Thank you Loyola University for your incredible hospitality. And thank you to the Opus Prize Foundation for your generosity. I want to share with you tonight an image from last week at our aid center. I came into the main area of the center. The area that you saw where the last supper mural is located in the video. I saw a little four year old girl who was coloring a Mickey Mouse in a coloring book. As I approached her and sat down and spoke with her parents, I learned that she is a big …Read More
September- October Announcements
On October 11, 2021, KBI's executive director, Joanna William's, shared migrant testimonios at the "Prayer Vigil for Migrant Justice" sponsored by the Catholic Coalition for Migrant Justice, in collaboration with the Diocese of Phoenix. The prayer vigil was led by Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted and Bishop Eduardo Nevaras who reflected on the "Catholic Principles of Migration". Read full article here. On October 18, 2021, KBI's Director of …Read More
Reading the Signs of the Times: Prophetic Action to Save Asylum
My hope of supporting all this that we are organizing is precisely to obtain asylum, not only for myself, but for all the people who are here waiting. We all have a reason. For myself, my hope is to be able to live safely. More than anything, it is having the security and the tranquility of not having to think that at any moment they can come and harm us. That is my hope. For my son to continue his studies like all young people. For my son to have a future, where he does not have to hide from …Read More
July-August Announcements
Press Release: Migrants Seeking Asylum Meet with Senator Sinema Delegation in Nogales to Discuss the Urgent Need to Restore Asylum A group of six asylum seekers from the #SaveAsylum Coalition sat down with Senator Kyrsten Sinema's staff last Wednesday, August 18, to share their stories and call for the repeal of Title 42, the reinstatement of asylum access, and oversight and accountability for CBP abuse. READ full press release here. KBI just released its 2020 …Read More
Suyapa’s Story: “To the Biden Administration: I want you to take us seriously, especially us women.”
Suyapa [not real name] is one of the migrant organizers part of the #SaveAsylum movement. Read her full testimony that she shared during the press conference to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Status of Refugees. My name is Suyapa and I’m currently in Nogales, Sonora with my son, and I am fleeing from Honduras. I do not want to return. Life in Honduras is very difficult, complicated, dangerous, and there is a lot of abuse. In my case, I’ve had to face people …Read More
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