Austin has a new non-profit in town. Vecina was founded in November 2019 by Lindsay Gray, who now serves as CEO. Its mission is to “empower immigrant justice advocates through mentoring attorneys, educating communities, and mobilizing volunteers.” Vecina was founded...
A NOTE OF THANKS: In Fall 2020, Women on the Border launched an emergency relief campaign for a teenager migrant from Guinea, a country in West Africa. Mamadou is here legally as a refugee. The bit of financial help he received was put to good use. Below is an...
Austin immigration attorney Virginia Raymond reflects on her work representing asylum seekers during the Trump years and shares her hopes and fears about what the next four years will bring. On the morning of November 9, 2016, I woke up saddened, ill, and angry, but...
The story is there – or rather the lived experience is – but it has yet to take narrative form. My task as a volunteer “legal assistant” is to talk it through. To listen and to help the client shape her story so that it will be the right sort of story – to find the...
IMPEACHMENT v. 25TH AMENDMENT –WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? By Donna J. Blevins and Elvia R. Arriola, Members of the Women on the Border Board of Directors On January 6, 2021, the nation witnessed an attack on the Capitol grounds by insurrectionists incited by President...
Delegates met face to face with about three detainees at one time. ICE allowed a total of 90 minutes. Over 85 persons had signed up to meet with the group. To preserve anonymity and privacy detainees’ names are not identified. A detainee’s name appears...
