Maria came to the KBI with her four children last fall after a two-year journey, fleeing extortion and kidnapping threats from a criminal gang in her native Honduras. We shared her story as advocacy and church groups in Green Valley, AZ welcomed her and supported her through the asylum process. Now, we happily report on the successful outcome of her case. As a small business woman in Honduras, Maria was able to support her four children as a single mom. But when the local arm of an … [Read more...]

A year-round tragedy, migrant deaths near the U.S.–Mexico border are a particular danger during the long Sonoran summer, where annual deaths in Arizona alone have grown alarmingly, from 12 in 1990–2000 to 170 since 2000. Over the last two decades, U.S. Border Patrol has recorded 6,951 deaths of people assumed to be migrants along the U.S.–Mexico border. Here, the KBI’s Father Samuel Lozano de los Santos, S.J. shares the story of one man’s heartbreaking loss. Each year, hundreds of men and … [Read more...]