Join the KBI Team We are still accepting applications for the positions of Director of Communications and the Director of Finance and Administration. The Director of Communications is responsible for humanizing the realities of migration and encouraging engagement from individuals and communities through various communication tools, including a bilingual, content-rich and interactive social media presence, a monthly newsletter, connections with traditional media, and the KBI annual report. … [Read more...]

We invite you to march in person or virtually in solidarity with asylum seekers on April 30th, the 100th day of the Biden presidency, urging him to terminate the Trump-era policies that have choked off asylum and denied migrants due process at the US-Mexico border for over a year. … [Read more...]

Walking in Mercy Young advocates from Jesuit and Catholic institutions including San Miguel High School, Salpointe Catholic High School, St. Augustine Catholic High School, Lourdes Catholic High School, and Brophy College Prep came together on Saturday, February 20th for the annual Kino Teens Walking in Mercy event. During this time, students delved into border policies and humanized their impact by speaking directly with immigrants in their schools and in Nogales. Since the pandemic stopped … [Read more...]

  On February 10th, the Kino Border Initiative called on Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas to meet with migrants who have been mistreated by U.S. Customs & Border Protection and suffered as a result of ongoing anti-asylum policies. Because has not accepted our invitation, we invite you to call acting Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Karinda L. Washington at (202) 612-1602 during business hours (9:00 am - 4:00 pm Eastern Standard Time) and demand that asylum be restored … [Read more...]