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Current Conditions at the United States Border with Mexico and the Struggles of Running a Restaurant during the Pandemic
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about the #Masks4Migrants Campaign and its Goal to Raise enough Money during this March’s Women’s History Month to Buy and Distribute 20,000 Facemasks at the Border, and – During this One Year Anniversary of the COVID-19 Related Shut-downs here in New York State, a Conversation about the Struggles of Running a Restaurant during the Pandemic. Tania Guerrero is the Project Attorney for the Estamos Unidos Asylum Project for the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC). Tania talks to us a bit about her experiences working down at the border, and what she has witnessed in recent weeks and months…
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Catholic Charities’ Assistance for Immigrants and Refugees and Rocket Scientist Turned Nun
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about the current immigration issues in the US and also he celebrates the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon. C. Mario Russell, Esq. is the Director of Catholic Charities of New York’s Immigration and Refugee Services which serves the immigrant and refugee communities in New York City and the Hudson Valley. During a week when the current Administration has announced impending immigration enforcement actions as well as new efforts to drastically limit asylum claims at the United States’ southern border, Mario talks about some of what he has been hearing and seeing regarding immigration enforcement in communities…
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Traveling to Tucson Arizona to Assisting Migrants & Discussing Military Chaplains on Memorial Day 2019
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks to those who have experienced the influx of migrants at our southern border and also honors Memorial Day. Sister Norma Pimentel is the Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV). Sister Norma talks to us about the services that CCRGV offers to refugees coming into the southern border and how we can all help. Blanca Ramirez is the Director of Social Services and Community Education of Mercy Center – an affiliated agency of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York. Blanca shares her experiences after traveling down to Tucson, Arizona in late April to volunteer…
