Recent weeks have seen an intensification of the Republican campaign against Catholic groups that offer assistance to migrants and refugees along the southern border.  

Last month, Texas state attorney general Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit against Annunciation House, a network of houses of hospitality run by Catholic volunteers in El Paso, Texas.

On this special episode, activist Ruben Garcia, director of Annunciation House, speaks with associate editor Regina Munch about the recent controversy—and why we need comprehensive immigration reform. 

For further reading: 

Brett Hoover on the inadequacies of migration metaphors

An interview with El Paso bishop Mark Seitz

Alejandro Nava describes working at a hospitality house in Tucson

Susan Bigelow Reynolds attends an Easter Vigil in Matamoros