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Category Archives: Media and Commentary
Our Broken System: Kids in Immigration Court Fly Solo
The New York Times reported today that children as young as six years old are being made to appear in U.S. immigration courts on their own, without their parents or any legal representation, for deportation proceedings. Seems absurd, doesn’t it? … Continue reading
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Tagged human rights, immigration
Esperanza en Medio de la Violencia- Javier Sicilia
Foro de Inmigración para el evento, “Voz de los Sin Voz” Catedral de San Patricio, El Paso, TX, 28 de abril de 2012 Buenos días, muchas gracias. Y antes de dar mi palabra, estamos preparando una caravana ahora por Estados … Continue reading
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Tagged JAVIER SICILIA, voice of the voiceless, voz
On the Long Road to Peace
This summer, Mexico’s Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity will lead a caravan across the United States to call for an end to the drug war. Led by Javier Sicilia–the Mexican activist, poet, and Annunciation House’s 2012 Voice of the … Continue reading
Posted in House News and Announcements, Media and Commentary
Truth-telling: the deadliest profession.
Mexico has become one of the worst places in the world to be a journalist, with 44 killed in the last six years–a quarter of those murders taking place in 2011 alone. This past week, a New York Times article … Continue reading
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Tagged drug violence, human rights, Mexico
A Brief Respite in Violence as Pope Visits Mexico
It seems almost too absurd be true: a Mexican drug cartel that has terrorized the central Mexican state of Michoacan announced this past week that it will suspend any ‘violent actions’ for several days in honor of the visit of … Continue reading
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Tagged catholic church, drug violence, drug war
Diario Editor Speaks Out on ‘On the Media’
In 2010, following the murder of a staff reporter from the Diario in Ciudad Juarez, the editor of that newspaper published an open letter to the drug cartels who have overrun this border city. “What do you want from us?” the … Continue reading
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“They were not born criminals…”
This past week, the Associated Press reported the brutal murders of four young people in the central Mexican city of Cuernavaca, Morelos. Just a year ago this March, Cuernavaca bore horrified witness to the murders of six other youths, including … Continue reading
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A Step Toward Justice for Salvadoran General
Last week, an immigration judge in Florida ruled that General Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, former Defense Minister of El Salvador and a current U.S. resident, may be deported to stand trial for his involvement in murders and torture during the … Continue reading
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A “Scizophrenic Relationship” Between Annunciation House and ICE
Friends and family sometimes ask Annunciation House volunteers, “How is it that the house hasn’t been shut down by Immigration and Customs Enforcement? Do they not know about you?” The answer: not only do they know, but they need us. … Continue reading
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Guatemalan Dictator to Be Brought to Justice
During the early 1980′s, when Central Americans were passing through Annunciation House, among the guests were those from Guatemala. They shared with us the reality that existed in the country. Our guests knew well the role the military played in … Continue reading →