The zero-tolerance policy that resulted in children being separated from their parents during the summer of 2018 incited rightful outrage from many people around the world. However, families have been and continue to be separated at the border due to a variety of practices that do not honor the right of families to remain together, which has profoundly negative impacts on the well-being of children, adults, and society as a whole. In the summer of 2018, people from around the world … [Read more...]
Archives for 2019
Oscar’s Story: The Long Road to Family Reunification
Oscar raised his family in the United States. In 2004, following a difficult divorce, he returned to his home country of Honduras. By this year, the threats against his life had become so serious that he had to flee. He has been waiting in Nogales for several months and looks forward to seeing his children once again. Oscar is a 69-year-old man from Honduras who has been at the comedor since early this fall. His entire surviving family—nine adult children who live in five U.S. … [Read more...]
December Announcements
This month, we celebrated our largest-ever binational migrant posada, with over 350 people in attendance. Additionally, Kino Border Initiative joined local and national efforts to resist the expansion of the "Remain in Mexico" policies and to reiterate our collective commitment to offering hospitality to people in migration. Finally, we include details about the upcoming dedication of the new migrant outreach center on February 12th. 1) On Saturday, December 14, over 350 people … [Read more...]
Media Report: November-December 2019
This month's media report covers the widespread resistance to the expansion of the "Remain in Mexico" policy into Arizona, including opposition from the Bishop of Tucson; the return of Central American asylum-seekers to Guatemala where they are forced to seek refuge; and escalating violence in Nicaragua that has put our Jesuit partners and many others in danger. 1) Bishop releases statement opposing MPP: Since January of this year, the U.S. government has sent over 60,000 asylum-seekers … [Read more...]
Call to Action: “Unintended Ties”
At the U.S. hospitality shelters’ convening meeting in Laredo, Texas, earlier this month, there was unanimous opposition to the “Remain in Mexico” policy. In order to raise awareness about the dangers of this practice, the shelters developed a campaign called “Unintended Ties. US officials take shoelaces from asylum seekers so that they don’t harm themselves in detention. But then they send families with children back to dangerous and unfamiliar Mexican border towns. There, human traffickers and … [Read more...]
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