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Two issues in immigration: human trafficking & migrant workers
Florida is one of the top three states for the crime of human trafficking, reports the SunSentinel. They covered a rally in Broward County that was attended by representatives of Legal Aid Service of Broward County.
The Charlotte Sun ran a story on immigration that focused on a recent talk given by Sister Maureen Kelleher…
Sister Maureen Kelleher, attorney advocate, managing attorney of Legal Aid Services of Collier County, and consultant to Catholic Charities of Venice, brought answers to these and a host of other questions Friday evening to a packed hall at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church.
Kelleher’s presentation was titled “Immigration: Where do we go from here?”
“When I was deciding how to use my education to help people, I considered going to El Salvador or Haiti to work, but was concerned about the volatile situations in both countries,” Kelleher said. “After much thought and prayer, I began my work with migrant workers and families in Immokalee in 1983, and made it a permanent vocation in 1984 by helping migrant farm, food service and construction workers achieve legal status, although I have since visited El Salvador, Haiti and Guatemala several times to witness living conditions firsthand.”
Both articles are worth the read.