- To assist immigrants (including those seeking asylum) by providing clothing donations, which are delivered to the International Rescue Center for distribution.
- To provide showers to asylum seekers at an ICE drop-off location.
Our Social Justice Immigration & Refugees Ministry has partnered with an organization called Humane Borders. This organization, motivated by faith and the universal need for kindness, maintains a system of dozens of water stations in the Sonoran Desert on routes used by migrants making the perilous journey to the United States on foot. The primary mission of Humane Borders is to save desperate people from death by dehydration and exposure and to create a just and humane environment in the borderlands. The water stations are established and located with permission from private and public landowners and managers. The water is for everyone–migrants, hikers, and Border Patrol agents. Because we all are human and we all need water to survive.
Where would we be without immigrants?
Historical Notes; Without immigrants like Albert Einstein the “Manhattan Project” would not have happened at all. The first atomic bomb would have been developed by Nazi Germany. We would have lost WWII. Madeline Albright (Secretary of State) came to the U.S from Prague to escape the Nazis. Hedy Lamar (Inventor/Actress) came from Austria. Mary Barra (CEO General Motors) is the granddaughter of Finnish immigrants. Of the five most elite companies ( market cap of $2 trillion +) note that: Apple’s Steve Jobs (son of Syrian immigrant), Google’s Sergey Brin (born in Moscow), Nvidia’s Jenson Huang ( born in Taiwan), and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos (got critical first investment from adoptive father, a Cuban refugee). And, of course, we would and perhaps will, suffer without the beautiful labor of millions of farm workers, health care workers and other of our neighbors.
Social Justice Immigration & Refugees Links
For more information about the Immigration & Refugee Ministry, contact Larry Cornelius at: Socialjustice@thepalms.org