A little over a mile from the U.S./Mexico border checkpoint at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in El Paso, Texas, is Annunciation House, a center that provides hospitality, advocacy and education to migrants, refugees and economically vulnerable people in the border region. Cobbs Creek resident Terri Mock was a long-term volunteer for Annunciation House three decades ago and was well aware of the work that’s done there and the value the facility has for the people it helps. Now retired from a career with the U.S. Department of Defense, Mock said when she started seeing news reports about the number of people being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and sent to the East Montana detention facility on Fort Bliss, a 25-minute drive from Annunciation House, she decided to volunteer again. “I had heard about the conditions there,” she said. “The news has been so confusing, so I wanted to see for myself.”She spent two weeks at Annunciation House, from March 12-28. Mo...
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