El Paso Op-Ed | Compassion and Immigration Policy Lessons

22 January 2026|El Paso Matters | Kelly Ryan, JRS/USA President

Related: Advocacy, JRS North America, United States of America

This op-ed by Kelly Ryan, President of JRS/USA, published in El Paso Matters, reflects on what the United States can learn from El Paso’s long history of welcoming migrants and refugees. Drawing on the city’s binational identity and community response to migration, the piece argues that compassion and human dignity are not abstract ideals — they are lived realities in border communities shaped by decades of cross-border family, economic, and cultural ties.

Read the full op-ed here

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