At a Capitol Hill hearing yesterday, Jesuit Father Sean Carroll, executive director of the Kino Border Initiative (KBI), testified about a new report that’s shedding light on disturbing cases of family separation caused by current U.S. immigration policy. Click here to read the full article. …Read More
Archives for 2013
Immigration reform must preserve family unity
(Washington, D.C.) April 10, 2013 — Father Sean Carroll S.J., Executive Director of the Kino Border Initiative, is testifying today at an Ad-hoc Congressional Hearing. The Jesuit priest is highlighting failures to preserve family unity in the context of immigration enforcement and offering four recommendations for Congressional consideration. Click here to read the full article. …Read More
Immigration hearing to focus on family unity
Father Sean Carroll S.J., Executive Director of the Kino Border Initiative, will testify with others on April 10 at an Ad-hoc Congressional Hearing. The Jesuit priest will address the human cost of the current immigration system as witnessed daily by staff and volunteers who serve at KBI's Aid Center for Deported Migrants on the Arizona—Mexico border. To read the full article click here. …Read More
Pope Francis
Dear Friends: We at the Kino Border Initiative (KBI) receive with great enthusiasm the news regarding the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. as Pope Francis. Our Holy Father offers the Church many gifts, including his great intelligence, deep spirituality and profound commitment to social justice. We are grateful that he has accepted this new mission with such humility and generosity. He inspires us at the KBI to renew our commitment to serve our …Read More
Immigration Awareness Week: Guest Lecture by West Cosgrove
Immigration Awareness Week: West Cosgrove, Director of Education at the Kino Border Initiative, will give a border context talk based on his decades of experience working on the U.S-Mexico border in El Paso/Juarez and Nogales, Sonora. For more information click here. …Read More