La Posada Providencia is thrilled to announced it has been named one of fifteen recipients who will benefit from the AIM Media Texas Charities campaign. AIM Media Texas, which owns the local publications Valley Morning Star, The Monitor and The Brownsville Herald, recently launched this fundraising effort to help the most needy population in the …
By JONATHAN CRUZ Staff Writer For anyone who has entered onto the property of La Posada Providencia shelter in the past 13 years, the first person they have seen has usually been Monica Peña-Rusmussen. In 2001, Monica responded to an ad in the local San Benito paper for a part-time position at La Posada, a …
By TRAVIS M. WHITEHEAD Staff Writer HARLINGEN — Regina and David Bakala were living quiet lives in Milwaukee several years ago when immigration officials suddenly showed up at their door. The agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement were there to take Regina Bakala into custody for deportation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Her …
By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett I consider the geographical location of the Rio Grande Valley an asset for many reasons. The semi-tropical climate, longer growing season, the flora and fauna along our beautiful coastline attract tourists and winter visitors and provide us with a beautiful and affordable place to live. Our proximity to an international border enriches …
By FERNANDO DEL VALLE Valley Morning Star SAN BENITO — A woman who was taken in by a San Benito shelter says she and her 10-year-old son fled El Salvador after extortionists threatened to kill her and her family. Lora is not her real name. She is fearful that her family could be in danger …
By Steve Inskeep “La Posada Providencia shelter, an unassuming cluster of buildings near the border in San Benito, Texas, has in the past year received people from about 20 countries, such as Albania, Romania, Nepal, India, and China. When we visited, we chatted with men from Somalia and Cuba. And we ran into three Ethiopian …
You have no idea what people will do to reach the United States — until you hear their stories. I heard some at La Posada Providencia shelter. You could live in San Benito, Texas, a long time and never notice it was there. This Catholic shelter welcomes some of the most recent arrivals to the …
By PAULA ANN SOLIS Staff Writer With no end in sight to the overwhelming influx of immigrants from Central America, one shelter, La Posada Providencia in San Benito, has found a source of temporary relief in a $25,000 grant. The gift was awarded by the John G. and Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation based in Corpus …
By David Martin Davies For the immigrant refugees of Honduras their goal is to reach the Texas-Mexico border. But as many discover when they reach the Rio Grande Valley, that’s not the end of their journey. A fortunate few will be able to rest, recover and refocus at La Posada Providencia, an emergency shelter for …
By Nadia Galindo Eduardo Ragolta is a champion chess player and will soon be teaching the game at the San Benito School District. “Everyone from my country is coming here for the American Dream,” he said. Much like the game his life has been a series of calculated moves. He left everything back in Cuba …
