In an effort to address the serious overcrowding in prisons in the United States, the federal government is ratcheting down a bit its War on Drugs. Recently US attorney General Eric Holder announced new sentencing directives for low-level drug offenders charged with crimes that aren’t gang-related or violent. At the same time, the government has embarked on an unprecedented campaign to criminally prosecute undocumented immigrants crossing the border. As a result there is a new wave of … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2013
KBI Welcomes Two New Staff Members
The Kino Border Initiative is happy to announce the addition of two new members to our team. Sister Alicia Guevara Perez, M.E. and Sister Cecilia Lopez Arias, M.E. have joined the team and will serve as Migrant Aid Coordinators in our soup kitchen and our shelter in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. We welcome Sisters Alicia and Cecilia as they begin their new commitments to serve migrant men, women and children here along the U.S - Mexico Border. … [Read more...]