By Peg Bowden, for www.arroya.org  View from the Tucson Courthouse A few weeks ago I had my day in court. I witnessed “Operation Streamline”, the court system that speeds up “due process” for the thousands of immigrants who have...

making the pilgrimage: why do people make dangerous crossings through the desert going north, going south? To reunite with famlies. A drive more ancient than modern day political distinctions. The Mexicans going in...

So many things I encounter at the comedor in Nogales, Sonora, remind me of Bible stories. Today is no exception. As the Samaritans approach the humble comedor shelter, there is a large crowd assembled in front. One...

Is there a war at the border between Arizona and Mexico? Ask French film makers working on a documentary at the Comedor in Nogales as they explain to our own Peg Bowden about the war they...

When I was a child growing up on Chicago’s South Side I attended the local Baptist church. My earliest memory of Sunday School was memorizing the 100th Psalm: “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord -...

And on the long walk back to the U.S. Border and my warm, safe life in Arizona, I wonder what it would take for me to travel thousands of miles with a child on trains, on foot,...

Cocido is as common in Mexico as Canned Soup is in the US. And it tastes a whole lot better and is certainly better for you. Simmering fresh vegetables in broth with meat is just light...

It is the Christmas season, and our high-spirited Samaritan group packs the van to the hilt with warm clothing, new socks, and backpacks, all donated from Arizona friends and neighbors. One of the bags of donated clothing...

The place is bedlam. The comedor in Nogales, Sonora, is packed with travelers from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Chiapas and Oaxaca, all draped in colorful ponchos and backpacks. It is December, and the temperature at our ranch...

The people who run the comedor/shelter in Nogales, Sonora are Jesuit priests. Their organization for this outreach is the Kino Border Initiative. They don’t look like the priests in the movies. Dressed in jeans and hoodies during...