KBI Joins 160+ organizations calling for CBP to be held accountable for pattern of abusive practices. The ACLU amplified humanitarian organizations’ call for investigations into CBP abuses and for greater accountability. Among these abuses are numerous documented cases of border officials confiscating migrants’ belongings and failing to return them. Confiscated items include everything from money to religious objects like rosaries. Uncertainty and desperation in Nogales: asylum-seeking …Read More
July – August Media Report
Biden administration ends Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy After his authority to end the policy was affirmed by the Supreme Court, President Biden formally moved to end Remain in Mexico. We welcome the end of this cruel policy. During the policy’s years-long tenure, human rights groups documented numerous abuses suffered by people forced to wait under the protocol. Let us hope that neither this nor any other similar program will again attack the dignity of people on the move and their search …Read More
June-July Media Report
KBI in the news: The Progressive: “Bringing Border Enforcement Under the Rule of Law” A case involving the wrongful death of migrant Anastasio Hernández Rojas in 2010 could potentially pave the way for changes. He was stunned with a taser and beaten by U.S. border agents before succumbing to his wounds. Now, his case is coming before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The tribunal notes that his story is part of a pattern of vicious and discriminatory treatment by CBP against …Read More
May-June Media Report
KBI in the news: NPR Morning Edition “There are protests along the U.S.-Mexico border after judge blocks ending Title 42” : Listen and read NPR’s coverage of the migrant’s protest vigil after a judge ruled to extend Title 42. Morning Edition’s Kirk Siegler interviews Betzaida, an asylum seeker from Guerrero, and KBI’s Director of Education and Advocacy, Pedro De Velasco. KBI in the news: NPR All Things Considered: “Thousands of asylum seekers still await the end of the pandemic …Read More
March- April Media Report
March 15, 2022- KBI in the news: “She heard a calling to help immigrants find dignity– ‘It was so clear’. Read more about Joanna Williams through this feature by Grotto Network in which she shares her experience as KBI’s Executive Director and how KBI’s mission of responding to the ever-changing realities for migrants has changed her life. March 22, 2022- KBI in the news: “Asylum seekers in Nogales compare Title 42 immigration policy to crucifixion." Read more about the hundreds …Read More
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