Annunciation House Newsletter

News and Announcements from Annunciation House, El Paso/Juarez border region.

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La Grandeza y la Decadencia de la Reforma Comprensiva de Inmigración

December 3rd, 2007 No Comments

por Megan Hope
En los últimos dos años, el tema más hablado en el país ha sido inmigración – no sólo por quienes apoyamos el trabajo de la Casa Anunciación, pero por todos. Incluso personas que hasta ahora no estaban conscientes de los inmigrantes en medio de ellos, pusieron atención, hablaron del tema, lo comunicaron por [...]

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Como Crece la Lechuga: El Sistema de Trabajadores Temporales Roto

December 3rd, 2007 No Comments

Por Amy JoyceHace poco un buen amigo me mandó una tarjeta postal que tenía una lista de “ingredientes” para construir una comunidad global. “Saber como crecen la lechuga y el café” era uno de los ingredientes en la lista. Al investigar la realidad de los trabajadores agrícolas inmigrantes en los EE. UU., he llegado a [...]

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El Nuevo Movimiento de Santuario

December 3rd, 2007 No Comments

Por Katie Sharar
En los años 80, miles de Centroamericanos llegaron a los EE. UU. buscando refugio de gobiernos represivos y violentos. A casi todos se les negó asilo, no obstante el hecho de que huían persecución, represión que los amenazaba, y extensos abusos a sus derechos humanos. En gran parte, debido a que dar asilo [...]

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El Don de los Sueños

December 3rd, 2007 No Comments

por Mike Seifert
Cecilia, estudiante de enfermería en la Universidad de Texas en Brownsville, tiene 22 años. Es naturalmente tranquila – retraída, realmente. Pero cuando se le pregunta sobre sus cursos de anatomía y psicología, se le iluminan los ojos, pero no tanto como cuando habla de sus experiencias en la clínica. Ama apasionadamente la escuela [...]

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Close the School of Assassins!

December 3rd, 2007 No Comments

by Dunya Cope
Every year, tens of thousands of people from around the country and world gather in Fort Benning, Georgia, to call for the closure of the School of the Americas/Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (SOA/WHINSEC). The SOA gained its notoriety in the 1980s, serving as a training ground for armies and paramilitaries of [...]

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A Wider Sense of Family: Reconsidering Some Myths of Migration

December 3rd, 2007 No Comments

by Caitlyn Smith

As a volunteer, it has been difficult at times to identify with guests who stay at Annunciation House. I always knew of the differences between us, beyond color, height, education and economic background. I knew that I was a person attempting to understand and gain entry into Mexico, and they were working to [...]

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New Sanctuary Pledge

December 3rd, 2007 No Comments

From the Interfaith Worker Justice website, www.iwj.org

The New Sanctuary Movement is a coalition of interfaith religious leaders and participating congregations, called by our faith to respond actively and publicly to the suffering of our immigrant brothers and sisters residing in the United States.

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Options

December 3rd, 2007 No Comments

By David Chiles

There are few things we U.S. citizens value more than options. Look at our malls or grocery stores, and you’ll find a multitude of options from which to choose what we want. And how much we want. We can have it all.
How can this be a bad thing? After all, we work hard [...]

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How Your Lettuce is Grown: Our Broken Guestworker System

December 3rd, 2007 No Comments

By Amy Joyce
 
Recently a good friend sent me a postcard that listed the “ingredients” for building a global community. “Know how your lettuce and coffee are grown” was one of the ingredients listed. In researching the reality of migrant agricultural workers in the United States, I have come to understand the importance of that statement; [...]

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“You Shall Not Molest or Oppress the Alien…”

December 3rd, 2007 No Comments

by Ruben Garcia

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