SAVE THE DATE- Kino Border Initiative invites you to join us to commemorate International Day of the Migrant, December 17th, for our binational posada. Las Posadas, (which means, “The Inns”), is a religious festival celebrated in Mexico and various Latin American countries. Families dress up as Joseph and Mary to reenact the Holy Family’s journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a safe place to give birth to their son, Jesus. This Posada season takes on a very different tone …Read More
Archives for November 2022
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project and the Kino Border Initiative Welcome Court Decision Vacating Title 42
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 17, 2022 CONTACT Greer Millard gmillard@firrp.org; (602) 795-7407 Gia Del Pino gdelpino@kinoborderinitiative.org; (786)-451-5459 Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project and the Kino Border Initiative Welcome Court Decision Vacating Title 42 On Tuesday, a federal judge vacated the Title 42 border closure policy, which for nearly three years has allowed immigration authorities to summarily expel people seeking asylum from the United States, under an …Read More
Alegría – An Excerpt from Angels Unawares: A Seminarian Reflects on Kino Border Initiativeby Sarah Elizabeth Bueter
Some say grace before meals. All right. But Pina says grace before the service and the showers, and grace before the covid-testing and the mopping, and grace before the meetings, and grace before cooking, counseling, teaching, playing, dancing, singing, and grace before she dips the ladle in the pot. I rarely catch Pina as she moves between a busy morning (tending to sleepy-eyed children and their families) and a full afternoon (meeting with Don Manuel, Susana, and Alma Rosa). She moves …Read More
“People have asked me how I managed to maintain hope.” Roberto shares about his work as a Revolucionario.
“My name is Roberto. I have a wife and three young children. We are originally from the state of Morelos, Mexico. Our life in Morelos was beautiful. We lived in a small town nestled in the mountains. We had a small house there, and my brother-in-law lived next door. To have fun, we would go to the park or watch soccer. All across the town, there was a tradition of watching soccer on Sundays after mass. People would come to the park to play, and others would sit and watch them, chatting with each …Read More
October-November Media Report
Mexican Supreme Court Rules Lack of Guidelines for Migrant Treatment Violates Mexican Law. The Mexican Supreme Court recently determined that the Mexican government violated Mexican law in their treatment of migrants. In the ruling, they note that the Mexican government failed to produce and publish guidelines for protecting the human rights of migrants forced to wait in Mexico for their U.S. asylum proceedings under Remain in Mexico. This ruling is an important step towards holding the …Read More