Adrian Dominican Sisters: Sister Andrea Balconis, OP, MD, Reflects on Experience at Border
September 24, 2019
September 24, 2019
LAREDO, Texas, Sept. 24 -- Adrian Dominican Sisters issued the following news:
Responding to an invitation from Catholic Charities, I went to Laredo, Texas, for two weeks in August to volunteer at the migrant shelter, La Frontera. I was told ahead of time that the situation was very "fluid" as our government policy was constantly changing, and indeed, that was the case.
Last May, the shelter was receiving about 250 migrants on a daily basis, but toward the end . . .
Responding to an invitation from Catholic Charities, I went to Laredo, Texas, for two weeks in August to volunteer at the migrant shelter, La Frontera. I was told ahead of time that the situation was very "fluid" as our government policy was constantly changing, and indeed, that was the case.
Last May, the shelter was receiving about 250 migrants on a daily basis, but toward the end . . .