As we have featured these past few months, La Posada Providencia launched a campaign titled Champions for a New Beginning to raise awareness and funding for the immigrant and asylee population the shelter serves. A Champion is an individual who supports the mission and purpose of La Posada by pledging to raise $1,000 to meet …
(HARLINGEN, Texas) School Sister of Notre Dame Josephe Marie Flynn, author of the book Rescuing Regina, offered her presentation on the immigration and the asylum process during an event Thursday, Aug. 28, at the Harlingen Cultural Arts Center. The presentation, sponsored by La Posada Providencia, detailed her battle to save a friend from deportation and …
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 …
