Report from La Casa de Paso - September 2022
Sharon Franklin La Casa de Paso has been a busy place this month! From Javier’s/La Casa’s vantage point a block from El Chaparral, he...
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- Aug 10
- 5 min
Report from the Tijuana Border • August 2022
This month at the border was punctuated with new families arriving amid rumors regarding a new ID card to be issued to asylees to speed...
- Jun 30
- 4 min
Report From the Tijuana Border • July 2022
When you read this story, remember that it is one of many. What would you do? This family of 13 just arrived at the Tijuana border from...
- Mar 28
- 6 min
S.O.S. FROM LA CASA DE PASO!
Javier and I are committed to keeping La Casa de Paso open for at least six more months. I haven't had to ask for donations since we...
- Mar 7
- 7 min
Report from the Tijuana Border • March 2022
Sharon Franklin All the tents at El Chaparral are gone. The process of moving everyone out of El Chaparral was traumatizing for asylum...
- Jan 17
- 2 min
La Casa de Paso needs your help!
I haven't asked for donations for a very, very long time, because donations always came in at a rate that I never had to worry—or even...
- Dec 31
- 6 min
Report From the Tijuana Border • January 2022
I wish I had good, or at least hopeful, news to report. As of today, Dec. 29, I have none. It is heartbreaking at the border. No one is...
- Nov 8, 2021
- 4 min
Report from the Tijuana Border • November 2021
It’s been a rough month for asylum seekers waiting at the Tijuana border. More people in tents at El Chaparral are convinced it is unsafe...
- Aug 24, 2021
- 5 min
Report from La Casa de Paso at the Tijuana Border • August 24, 2021
I’ve been here in Tijuana for a month. It has been personally the most difficult time I’ve experienced here, with two more months to go....
- Aug 4, 2021
- 5 min
Report from the Tijuana Border • August 2021
I arrived back in Tijuana almost a week ago. The border situation is grimmer by the day, and the stories of so many desperate moms and...
- Jul 11, 2021
- 4 min
Report from the Tijuana Border • July 2021
The border in Tijuana is still chaotic and increasingly dangerous for those waiting there. You need look no further than El Chaparral, a...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 6 min
Report for the Tijuana Border June 2021
I’ve been back in Eugene for a couple weeks. It’s nice to be back and see my family and friends, and it will be so nice to return to...
- Feb 9, 2021
- 4 min
Report from the Tijuana Border • January 2021
Sharon Franklin It's a mess in Tijuana, but that's nothing new. Earlier this week Javier said it was freezing cold with high winds and...
- Nov 20, 2020
- 6 min
Una Familia
November 2020 Here is a asylum story with a bona fide happy ending—although there are challenges ahead. It involves a grandma, a woman...
- Oct 10, 2020
- 8 min
Report from La Casa de Paso at the Tijuana Border • October 2020
Javier and I together started La Casa de Paso, an emergency house for women and children, in June 2019. He and I met at the border in...
- Sep 21, 2020
- 5 min
Report from La Casa de Paso in Tijuana as of September 18, 2020
Here’s what’s been happening at La Casa de Paso. I have been unable to return to Tijuana since late February due to COVID, but I intend...
- Aug 4, 2020
- 4 min
A Day in the Life – July 28, 2020
A Report from the Tijuana Border Sharon Franklin For Javier, every day in Tijuana starts early, about 4 a.m. to be exact. It’s been part...
- Jun 15, 2020
- 6 min
La Casa Update • June 15, 2020
And still new asylum seekers arrive at the El Chaparral border in Tijuana daily, hoping to cross. Javier goes there several times a day,...
- Apr 24, 2020
- 4 min
Report from the Tijuana Border (as of April 22)
As many of you know, I made a super hard decision and cancelled my flight back to Tijuana on April 1. It was a responsible decision but...
- Apr 9, 2020
- 2 min
Saturday, April 4, 2020
A little update…. Tijuana has virtually been shut down for about a week now. For people seeking asylum, • No new numbers are being given...