San Antonio Nonprofits Try To Keep Up With Influx Of Families Seeking Asylum
On Saturday afternoon at the Catholic Charities Community Center on San Antonio’s westside, an infant is struggling to breathe. He’s only a month old and already he’s seen more upheaval than most adults. His family says they were forced to flee their home in Guatemala; the child was born in Mexico while they journeyed to the United States. After being detained by Immigration authorities at the border, the family was released.
Now, in San Antonio, the heavy oak pollen in the air is overwhelming for the baby. His parents look worried and rub his back to help him breathe. With his tiny sinuses blocked, he can’t nurse and breathe at the same time. San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller calls for a nurse.
The nurse uses a blue rubber suction bulb to clear the mucus in Antonio’s nose. He calms down. All he needed was a little help. García-Siller says, that’s what his organization is trying to do, too.
“We are blessed to help. We will not stop helping them, and to do that is just and what is right,” García-Siller says
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