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Juan Patricio Memorial Mass
At about 8:40 a.m. on February 22, 2003, Juan Patricio Peraza Quijada, a guest at Annunciation House, was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent. He was 19 years old. We will commemorate his life and death with a … Continue reading
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Tagged border patrol, human rights, immigration, Juan Patricio, mass, solidarity
House Democrats call for end to the shame of family detention
In this video, El Paso Representative Beto O’Rourke and other House Democrats speak out to urge our government to end the detention of Central American women and children who have been detained at our southern border. Most of them are … Continue reading
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Tagged artesia, asylum, Beto O'Rourke, border, detention, human rights, immigration
Convocation: Standing With the Refugee and Immigrant
Please share these fliers! You can download them here and here. Hope to see you on October 11.
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Tagged action, convocation, El Paso, human rights, immigration, voice of the voiceless
Update on STIR: the South Texas Immigrant Response
Emergency shelters. Nearly every week this summer, one or two planeloads full of Central American migrants arrived in El Paso, were processed at the detention facility there, and then were released on their own recognizance. This amounted to up to … Continue reading
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Tagged asylum, border, donations, El Paso, human rights, immigration, STIR, volunteer
Our Whirlwind Response to Huge Releases of Migrants
Dear friends and supporters of Annunciation House, you may have read about a recent sharp increase in the number of undocumented Central American migrants being apprehended along the southern Texas-Mexico border. The numbers have so overwhelmed Border Patrol (BP) and … Continue reading
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Tagged asylum, border, border patrol, human rights, ICE, migrants
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Vidas Bajo Amenaza
La Casa Anunciacion esta trabajando con una mujer ‘Amparo’ que ha sufrido mucho en su pais natal y en su viaje a los EE.UU. Ella ha permitido que nosotros compartamos su historia (con diferente nombre para protegerla). Puedes ver un video … Continue reading
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Tagged asylum, border patrol, human rights, immigration
Join the International Community in Protesting the Closing of Tutela Legal
Para informacion en espanol, haga click aqui. This past Monday, the archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas, closed the historic institution Tutela Legal, to the surprise not only of its employees but of civil society in general. Tutela … Continue reading
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Tagged action, El Salvador, human rights, petition
ALTO VIOLENCIA!
Today Annunciation House and companions are gathering at the Mexican consulate in El Paso to protest the violence and threats of violence that have been perpetrated on two colleagues of Padre Alejandro Solalinde, our 2015 Voice of the Voiceless Honoree. … Continue reading →