The Crossing: Voices from The Lighthouse
The Crossing: Voices from The Lighthouse, is a production of The Lighthouse, a resource and safe haven for asylum-seekers and their families as they engage in the process of pursuing their legal asylum in the United States. To learn more, please visit lighthousenj.org.
Episodes
For immigration attorney Cari Pastor, the law is more than a profession—it’s a calling. With 35 years of experience and a personal connection—her father fled Cuba during the 1959 revolution and sought asylum in the U.S.—she brings rare clarity to how the asylum process really works.
In our conversation, Pastor dismantles some of the loudest myths. Seeking asylum is not illegal; it is a protected legal process...
Jessica's voice carries the quiet power of someone who has walked through darkness and emerged with purpose. As our first house manager at The Lighthouse, she helped create a community for asylum seekers when her own journey was still unfolding. Nine years after we first met, Jessica now shares how a leap of faith brought her from Burkina Faso to an unexpected six months in U.S. immigration detention.
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A chance hallway encounter becomes the catalyst for profound ministry when Reverend Melissa Hall notices a worried expression and stops to help. "Everything okay?" she asks, learning about a stranded family needing transportation funds. Her simple "we'll help with that" launches a partnership that transforms both St. James Episcopal Church and The Lighthouse community.
This conversati...
Few stories capture the brutal reality of seeking asylum in America like Jose's journey. Fleeing violence in Honduras at just 19 years old, he arrived at the U.S. border in October 2015 with hopes of safety and reuniting with family in Miami. Instead, he entered a labyrinthine detention system that would consume 18 months of his life.
The most shocking aspect of Jose's experience wasn't just th...
"The perception about immigrants being criminals is false, false, false." These powerful words from Kofi, a Ghanaian asylum seeker, cut through the noise of political rhetoric to reveal the human reality behind migration statistics.
Kofi never intended to come to America. Facing persecution in Ghana, he initially sought refuge in Nicaragua with his wife and two young sons, only to discover that crim...
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