Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sep. 30, 2009.
I can certainly understand the problems encountered by the Church in Nuevo México. The distances are huge between small populations.
I have felt the hand of "La Migra" in NM. Although an Anglo senior citizen, I was stopped by a roving Border Patrol cruiser near Las Cruces, and quizzed about my citizenship, even after presenting my California birth certificate and driver's license. I didn't know that an American traveling solo would would be suspect, or that the government had the money and manpower to screen us this way.
I appreciate being able to visit Catholic churches and chapels in out-of-the-way places in NM, and salute the people and clergy for their tenacity.
I can certainly understand
I can certainly understand the problems encountered by the Church in Nuevo México. The distances are huge between small populations.
I have felt the hand of "La Migra" in NM. Although an Anglo senior citizen, I was stopped by a roving Border Patrol cruiser near Las Cruces, and quizzed about my citizenship, even after presenting my California birth certificate and driver's license. I didn't know that an American traveling solo would would be suspect, or that the government had the money and manpower to screen us this way.
I appreciate being able to visit Catholic churches and chapels in out-of-the-way places in NM, and salute the people and clergy for their tenacity.