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Social Concerns
U.S. Border Patrol agents run down a dirt road amid swirling dust stirred up by a helicopter during a search for people who had crossed into the United States illegally and were hiding in heavily wooded areas and sugar cane fields near McAllen, Texas. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS.

Paths collide for immigrants, border agents

Complex issues are challenging people on all sides of the immigration debate.
Human Rights
July 31, 2018 photo of Mary Ellen Kris, speaking with members of her church regarding her recent experience immigrant women and children detained at the SW Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. Photo courtesy of Julia R. Tulloch, Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, NYC.

Commentary: Ministry of presence, witness in ICE detention center

Families experience in ICE detention center is heartbreaking and challenging for deaconess offering legal aid.
Immigration
The Rev. Anna Shammas shares the story of how an invitation to worship led to the formation of the Arabic-Speaking United Methodist Church in Aarau, Switzerland. Photo by Annette Spence, UMNS.

Arabic-speaking Swiss church provides home for migrants

An Arabic-speaking United Methodist church in Switzerland is providing a home for migrants and even some Muslims in Switzerland.
Immigration
Oliver (right) and his 8-year-old son Anthony rest at an overflow shelter for recent immigrants at the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle in McAllen, Texas. They fled their native Honduras in fear of gang violence and asked that their real names not be used.

Faith communities provide respite, care for immigrants

Thousands of immigrants flowing into U.S. find temporary rest and respect with faith communities in Texas border towns.

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