Caring for a Child Without a Country
Entering a Complex Immigration System Rachel* and her husband Mark* had seen hopelessness in a country where jobs are scarce and the threat of violence is real. They saw the complexity of immigration from the side of those who feel the need to leave, but it wasn’t until they were faced with helping a Honduran child stuck in the murky waters of the U.S. system, that they truly understood how complex immigration really could be. They had lived in Honduras for over a decade working at a boys’ home for teens who lived on the streets. She and Mark, now living
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How Can We Help Kids at the Border?
“There is a couple of reasons that I came here,” Lili said, “but the main reason is because there is a lot of violence in Honduras.” Lili left Honduras at age 16 with her infant son, whose birth was the result of sexual assault. She attempted to find safety in the U.S., where her mother lived. She hadn’t seen her in 11 years. She made her way through Guatemala and Mexico by bus and walked through the desert for hours. Eventually, she was picked up by immigration officials, held in a detention facility, and then finally reunited with her mother. Lili
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I Never Thought I’d Be Living the Life I Live
Fleeing From Home It was 1996 and the war had just broken out. The Democratic Republic of the Congo had always been my home. But this was a brutal, bloody war, and it was too dangerous to stay in the country, so my family and I fled. For the next 19 years, we lived in one Tanzanian refugee camp after another. When one camp closed, we packed up and moved to another. It wasn’t perfect, but it was a life away from the war. One night in 2012, I was attacked by criminals at my home. Luckily, nearby police officers were able to save
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