For a decade, the Interfaith Welcome Coalition (IWC) has stood as a beacon of hope and humanity in San Antonio and beyond, providing support to immigrants, refugees, and asylum…
Have you thought about the fact that we–IWC volunteers–are among the very few who have actually met asylum seekers as they really are? Others may say “those people” should have…
Traveling Mercies: Encounters with Asylum Seekers is available on paperback and Kindle. Traveling Mercies by Interfaith Welcome Coalition(Author), Mary Grace Ketner(Editor), which features 31 authors and 71 stories of their encounters…
At the Interfaith Welcome Coalition, we are committed to sharing the voices of those we serve. Today, we bring you a firsthand account of a Venezuelan migrant who experienced the…
“I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.” ~ Lily Tomlin This week, join the chorus of voices urging an end to Title 42, an…
It’s mid afternoon – the quiet lull at the bus station. Almost all the other families have left and the ones who are left are trying to settle down for…
Interfaith Welcome Coalition chairperson Dan Klein was quoted in a recent Washington Post article titled “Texas family detention centers expected to transform into rapid-processing hubs.” The article reads: The Biden…