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Webinar highlights immigration and pandemic issues

Posted June 25th, 2020

U.S. immigrants are keenly aware that there is a difference between what the United States promises — the American Dream — and what many immigrants experience each day.

Learn about migration and labor trafficking through the eyes of migrants

Posted August 22nd, 2019

In the spirit of the Matthew 25 invitation — choosing welcome and standing with people in need — the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program and World Mission are collaborating to co-lead upcoming travel study seminars on the complex, interconnected issues of migration and human trafficking.

Detention center reports strike PC(USA) staff as part of disturbing trend

Posted June 26th, 2019

As reports of inhumane conditions in child detention facilities near the United States-Mexico border surfaced over the weekend, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) staff working on immigration and asylum issues, like many observers, were shocked and saddened.

If you visit the U.S.-Mexico border, return home and tell your story

Posted December 3rd, 2018

Rather than trusting media or government versions of what’s going on along the U.S.-Mexico border, Presbyterians are better of engaging with people and partners in the trenches of the immigration issue.

Si visita la frontera entre EE. UU. y México, regrese y cuente su historia

Posted December 3rd, 2018

En lugar de confiar en los medios de comunicación o las versiones del gobierno sobre lo que está pasando en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, es mejor que el pueblo presbiteriano dialogue con las personas y asociados que laboran en la cuestión de la inmigración.