SAN BENITO — Valentine’s Day is about love, and you can multiply your acts of love and kindness when you “Shop Thru the Heart” online. Shop Thru the Heart is an Internet shopping mall that provides an uncomplicated way to shop and support La Posada, all at the same time. When you, your employees and …
By KAYLEIGH SOMMER | STAFF WRITER SAN BENITO — All Saba wanted for herself and her three children was freedom. Facing civil unrest in her home country of Ethiopia, she said, that dream had seemed almost unattainable. Her husband, an outspoken civil rights advocate, had been jailed, she said. Fearing for the safety of her …
By ANANDA ROSE I have only just arrived at La Posada Providencia, an emergency shelter for homeless migrants and asylum seekers in San Benito, Texas, when Sr. Zita Telkamp receives a call from a Homeland Security center in the neighboring town of Harlingen. “They’ve got another mother and child for us,” says Sr. Zita. A …
By VICTORIA BRITO | STAFF WRITER Experts on immigration and border security gathered Wednesday at the University of Texas at Brownsville to discuss issues brought to the forefront over recent months. The Humanitarian and Border Security Panel Discussion was sponsored by the Department of Communication’s student group, the Communication Council. The panel consisted of Sister …
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 …
SAN BENITO – Six Cubans who washed ashore on South Padre Island are working to understand American life. The men survived 20 days at sea. The men on Monday recalled the dangers they faced during their passage through the Gulf of Mexico. “Above all else, we’re just grateful that we’re alive. It’s a miracle that …
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 Action 4 News Staff Thousands of people walk through the doors of Posada Providencia yearly. But lately due to the influx of Central American immigrants coming through our region they’ve seen a huge need for donations. They provide undocumented immigrants seeking shelter and asylum. Wednesday on Sunrise, Ana Schulz the Director of Development and …
By Ted Oberg HOUSTON (KTRK) –Alma Gonzalez had time to sit and talk Tuesday. But it was just weeks ago when this worker at the La Posada Providencia shelter near the Texas-Mexico border in San Benito was busier than she’d ever been. “It was something we hadn’t experienced before,” Gonzales said. “We were not prepared …
By KAYLEIGH SOMMER Staff Writer SAN BENITO — Less than a year after La Posada Providencia reached 7,000 clients, the shelter recently welcomed its 8,000th client during an influx of immigrants arriving in the lower Rio Grande Valley — many of them from Central America. The surge has more than quadrupled the San Benito shelter’s …
