Tag: immigration
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Immigrants make America great
Everyone — whether we realize it or not — knows an immigrant. It could be the woman who served you drinks in the restaurant, the man who files your insurance claims, your child’s best friend in elementary school, a gardener or doctor who you pass on your way to work. And all of us in the…
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Texans protest family separation at U.S.-Mexico border
This story was originally printed in the fall 2018 version of Fellowship! Magazine. By Ashleigh Bugg The children’s detention center is housed in an old Walmart building in Brownsville, Texas. The former big box retailer can hold roughly 1,500 children who have been separated from their parents, many against their will. “The detention centers have…
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My visit to an ICE detention center
I have not seen anything more painful or broken than watching grown men cry in the presence of their family members at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in rural Virginia. Some of their stories I know, some I will never know. The only crime many have committed was being born in the wrong…
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Lessons from Spain: helping new neighbors
Moving to Spain has been different from when I stayed in Costa Rica or Slovakia. During those visits (which were two to four months), I had a specific program and personnel who helped me understand the rules of how to live in another country. In Spain, I am largely on my own, being helped along…
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World without Words
“Until I feared I would lose it. I did not love to read. One does not love breathing.” -Harper Lee I remember the magic of being young, standing in the library holding a book about dragons and dancing princesses, imagining my own epic universes. Reading has always been a joy in life: a way to…
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A visit to the White House
For a small-town kid from rural Texas, riding the Metro through the tubes of D.C. to visit the Eisenhower office of the White House is like something out of a super patriotic children’s story. When the closest Wal-Mart is 30 miles away and any city bigger than Waco is unbelievable, meeting with senators and…
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What are you doing after graduation?
What are you doing after graduation? The question lurks behind every final exam and senior project. You’ve checked off every box. You’ve paid the piling fees. You’ve sat through classes, written essays and pretended to know the words to the school song. It’s all done. So how did I find myself 20 hours and 1,200…