianne Garcia, pastor of IWC collaborating partner Roca…
PRAYER VIGIL AGAINST DEPORTATION AT SAN ANTONIO ICE OFFICE
Sr. Denise LaRock, an IWC member, joined more than 100 faith leaders and clergy from around the country in a peaceful prayer vigil against mass deportations in Texas and around the U.S. The protest…
PASTORAL MESSAGE ON MASS DETENTION & DEPORATION IN EL PASO
✠ By Mark J. Seitz, Bishop of El Paso Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth. (Ephesians 5, 8-9) In this holy season…
FOCUS ON FAITH VOICES
WHAT DOES YOUR FAITH COMPEL YOU TO DO? During the Rio Texas Cabinet December meeting, IWC Board Chair Katie Myers offered a profound Advent devotion rooted in Matthew 24 and…
HOLIDAY CARD WRITING EVENT
It is hard to celebrate when you are in detention and your loved ones are in harm’s way. It is even harder when you feel alone and that nobody cares.…
IWC APPRECIATES ITS VOLUNTEERS
IWC and its partner organization Nuevos Vecinos held a Volunteer Celebration on Thursday, November 20, at 6 PM at Impacto Comunitario. About 40 attendees were treated to a delicious meal prepared…
IWC HAPPENINGS
Archbishop Gustave Garcia-Siller addresses the crowd as Rabbi Mara Nathan and Pastor Dianna Garcia look on. INTERFAITH PRAYER VIGIL In this season of gratitude and giving, we at IWC have…
HONORING IMMIGRANT VETERANS
FORGOTTEN HEROES “Panchito,” a deported veteran, and portraits from a visual exhibit of U.S. veterans living in exile. By Tori Salas, IWC Coordinating Director U.S. Army Veteran Not all veterans…