When his father was killed, Abdull Omar Hussen knew it was time to leave. As members of a minority group in Somalia, his family knew violence. But when his father was shot in February of last year, Abdull’s nine-year-old sister was sitting on his lap. She was killed, too. The double tragedy forced the family …

Wading and swimming across the Rio Grande may have been the easiest part of Sisay’s trek to America … Wading and swimming across the sometimes-treacherous Rio Grande River may have been the easiest part of Sisay’s trek to America. It was the last step of a journey that took several years, and brought Sisay halfway …

My name is Sadiq. I was born in Somalia, the easternmost country on the mainland of the African continent. I was born in the capital city of Mogadishu, in November 1985. My father was working in the government before he was killed. My mother was a primary school teacher. We are five boys in our …

In his native Guatemala, Alejandro was training to become a police officer, specializing in drug enforcement, when he uncovered corrupt acts by members of the government. Fearing his life was in danger, he fled the country and came to the United States. He spent more than a year at La Posada Providencia while his case …

Ana fled an abusive home environment in Honduras, searching for safety for herself and her unborn child. She fainted at the border and was rushed to the hospital, where she gave birth to a premature son, José Raul. Ana remained at La Posada Providencia while her case progressed through the courts. By the time she …

The determination and work ethic of the people who come to La Posada Providencia serve as constant inspiration to the staff members who get to know them. Rolf, 19, was born in Germany to a German father and Cuban mother, but his family eventually returned to Cuba. When Rolf finished high school, he came to …

Freedom. Jesús Rodriguez Lopez left his native Cuba to find it. “I left Cuba first, for freedom. And second, because I was starving,” he says. Jesús was a dentist and an oral surgeon. “Sometimes my paycheck was $1.50/month. Things are expensive in Cuba. I couldn’t afford to feed my family.” Jesús went to Ecuador to …