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Carmen Seleme McDermott, who volunteered with Elmaleh at the Humanitarian Respite Center for migrants in McAllen, takes a break from sorting clothes at the center to visit the wall with sisters in Hidalgo, Texas. McDermott, who works at St. Joseph Parenting Center in Stamford, Connecticut, felt a call to volunteer at the respite center in May. "She felt that is where God needed her to be," Elmaleh recalls her saying, that "there is a humanitarian crisis at the border that needs all of us to work together to help the most vulnerable." (© Lisa Elmaleh)
Carmen Seleme McDermott, who volunteered with Elmaleh at the Humanitarian Respite Center for migrants in McAllen, takes a break from sorting clothes at the center to visit the wall with sisters in Hidalgo, Texas. McDermott, who works at St. Joseph Parenti