The South American country of Ecuador can be described as many things: a tourist mecca for its Galapagos Islands, the country that harbored WikiLeaks founder and fugitive Julian Assange in its London embassy for seven years, and soul-keeper of the vanquished Inca civilization. But an important battleground in America’s war over illegal immigration to the U.S. southern border? The answer …
By TODD BENSMAN
To Go or Not to Go
By Dr. GARY SCOTT SMITH
I recently returned from a mission trip to Brazil with eleven members of my Presbyterian church in Wilmington, North Carolina. Partnering with a Presbyterian congregation in Manaus, our team, which included three physicians and two nurses, furnished medical assistance, dental instruction, drugs, and eye glasses to more than 600 children and adults in four remote villages on a tributary of …
By Dr. GARY SCOTT SMITH
Engel, McCaul Bill to Address Root Causes of Migration From Central America Passes House
WASHINGTON, DC — July 15, 2019 — Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY-16), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10), the Committee’s Ranking Member, today lauded the unanimous House passage of the United States-Northern Triangle Enhanced Engagement Act (H.R. 2615), which addresses the root causes of migration from Central America by promoting greater security …