Why don’t people just come the legal way? Is crossing the border a crime? Does marrying a U.S. citizen fix someone’s immigration status? And if someone has lived here for decades, worked, paid taxes, and stayed out of trouble, why can’t they simply apply for citizenship? These are some of the questions we’ve received over the last few weeks, so for our season three finale, we’re answering them.

In this Q&A episode, we unpack some of the most common questions and misconceptions surrounding immigration, from the limited legal pathways available to the difference between immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. We also talk about mixed-status families, what “get in line” actually means, why marriage or having a U.S. citizen child does not automatically solve someone’s immigration problems, and what can happen while an immigration case is still pending.

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How do you stay informed about immigration without becoming overwhelmed, angry, or numb? When the headlines keep bringing more fear, policy changes, and stories of suffering, it can feel impossible to look away without becoming indifferent, but just as impossible to keep absorbing it all. And somewhere in the middle of that tension is another question: where do we find hope and even joy when the hard things are still happening?

In this episode, we’re joined by Stephen and Susan Beck, who have spent decades living, serving, and building Christian community across cultures in Canada, Germany, and now Minneapolis. They share what they’ve learned from welcoming immigrants and refugees into their church and home, what their congregation did when people in their community were afraid to leave their homes, and why hospitality is about much more than simply helping someone in need.

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What comes to mind when you hear the words the border? Maybe it’s walls, barbed wire, Border Patrol agents, or families waiting to be processed. But behind those familiar images are human beings on every side, and a reality that’s much more complicated than the slogans we hear about securing, closing, or opening the border.

In this episode, we’re joined by Michael DeBruhl, who spent 26 years as a U.S. Border Patrol Agent before eventually becoming director of the migrant shelter at Sacred Heart Church in El Paso. Michael takes us inside the day-to-day reality of Border Patrol, shares what decades of encounters with migrants taught him about the people crossing the border and the officers enforcing the law, and explains what “secure the border” actually means from someone who spent his career doing that work.

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