by Sid Earnheart | Jul 13, 2022 | General
July 8, 2022 Dear Conferences, Churches and Other Supporters, Thank you for your support of JFON-NCTx in 2022. We are halfway through 2022 (where has the time gone?), and I am so proud of the work and ministry that our staff, Board of Directors, and volunteers are...
by Sid Earnheart | Apr 1, 2022 | General
For Immediate Release Contact: Sid Earnheart | sid@jfondfw.org |817.310.3820 Earlier today, the Biden Administration announced that it will no longer use Title 42 to expel asylum seekers and migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, beginning May 23. Title 42 is an...
by Sid Earnheart | Feb 18, 2022 | General
Operation Lone Star was launched in March 2021 by Governor Greg Abbott’s Public Safety Office with the intent of, “…deterring illegal immigration… preventing the smuggling of drugs and weapons… [and] curtailing human trafficking…” It intended to prevent all of these...
by Sid Earnheart | Feb 18, 2022 | General
Since Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was announced in 2012, JFON – North Central Texas has been on the frontlines. 10 years later we are still here, whether it’s participating in large scale community programs or offering individual...
by Sid Earnheart | Sep 8, 2021 | General
In November 2018, Elisa O’Callaghan, board member for North Central Texas JFON, left her home close to the Texas-Oklahoma border and headed south. She was on her way to help asylum seekers stuck waiting on Matamoros/Brownsville Bridge—the bridge that spans the Rio...
