Mar 296 minS.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 87 minReport from the Tijuana Border • March 2022Sharon Franklin All the tents at El Chaparral are gone. The process of moving everyone out of El Chaparral was traumatizing for asylum...
Jan 182 minLa 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...
Jan 16 minReport From the Tijuana Border • January 2022I 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 9, 20214 minReport from the Tijuana Border • November 2021It’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 25, 20215 minReport from La Casa de Paso at the Tijuana Border • August 24, 2021I’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 5, 20215 minReport from the Tijuana Border • August 2021I 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 12, 20214 minReport from the Tijuana Border • July 2021The border in Tijuana is still chaotic and increasingly dangerous for those waiting there. You need look no further than El Chaparral, a...
Jun 16, 20216 minReport for the Tijuana Border June 2021I’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 10, 20214 minReport from the Tijuana Border • January 2021Sharon 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 21, 20206 minUna 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, 20208 minReport from La Casa de Paso at the Tijuana Border • October 2020Javier 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, 20205 minReport from La Casa de Paso in Tijuana as of September 18, 2020Here’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 5, 20204 minA Day in the Life – July 28, 2020A 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 16, 20206 minLa Casa Update • June 15, 2020And still new asylum seekers arrive at the El Chaparral border in Tijuana daily, hoping to cross. Javier goes there several times a day,...
Apr 25, 20204 minReport 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 10, 20202 minSaturday, April 4, 2020A little update…. Tijuana has virtually been shut down for about a week now. For people seeking asylum, • No new numbers are being given...
Mar 24, 20204 minBlog Entry – 23 March, 2020Blog Entry – 23 March, 2020 I’ve put off writing an update on the border because everything was so up in the air and changing constantly....
Jan 15, 20205 minWednesday, Jan 15, 2020It’s been awhile and today I want to catch you up on what’s been going on in Tijuana and at La Casa de Paso. As always, it’s mixed, and...
Dec 15, 20192 min December 2019It’s almost the end of the year and for many of us it can’t come too soon. For me, it’s hard to hold both all the gratitude I feel for...