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Posts tagged: immigration detention

7 posts

  • May 30, 2025

    Mary, Don’t You Weep

    This essay is a powerful reflection on the sacred, sorrowful work of accompanying immigrants facing detention and deportation. Meet Mary, a weeping food…

    • #resilience
    • Advocacy
    • compassion fatigue
  • May 5, 2023

    The Power of Welcome

    This is the first time I have ever been made to feel welcome by an American in this country.”

    • Communion
    • deportation
    • immigration detention
  • February 21, 2022

    Love Crosses Borders for Alumnus

    Anton Flores-Maisonet (B.S.W. ’92) frequently commutes from Decatur, Ga., to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to provide hospitality,…

    • immigration detention
  • August 31, 2021

    B.’s Attitude

    The unspeakable happened; B.’s beloved suffered a miscarriage.

    • Haiti
    • immigration detention
    • miscarriage
  • January 28, 2021

    No place to go

    O’s never lived in the United States and when he was freed he had no place to go.

    • Casa Alterna
    • immigration detention
    • radical hospitality
  • August 24, 2020

    Yes, Please

    “My partner and I were attacked; he was killed and I had to flee.”

    • immigration detention
    • trauma
  • August 13, 2020

    The Happy Asylum-Seeker

    “Allah must have a reason why I get to spend time with you. And for that I am happy!”

    • Arabian peninsula
    • Atlanta
    • immigration detention

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El amor cruza fronteras / Love crosses borders

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