by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Oct 26, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Faith Communities, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
This past week, three Seminary students, a priest, and a writer joined me in the Rio Grande Valley for our Courts and Ports Border Witness program. In less than 24 hours from their arrival, they found themselves sitting in front of an Immigration Judge witnessing...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Aug 4, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Faith Communities, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
The above photograph depicts Pastor Barberi, some Courts & Ports participants, praying alongside asylum seeking families waiting for a CBP One appointment at an encampment in Matamoros. Immigration issues are often, erroneously, thought of as a “border problem”....
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Jul 26, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Faith Communities, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
Take Action: Join our Webinar To learn more about this necessary immigration reform and future opportunities to get involved, head to txfaith.org/DIGNIDADwebinar to register for our webinar on Thursday, August 3rd at 6:30 pm CDT. We have not seen comprehensive...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Jul 18, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Faith Communities, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
The above photo depicts DPS troopers on the US side of the river, while there are migrants cooling off in the river on the Mexican side, beneath the Matamoros/Brownsville port of entry bridge. DPS Trooper-Medic: “We need to recognize that these are people who are made...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Jul 7, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Civic Engagement, Faith Communities, Get Involved, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Resources
TLDR: Migrant asylum encampment conditions worsen in Northern Mexico as migrants are forced to wait for CBP One appointments among other “legal walls” that they are subjected to. On the other hand, there is a proposed Bipartisan Immigration Reform bill...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Jun 9, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Faith Communities, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement, Legislative
The above photo depicts the raised razor wire fence above the Rio Grande right across the asylum encampment in Matamoros. Over 70% Decrease in Southwest Border Encounters We are now a month into a post Title 42 world, the Covid-19 health regulation used to...
