Though his attempt about three months ago to cross the border to get work in the U.S. ended disastrously, somehow I sensed it would not be long before Félix, who's worked for us for 12 years, would make another run soon to the Golden North. When you've lived most of your life in a poverty-stricken …
Continue reading Hasta la vista, Félix. Bienvenido, Guadalupe
I suspect some of the attendees at the lecture last week by Francisco Cantú, author of "The Line Becomes a River," a memoir of his four years as a U.S. Border Patrol Agent, may have left the packed auditorium, at the Centro de Bellas Artes, somewhat disappointed.They may have expected a more evangelical presentation about …
Occasionally I read something and say to myself, "Damn, I wish I'd written that!"This is one of those cases, a post on Burro Hall, a blog whose author I don't know. I believe he lives in Querétaro, about 40 minutes from here.Check it out so you too can share the nationwide alarm about unaccompanied children …
Continue reading The imminent threat of illegal (children) coming across the border
Magdalena García is a fellow Cuban refugee and a Presbyterian minister who performed an act of kindness I'll never forget when my mom died twelve years ago. She organized and conducted a beautiful memorial service at her church in Chicago, with music, flowers and a moving eulogy, after the Roman Catholic parish to which I …
According to a newswire story just a few days ago, Mexico's unemployment rate had "spiked" to 5 percent in January 2009. That is still almost three percentage points lower than the latest national jobless figures for the United States. Indeed, in some specific U.S. markets like Oregon, unemployment approaches 10 percent. More incredibly, two years …
El Rancho Santa Clara 