Read and download letter here In response to mounting rumors that Title 42 may end soon, we stand in solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of migrants who have attempted to exercise their right to seek asylum for over two years, only to be turned away. During this time, the United States government has failed in its moral and legal obligations to afford asylum seekers access to protection, protection that should not wait one more day. While we agree with Arizona Senators Kyrsten Sinema …Read More

Kino Border Initiative was one of the 70 faith-based, immigrant rights, human rights and ally organizations who crafted and a sent a letter to the Biden administration on March 18th, 2020 to urge them to conduct a fully independent, transparent and publicly available investigation of the tragic fatal shooting of Carmelo Cruz Marcos, 32, — a father of three children — by a Border Patrol agent in southeastern Arizona on Saturday, February 19, 2022. The letter spearheaded by the Southern Border …Read More

Download joint-statement here  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 25, 2022 Florence Project and Kino Border Initiative Double Down on Calls to End Title 42 Today, the Florence Project and Kino Border Initiative once again call on the federal government to end the Title 42 border closure immediately and in its entirety. Since President Biden took office Human Rights First has recorded “at least 9,886 kidnappings, torture, rape, and other violent attacks on people blocked in or expelled to Mexico …Read More