pastor abraham barbari lives in the
united states
but drives regularly to his church on
the mexican side
he's an unconventional priest he
migrated to houston over three decades
ago
with his mother
after a difficult past in the drug scene
he started a new life
and became a baptist minister he is now
one of the few people on the mexican
side in matamoros
who shelters as many immigrants as
possible in his
church it's here on the mexican side
where people arrive from a long and a
very dangerous journey
they're waiting to apply for political
asylum in the united states
many of them don't know how long they're
going to wait
currently there are 74 immigrants from
central america mexico and cuba
sheltered here
many of them are also from chiapas a
region in mexico known for drug
trafficking and where criminal activity
against indigenous people is very high
it's not safe in chiapas not for my kids
this is why we're asking for political
asylum
because we know that kids are safer
my goal is to arrive in the united
states and be granted political asylum
to have freedom and peace
for me and for my kids and i trust that
president biden
is going to help us pastor abraham's
mission
is to help something he has been doing
for years with his unconventional rapper
church
by attempting to attract young people
from the area to his congregation
but some weeks ago he noticed he has to
do something to help the immigrants on
the streets of matamoros
we noticed there were so many people and
they didn't know where to go
we don't know we're going to help them
but when people
ask me if i think they are going to make
it over to the u.s
i tell them the truth i don't think so
however having escaped from repression
in cuba or life threats by the drug
mafia in honduras
they are convinced anything else is
better so they wait
and keep on hoping
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