He is the recipient of several awards, including the Benemerenti medal awarded by Pope John Paul II in 1999 and a human rights award from Reebok in 1994. He is also one of the activists profiled in the recent book by Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, Speak the Truth to Power. He can be reached at samuelwoods@hotmail.com. George M. Anderson, S.J., an associate editor of America, interviewed him while he was visiting the New York City office of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc.