Students, faith leaders, and community members caught in border conflict Minutes after midnight on April 28th, eight U.S. citizens from Austin, Texas, were deported from Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, a Mexican border town opposite Del Rio, Texas. The Mexican government’s action comes a few days before President Obama’s visit to Mexico on Thursday to redefine the [...]

Re-posted in loving memory of Jay, who passed away last Friday at the age of 66.–gm A guest Sunday Sermon Inside the Checkpoints By Jay Johnson-Castro As a child raised in this great country, I was taught to believe in a loving God, the Creator of the heavens and the Earth. I was also taught [...]

December 8th Protest at Polk County Detention Center to Call for Prison’s Closure Texas organizations have just released reports detailing inhumane conditions at two privately operated immigrant detention centers in Texas. Texas has more immigrant detention beds than any other state. The reports – detailing conditions at the Houston Processing Center and Polk County Secure [...]

The story of Dallas immigration advocate Ralph Isenberg’s efforts to stop the deportation of a 20-year-old Oregon man is rated as a “Top Five” story today by the editors of the Daily Emerald at the University of Oregon. Here’s how the editors summarize the story: In a attempt to stop a 20-year-old Happy Valley man’s [...]