U.S. Border Patrol
Border dispatches: Mayor says local crime rate hides citizens’ values
By Doug Pagitt — October 14, 2021
(RNS) — A 3,200-mile bike ride along the U.S.-Mexico border to see what America’s immigration policy looks like in action.
Spirituality underpins migrant activism in US borderlands
By Anita Snow — June 8, 2021
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Protecting migrants and honoring the humanity of those who died on the perilous trail is a kind of religion in southern Arizona.
All Americans owe it to our country to see what’s happening at the border
By Aaron Alexander — March 26, 2019
(RNS) — There's a widespread system of criminalization, commodification and dehumanization that pervades every corner of our immigration and border apparatus.
Catholic bishops end border trip by suggesting alternative to family detention
By Jack Jenkins — July 3, 2018
(RNS) — A group of prominent Catholic bishops concluded a two-day fact-finding visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday, capping an emotional trip that included ministering to children who are separated from their parents.
Abuse of immigrant children: a state-sanctioned crime in America?
By Brian D. McLaren — June 12, 2018
(RNS ) The current administration must fully address these chilling reports, bring perpetrators to justice, prevent further abuse and discontinue this ugly scheme of family separation.
In McAllen, Texas, faith groups responded, while Washington dithered (COMMENTARY)
By Linda Garrett — September 17, 2014
(RNS) Nowhere was religious leadership more apparent than in McAllen, Texas, where churches and local government forged an effective and compassionate response to the crisis of unaccompanied minors crossing the border.
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