Congresswoman Tlaib's announcement of the Find Our Families Act Kino Border Initiative was highlighted in Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib's announcement of the Find Our Families Act, legislation that would require DHS to maintain a timely, multilingual online detainee locator system for people in ICE and CBP custody. Juan Cuéllar Torres, KBI's Director of Education & Advocacy, emphasized that keeping families connected is a matter of human dignity, saying the proposed legislation protects …Read More
Systematic human rights violations exposed through joint UN submission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDATE: July 8, 2026 JOINT UN SUBMISSION EXPOSES SYSTEMATIC HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND "INTENTIONAL DISABLING" IN U.S. IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITIES CHICAGO, IL & NOGALES, AZ/SONORA — The Holistic Immigration Hub at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law and the Kino Border Initiative (Kino) have formally submitted a joint input to the United Nations documenting widespread, systematic human rights abuses within federal U.S. immigration detention …Read More
Growing Future in Nogales
Milestones in Nogales In classrooms across Nogales this June, children proudly adjusted graduation caps and posed for photos with classmates. Parents filled courtyards, clapping and wiping away tears as students carried home diplomas decorated with bright colors and handwritten messages. For many migrant families, these ceremonies marked far more than the end of a school year. They represented stability rebuilt after displacement, and children beginning to imagine futures that extend …Read More
“I Don’t Know How to Be a Dad Through a Screen”
“The thing that hurts me most isn’t losing my job or my home. The thing that hurts me most is not being able to show up on a Friday afternoon with donuts for my kids.” Rolando told us this while sitting in the government shelter in Nogales, Sonora, far from Phoenix, the city where he built his life for more than 35 years. It was there that he started a family with his wife, who is also from Guerrero, Mexico. It was there that their four children were born and raised. It was there that he …Read More
Education: Solidarity During Changing Times
As land-based deportations have been slowed to a trickle, the numbers of people eating meals at our comedor in Nogales, Sonora has also declined. This has led to slower days and longer conversations. While this decline points to something more sinister happening, as the US is deporting people further south into Mexico via plane away from their families, we can look for the silver linings and appreciate our time with those who are here. The nature of KBI means that relationships and conversations …Read More
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