Archives for 2016

Visual and performance artists as well as writers and poets have much to contribute to our considerations of the border and migrant experience. Through their various art forms, they approach these subjects in a different manner than policy makers or advocates, touching our hearts and minds with their messages.  The migrant experience, exile, and border life have long been rich subjects for artists and writers. Weaving together materials and images, language and music, choreography and …Read More

In their recent book, Border Cantos, landscape photographer Richard Misrach and composer and performance artist Guillermo Galindo offer a visual and online audio reflection about the border through their respective media. Here is a review of their collaborative monograph by photographer and writer Karen Jenkins, with our thanks. By Karen Jenkins Richard Misrach and Guillermo Galindo first crossed paths in 2012 at the line between the United States and Mexico, as ramped-up border politics …Read More

We share a recent U.S.-sponsored report about the deportation of potential asylum seekers back to their violent homelands, a crisis confirmed by the first-hand testimony collected at the KBI. In addition, we list the immersion groups who visited the KBI this summer, a KBI job opportunity, and information about an upcoming interactive event in Tucson, Stories from the Border, featuring journalists from Mexico and the U.S. Report Confirms KBI Findings: A report from the U.S. Commission on …Read More

This month, many immigration news reports focused on detention centers and the wide range of concerns associated with them—the quality of medical and mental health care, facility conditions, and the private management of these centers. In addition, there are stories about the challenges faced by undocumented children as well as information about migrant risks and deaths—in detention centers, near the U.S.–Mexico border, and throughout the world. Finally, watch the heartening welcome of the …Read More