Category Archives: Press Release

Formal Request for a Congressional Inquiry

By Ruben Garcia | Published: October 22, 2009
Mr. Gustavo De La Rosa Hickerson, the Juarez Ombudsman for the Human Rights Commission of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, was released at about 4 PM on Wednesday, October 21 from one of DHS’ immigration detention facilities after being detained for six days.
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Declaration of Human Rights

By admin | Published: October 8, 2009
We have the right to be treated with respect, regardless of our documented status, and to be referred to in terms that reflect our humanity: no human being is illegal.
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Voice of the Voiceless 2008 – Father Roy Bourgeois, MM

By Ruben Garcia | Published: April 21, 2008
Annunciation House presented its 2008 VOICE OF THE VOICELESS AWARD to Roy Bourgeois on May 17th. Awarded the Purple Heart as an officer in the U.S. Navy, Roy Bourgeois was ordained a Maryknoll priest in 1972. Sent to Bolivia to work with the poosr, he was arrested by security forces and forced to leave Bolivia. His [...]
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DECLARATION OF IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

By Ruben Garcia | Published: May 29, 2007
pdf – en Espanolpdf – English We are a nation of immigrants. We come from Mexico and the Philippines, from Central America, Ireland, Ethiopia and Iraq. We come to escape poverty and violence, fear, war, discrimination, political suppression and economic hardship. We leave behind parents and children and the skies of our homelands. We bring with us [...]
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Voice of the Voicless Award 2007

By admin | Published: April 14, 2007
On the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Sensenbrenner-King bill, otherwise known as HR 4437, one of the most anti-immigrant pieces of legislation ever passed by the US House of Representatives, Annunciation House is announcing its 2007 Voice of the Voiceless Award recipient. For long-time advocacy and solidarity with immigrants and the [...]
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