The Tragedy of Being an Asylum-Seeker in the United States

Dianne Garcia, Pastor of Family Ministry at San Antonio Mennonite Church in Texas

(This was written during the Trump presidency. I am sharing it now because it is a rare voice for compassion in the midst of the suffering at our border.)

Thousands of human beings are living in trauma each day. You have the power to change that.

At the church where I am a pastor, we host asylum-seeking families from around the world. The other day I was …