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Migrant Stories

Last Stop In Mexico: Migrants Find Security In Catholic Safe House Before Facing US Border
La Casa de Migrantes—the last safe house before the Mexico-US border—provides food, shelter and support for an average of 600 migrants each month.

The Beast Strikes Again: Central American Migrants Feel Brunt of Failed Immigration Policies
Increasingly migrants are forced to travel via the dangerous La Bestia, which earned its name because it has taken the lives of so many of its passengers. Death recently struck again, when La Bestia derailed in Huimanguillo, Tabasco, close to the Guatemalan border. At least six migrants were killed and more than twenty-two were severely injured, many of whom had to be rescued via canoes due to the inaccessibility of the remote area in which the train derailment took place.

Documents and Studies

Culture of Cruelty (No More Deaths)

Jesuits Study Sheds Light on Mistreatment of Migrants Crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border

In the Shadow of the Wall: Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement and Security