While much attention has been paid to Central American asylum seekers, many Mexicans are also coming to the U.S. to seek asylum from cartel-related violence, only to encounter numerous obstacles to refuge. In addition, the conflicts and crime they flee—fueled by the drug trade—are influenced in large part by U.S. markets and policies, and exacerbated by insecurity, corruption, and misguided strategies in their own country. Here is the history and current situation they are up against. The … [Read more...]

“Build bridges, not walls” is the message behind a legislative action alert from the Ignatian Solidarity Network and the Jesuit Conference Office of Justice and Ecology. In reply to President Trump’s recent declaration of a national emergency, these organizations and others, including the KBI, understand that the situation at the U.S.–Mexico border is a humanitarian crisis, not an occasion for further militarization and wall-building. The administration’s approach does not make the U.S. safer; … [Read more...]