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
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
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
A Lifetime of Saying Yes
How accompanying migrants deepens the call to religious life “I do not know what God has in store for me, but whatever it is, I trust that He will give me what I need to respond.” For Sister Josefina “Pina” Bejarano Padilla, those words captured what it meant to profess her final vows this summer: to say “yes” to God for life without knowing exactly where that yes would lead. As family, friends, and members of her religious community gathered for her Profession, Pina made her …Read More
Hope Is Also a Calling
"If God has sustained me this far, it's because He still has a purpose for my life." Elaine speaks these words with a calmness that stands in stark contrast to everything she has endured. Just a year ago, she was deported from Phoenix, Arizona. Today, she is once again making the journey north—not because she wants to start over, but because returning to Honduras did not mean returning to safety. Originally from Honduras, Elaine traveled to the United States with her two children in search …Read More
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