A Child Is Born in Nogales A baby will soon be born in Nogales. Nearly two years have passed since Selma and her family arrived in Nogales, Mexico. She had hoped to continue to the United States in search of a better future for her family, but when those plans changed, life did not stop. We helped her enroll her children in school here in Nogales, where they made friends and experienced the ordinary rhythms of childhood. Now, another child will join their family. This baby’s earliest …Read More
Archives for 2026
Returning to a Place That Has Grown Alongside You
When Melina first arrived in Nogales in 2024, she thought her stay would be temporary. She had come from the state of Guerrero, fleeing violence with her two young children and hoping to seek protection in the United States. She waited for a CBP One appointment that never came. As the wait continued, life began to take a different shape. Melina found work to support her children and, over time, moved to the city of Magdalena de Kino, about an hour and a half from Nogales. There, she continued …Read More
Education: “Nosotros Tenemos el Poder”/ “We Have the Power”
What does it mean to build power? Build a civilization of love? That was the central question at the Catholics in Communion national convening at the end of July. Our Associate Director of Education and Advocacy, Jessica Ornelas, had the privilege of representing Kino alongside over 65 immigrant rights, faith-based organizers focused on the central themes of protecting families and communities from detention and deportation, promoting and protecting civic participation in elections, and …Read More
August – September Media Report
“Scared, Traumatized, Destitute, and Physically Vulnerable”: Report illuminates the invisible crisis of thousands stranded in southern Mexico by U.S. “mass deportations” and Mexico’s response A new report from Kino Border Initiative, WOLA, and the Fray Matías de Córdova Center for Human Rights examines the humanitarian crisis caused by U.S. mass deportations to Mexico. Many people deported after years of living in the United States are being sent to southern Mexico, far from family and …Read More
August – September Announcements
Construction is underway on KBI’s new Migrant Community Campus in Nogales, Mexico, expanding our ability to accompany migrant families and create spaces of encounter with the local community. Help us build this next chapter together and reach our campaign goal. …Read More
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