Quixote Center recognizes migration as a fundamental human right under international law. In the United States, migrants strengthen our economy, enrich our culture, and strengthen our social fabric. 

Quixote Center’s principal international partnership is with the Red Franciscana para Migrantes (RFM - Franciscan Network for Migrants). RFM connects Franciscan-run shelters and other humanitarian assistance programs for migrants who are making the dangerous trek through Mexico, Central America, and South America. We support RFM by

  • Serving as the fiscal sponsor for RFM within the United States and coordinating advocacy efforts with their staff. 
  • Providing on-going financial support to RFM programs in Panama, a particularly strategic and difficult migrant crossing point.
  • Offering capacity-strengthening funding to RFM teams, so far supporting teams in Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico. 

Quixote Center and RFM organize Solidarity Trips since 2022 as part of our advocacy and education mission, bringing U.S. based migrant justice activists and other professionals to Southern Mexico and Panama to see firsthand how the U.S. immigration impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing their homelands to seek a new life, in the United States or elsewhere.

View our Between Borders video series .

Find out more about our Solidarity Travel Program .

Partners

RFM - Red Franciscana para Migrantes (Franciscan Network for Migrants)

The Franciscan Network for Migrants (RFM) is a network of individuals and service centers across the Americas that, inspired by Franciscan spirituality, reach out to migrants to support, promote, protect, and defend their rights in their respective countries of origin, transit, and destination.

Location of Shelters in the Franciscan Network on Migration

From the Texas Tribune: "Honduran migrants following the caravan continue on despite Donald Trump’s threats"

Fri, 11/02/2018 - 3:09pm by jessica

The following was by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

Honduran migrants following the caravan continue on despite Donald Trump’s threats

Daily Dispatch 11/2/18

Fri, 11/02/2018 - 1:18pm by jessica

November 2, 2018

Top Stories:

What to make of Trump’s claim that he will allow US troops fire on migrants throwing rocks: The Pentagon that troops will follow standard rules, working in support of CBP officers, who are “absolutely the primary and principal member that will be handling, specifically, the migrants.”

UPDATE: Department of Defense says it's sending 5,200 troops to U.S.-Mexico border

Mon, 10/29/2018 - 6:08pm by jessica

The following was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

Department of Defense says it's sending 5,200 troops to U.S.-Mexico border

By , The Texas Tribune Oct. 29, 2018

Sessions calls recitation of Scripture an "attack," touts new Religious Liberty Task Force

Mon, 10/29/2018 - 5:07pm by jessica

The state of our union continues to deteriorate. Today, just as the United Methodist General Board released a opposing military deployments to the southern border, a United Methodist minister and a Baptist minister were ejected from a Boston event on (ironically) religious freedom featuring Attorney General Jeff Sessions.  

After reciting Matthew 25:42-43, the minister was met with boos and shouts of “GO HOME!”

Daily Dispatch 10/29/18

Mon, 10/29/2018 - 2:44pm by jessica

A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.

October 29, 2018

 

Top Story:

Defense Department to hold briefing today at 4pm (per Sarah Sanders in today’s WH briefing). Live coverage should be available on when the event begins.

Daily Dispatch 10/26/18

Fri, 10/26/2018 - 3:52pm by jessica

A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.

October 26, 2018

 

In lieu of our usual Daily Dispatch, we are republishing the following article from the Texas Tribune on Trump's plans to militarize the border.

 

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