A Dallas nonprofit is helping a group of newly arrived migrants transit to their next destination
She said 30 years ago, she was in the same situation as the people who walked through her church's doors. Marquez said she was at a detention center for four months and knows what the migrants are going through, which is why she makes sure to make the space friendly and inviting.
"The first words that they receive here when they arrive, is like 'Welcome, they are safe here and that God loves them and we do, too,'" said Marquez."So we’re going to do everything on our end to be able to help them." Volunteers are the backbone of the operation and after giving the migrants food, clothes and temporary shelter, they also assisted them with transportation to get to the airport.
“The main thing that I do is bring all the different pieces together, and work with the volunteers specifically helping get the word out, helping organize what our needs are, what times, when people should be here and then just helping make sure all the bases are covered, from transportation to food to volunteers to medical," said Jennifer Stinson, a volunteer and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
"We hear so much on the news about these events about these people, lots of things about them, but when you come and spend time with them, it changes you, it changes your heart, it changes your perspective, it changes your understanding of what they’re going through in their lives, and just like Almas said, how similar we all are," said Stinson.
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