Monthly Archives: March 2021

Our real national crisis is not at the border, but in Washington, and in the conscience of our country. Right now, despite our promises and laws, the U.S. government continues to refuse safe haven to asylum seekers asking for protection. … Continue reading →

Four years ago, this sign promised a different world “next time,” meaning the next election, after Trump. Now the Biden Administration is struggling to keep that promise, and to reverse inhumane policies implemented over four years. The crisis of children … Continue reading →

Their images fill computer and television screens every day: crying children, bewildered children, toddlers, teens. They wait for six days or more in crowded, sunless Border Patrol jail cells built decades ago to hold adult men for a day or … Continue reading →

On March 2, a maroon Ford Expedition with 25 people inside was hit by a semi-trailer in southern California. Thirteen of the people inside were killed in the crash. They were immigrants from Mexico, Guatemala, and other countries—and the smuggler … Continue reading →

During the first month of the Biden administration, hundreds of Haitian asylum seekers were put on planes and sent back to that violence-wracked island. Despite the president’s promise to stop deportations, more than 15 flights carried families and small children … Continue reading →