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St. Michael's supports the immigrant sanctuaries in Albuquerque; partners with other faith-based and non-profit organizations to welcome and assist asylum-seekers in the city; and is an Advocating Congregation of the Lutheran Advocacy Ministry of New Mexico. |
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Celtic Rune of Hospitality
I saw a stranger yestreen I put food in the eating place drink in the drinking place music in the listening place And in the sacred name of the Triune He blessed myself and my house my cattle and my dear ones And the lark said in her song often often often Goes the Christ in stranger's guise often often often Goes the Christ in stranger's guise Printable tri-fold brochure on immigration. immig_ministry_trifold.pdf |
The Immigration Committee studies how St Michael's - individually and / or as a parish - can respond in love to the needs of the stranger in our midst. This committee has been meeting since the fall of 2016.
Following is some of the work being done:
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St Michael's Partners
in supporting asylum seekers - Spring 2019 Albuquerque Interfaith Catholic Charities - Donations, training, in-kind donations, volunteer Congregation Albert Indivisible Nob Hill - Managing City-wide volunteer list Lutheran Family Services Along with many other faith-based and non-profit partners Episcopal Resources Texas Bishops’ Letter on Immigration July 2019 https://www.epicenter.org/article/bishops-of-all-six-episcopal-dioceses-in-texas-issue-statement-decrying-the-inhumane-conditions-at-our-countrys-borders/ Diocese of the Rio Grande https://www.dioceserg.org. Funds collected here also support Borderland Ministries and Mike Wallens’ work in Marfa. More info is found at: https://www.dioceserg.org/Ministries/asylum-seekers Episcopal Migration Ministry is also redirecting their refugee work in this direction: https://episcopalmigrationministries.org/response-to-the-border-education-and-advocacy/ Office of Gov’t Relations of the Episcopal Church on supporting the undocumented July 2019 https://www.episcopalchurch.org/posts/ogr/ten-actions-you-can-take-accompany-undocumented-immigrants Sandbox Pod Casts on St Michael’s experience with Asylum seekers. April 2019 https://www.sandboxcooperative.com/podcast/2019/4/25/episode-83-immigration-and-seeing-the-other At the Border Angry Tias & Abuelas https://www.angrytiasandabuelas.com/ Organization helping asylum seekers between Brownsville & McAllen, TX. Hope Border Institute observes activity on both sides of the border. https://www.hopeborder.org/hope-and-resitance-report Annunciation House https://annunciationhouse.org/ Articles about Asylum Seekers NYT June 5, 2019 DHS Inspector General May 30, 2019 Story on Asylum Seekers in El Paso - May 2019 |
About Asylum
Obtaining Asylum in the USA Amnesty International ACLU on Asylum Guide to Asylum - Florence Project About Asylum, Withholding Removal and The Convention Against Torture Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Article 14 Albuquerque Resources Catholic Charities http://www.ccasfnm.org/companions.html. Donations to them paid for the hotel when St Michael’s hosted 100 asylum seekers. Many other direct services for refugees. Lutheran Family Services https://www.lfsrm.org/. Refugee & asylee services. Catholic Worker House – Casa de las Communidades https://casadelascomunidades.wordpress.com/. New Mexico Dream Team supporting separated families or when the breadwinner is deported. https://www.nmdreamteam.org/. NM Faith Coalition for Immigrant Justice that is a much smaller organization. Provides direct service, accompaniment for Sanctuary and in the Courts. https://www.nmimmigrantjustice.org/ El Centro de Igualedad http://elcentronm.org/ for working immigrants. Trains 'peacekeepers' at public events to de-escalate aggressive behavior. Albuquerque Interfaith offices are at St Mark’s. They organize actions in many arenas, including immigration. https://www.facebook.com/Albuquerque-Interfaith-139529116095450/ Indivisible Nob Hill is a local political action group supporting asylum seekers. https://indivisiblenobhill.com/ Santa Fe Dreamers provides legal support to migrants as well as promotes family unity and liberation from detention. http://www.santafedreamersproject.org/ The Transgender Resource Center. https://www.tgrcnm.org/ helps trans asylum seekers released from detention get settled and access to food pantries, etc. Their thrift store also takes items to Juarez. CIVIC has a letter writing effort with detainees. Letter writing builds relationships with asylum seekers in detention and provides assistance. This work is affiliated with Freedom for Immigrants https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/. |
