Tag Archives: immigration
Refugee Numbers Down; Short-Term Volunteers Not Currently Needed
Update on our efforts to provide short-term hospitality to refugee families released in El Paso by ICE: at this time, we do not need (and are not accepting) short-term volunteers (people available for less than three six* months). *(edited 10/23/19 … Continue reading
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
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
#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
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
Ruben Garcia to speak at Marquette University
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
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.
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 →