by Elket Rodriguez | Jan 7, 2022 | Opinion
Immigrants are particularly vulnerable to human trafficking. It is common for undocumented immigrants to be exploited in the U.S. Likewise, it is common for asylum seekers to be kidnapped, sexually abused and occupationally exploited on their journey to the...
by Joyce Holley | Nov 25, 2019 | Opinion
My church journeyed to El Paso, Texas, to meet with people from Ciudad Nueva and ABARA, organizations doing all they can to serve the immigrant community. We went across the border to help make improvements to a shelter that is now housing asylum-seekers sent back to...
by Laura Beth Bugg | Sep 26, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part series. Part one is available here. Part two is available here. *Navid’s real name has not been used to protect his identity. Once Navid* knew that he would be coming to North Carolina, the beloved community in Raleigh...
by Laura Beth Bugg | Sep 25, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series. Part one is available here. Part three is available here. *Navid’s real name has not been used to protect his identity. Talking with Navid* about his journey, I was taken back to Walter Shurden’s undergraduate...
by Laura Beth Bugg | Sep 24, 2019 | Opinion
I first met Navid* while sitting in my car in Toronto. It was a bitterly cold February day. I had just finished giving a lecture on migration and religion to a group of undergraduates. Now, I was staring at a tiny phone screen, talking to a refugee in the searing heat...
