The terms "sanctuary" and "sanctuary movement" are bandied about with reverence and respect..... or disgust and fury. As I write, Austin is experiencing ferocious retaliation from the Texas Governor, Texas…
On a Sunday in the spring, Mariana was at home with her son Jorge, then eleven months old, who was sleeping. She was not expecting anyone, so when she heard…
Until today, I was mostly getting phone calls from women in Karnes and from family members around the country; texts from family members in Honduras. Today at 12:30, I received…
Read the the material that ICE lawyers present in immigration court to support its argument that the refugees -- specifically the women and children -- fleeing El Salvador, Guatemala, and…
First they came for the “welfare queens” and I did not speak up, because I am not a “welfare queen” Then they came for the “habitual offenders” and I did…
Have an opinion on how the U.S. should respond to the thousands of children, primarily Central American, who seek refuge in the United States? Tell the President and Congress. Please…
In times of crisis and despair, we witness both the best and worst of people. People read and hear about the thousands of Central American children desperate enough to make…
1. DEMAND TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS, or TPS for Hondurans, Guatemalans, Mexicans (at least the most violent Mexican border- states), and Salvadorans. This is a clean, simple, and tested solution. Although…
I can’t sleep tonight, thinking about Antoinette Tuff. What do I learn from her? Certainly not how to “handle” or “deal with” or “manage” or, much less, “confront” a distraught…
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote in 1962 that many people favor the idea of justice in the abstract, but praise of the ideal is not nearly enough. "That justice is…