FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Joanna Williams, jwilliams@kinoborderinitiative.org, 520-287-2370 Nogales, AZ, and Nogales, … [Read more...]
Kino Border Initiative Opposes President Trump’s Decision to End DACA
The Kino Border Initiative strongly condemns President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. On the U.S.-Mexico border, we witness daily the emotional and psychological devastation that migrants experience due to deportation and separation from families. This action will seriously increase the degree and the magnitude of this suffering while failing to recognize and value these young people’s God-given human dignity. The president’s order puts … [Read more...]
Migrant: Stories of Hope and Resilience
In collaboration with Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Jeffry Korgen, Kevin Pyle and the Hope Border Institute, the Kino Border Initiative is proud to announce the publication of Migrant: Stories of Hope and Resilience, a resource to tell the human story behind the headlines and amplify the voice of the vulnerable. To order print copies, contact the KBI office at 520-287-2370 or ifuentes@kinoborderinitiative.org. … [Read more...]
Southern Arizona Statement on Community Security
We as southern Arizona groups and other allies denounce the militarization of our communities, which is represented at the Border Security Expo in San Antonio, and instead take this opportunity to highlight what security truly means to our community. Security means the prioritization of human life and human dignity. That means an end to the strategy of enforcement through deterrence, which pushes individuals to harsh and deadly terrain, as well as other enforcement techniques that lead to a … [Read more...]
KBI Responds to Trump’s Executive Order and Calls for Protection of Human Dignity at the Border
January 25, 2017 For Immediate Release Contact: Fr. Sean Carroll, SJ 520-287-2370, scarroll@kinoborderinitiative.org We at the Kino Border Initiative reaffirm our commitment to work toward binational solidarity and humane, just and workable migration policies, especially considering today’s executive actions that instead cause division, dehumanization, and injustice. We are deeply concerned about the Trump Administration’s plan to dramatically expand border enforcement, including hiring … [Read more...]
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