Annunciation House at 1003 East San Antonio Ave. (Aaron Montes/The Prospector)

Mexico asylum seeker finds refuge in El Paso shelter

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EL PASO – Patricia spends her days adjusting to a new life in the United States that she never intended on having. Every day she plays her guitar and spends time with her family, who are also in El Paso out of necessity, not want. But some of her family members are not with her, some stayed behind in Patricia’s hometown in the Mexican state of Durango, and others were killed. It is because of those murdered relatives that Patricia and her family relocated to El Paso. “It all started because the violence in Durango became really difficult,” Patricia said in Spanish.

A Mother’s Day tribute to an immigrant mom

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EL PASO —When someone is asked, “ What do you think about your mother? ” the immediate answer is “my mother is the best.”

But could one really describe a mother with all her attributes and her flaws? Personally I describe my mother as brave, with a bold attitude someone who has worked non-stop for her family and her community. Veronica Macias, 46, a single mother has sustained her children alone, and without an education for 26 years. Born and raised in Ciudad Juarez, and the youngest of 11 children she immigrated to El Paso in July, 1973.