Al Otro Lado provides legal and humanitarian support to refugees, deportees, and other migrants in the U.S. and Tijuana, Mexico, partnering with numerous faith organizations on both sides of the border.

Leah Sarat is professor at Arizona State University. Her work focuses on ways in which people draw upon religion to confront the physical, emotional and psychological challenges of migration. Her book, Fire in the Canyon: Religion, Migration and the Mexican Dream, centers on the relationship between migration and tourism in an Indigenous community in central […]

Sergio M. González is Assistant Professor of History at Marquette University. A historian of twentieth-century U.S. migration, labor, and religion, his scholarship focuses on the development of Latino communities in the U.S. Midwest. He is the author of Mexicans in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2017) and the co-editor of Faith and Power: Latino Religious […]

Kelly Ryan is president of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA, which operates in 58 countries, serving refugees and other forcibly displaced persons in conflict zones and detention centers, on remote borders and in busy cities. Ryan is also a board member of the Inter-American Foundation and former adviser to the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. […]

Jon Huckins is the founder and director of Journey Home whose work is to heal soul and society through pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago and Mexico-US Border. He is also a PhD candidate in Christian Social Ethics and adjunct professor of New Testament at Point Loma Nazarene University. Jon has written multiple books, including co-authoring […]

Chelsea Sobolik is a writer based in Washington, D.C., where she is also director of government relations at World Relief, a global Christian humanitarian organization and the largest evangelical refugee resettlement in the U.S.

Vaughn Baker is the President of Strategos International, a global firm specializing in security training, consulting and executive protection services. With over 25 years of law enforcement experience under his belt, Baker’s expertise includes patrol, investigation, SWAT and special operations. Media Contact is Myron Ashley.

The Bridge Initiative is a multi-year research project on Islamophobia housed in Georgetown University. The Bridge Initiative aims to disseminate original and accessible research, offers engaging analysis and commentary on contemporary issues, and hosts a wide repository of educational resources to inform the general public about Islamophobia.

Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer and author of the book Fear of a Muslim Planet: Global Islamophobia in the New World Order. Iftikhar has also been a faculty member at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he researched and wrote about Islamophobia as a senior research fellow for The Bridge […]