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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
Posted in House News and Announcements
Tagged border patrol, human rights, immigration, Juan Patricio, mass, solidarity
Volunteers Urgently Needed!
Annunciation House is currently receiving over 1000 migrants each week, most of them Central American migrants who have just been processed and released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. Without the hospitality centers we and other community organizations have set … Continue reading
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Tagged #estamosconustedes, action, border, donate, hospitality, ICE, immigration, STIR, volunteer
#EstamosConUstedes
One week after the election that put an anti-immigrant demagogue into power, we at Annunciation House are searching for ways to move from grief and outrage toward action–or, perhaps more accurately, to channel our outrage into action. For us, the … Continue reading
Posted in Media and Commentary
Tagged border, election, immigration, immigration reform, refugees, STIR, Trump
The Mystery of Divine Mercy
Pope Francis gave this homily at the Mass celebrated on the Juarez-El Paso border this past week, February 17. Let us join him in his plea for those involved in the “human tragedy” of forced migration: “No more death! No more … Continue reading
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Tagged border, catholic church, forced migration, immigration, mass, mercy, Pope Francis
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.
Posted in House News and Announcements, Media and Commentary
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
Recipiente del galardon Voz de Los Sin Voz 2018
El recipiente del galardón Voz de Los Sin Voz 2018 es Padre Ismael “Melo” Moreno, S.J. Mas informacion en español sigue abajo. OJO: LA MISA HA ESTADO CANCELADO Y ESTARA REPROGRAMADO. NOTE: THE MASS HAS BEEN CANCELED AND WILL BE … Continue reading →