A dozen people line the train tracks in La Patrona, Veracruz, Mexico, holding out bags of food and bottles of water tied together with string as a train...
Immigration
Like Dorothy, the sisters first arrived here via tornado. And in another Oz parallel, their presence led the people of Pueblo de Palmas to discover that the...
April proved to be an incredibly cruel month for economic and political refugees attempting to escape conflict and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa...
Certain events in our lives get burned into our memories and become a part of us. Often these events happen at beginnings and endings: births and deaths...
We can borrow Vincent de Paul’s tough questions about how to best help those most in need. Turn away from the new iPhone and toward your neighbor. This is the...
The current wave of child migration really began on our side of the border. The border crisis, a pileup of humanity—including women with children and record...
By Deirdre Cornell (Orbis, 2014) In her latest book, Jesus Was a Migrant, Deirdre Cornell makes biblical stories and faith practices come powerfully alive by...
Immigrants may seem like a powerless population, but community organizer Ana Garcia-Ashley believes that together they can be a force for positive change. As a...
Undaunted by the obstacles of life as an undocumented immigrant, Ana Aguayo has become a voice for the voiceless. Shooting stars punctuated the night sky in...
Growing numbers of unaccompanied minors are risking their lives to escape their dangerous homelands. Will we offer them safe harbor? Migrant deaths in the...
