Gary: Where else are we seeing signs of hope along the U.S.-Mexico border? Kristy: In the person of Marcos Paredes,…
Reflections
Gary: It seems that we’re beginning to hear some recurrent themes from our friends that live closest to the border….
Gary: Oh, what an irony: We could hardly find the Southwest Key detention center for unaccompanied minors in Tucson, but…
There is a lot of compassion here in the borderlands. Borderlanders are telling us that the only way to understand…
Gary: Do you know what really touched me today Kristy, while you were talking to the mothers from Guatemala and…
Gary: Tell me, cousin Kristy, what questions are going through your head right now. Kristy: Thanks for asking this, Gary….
Kristy: Well, cousin, we are finally out along the border… So what do you see as our task, or tarea, for this trip?
Gary: It seems to me that the U.S./Mexico has become more politicized that at any point in its 170-year history. So perhaps our task is not to further politicize the already volatile and politically contested conditions here. Instead, we are hoping to rehumanize, rather than dehumanize the many who have been caught in the crossfire here.
Kristy: From Nogales to El Paso today, we’ve already accompanied individuals with many different takes on the border crisis, on immigration policies, and human needs, haven’t we?
When Kristy Nabhan-Warren & I set off today (celebrating her birthday along the way), we will be traveling at least…
Don’t talk to me about your patriotism, Mr. Sessions, When you won’t protect our country from the Russians, From Koreans…