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...]
Joint Statement to Mexican Authorities on Access to Asylum at the Border
Osorio Chong, Secretary of Governance Ardelio Vargas Fosado, Comissioner of the National Migration Institute Luis Raúl González Pérez, President of the National Commission of Human Rights To civil society To the media The below signing organizations have learned of and presented complaints about the following issues: People who are fleeing from their country and seek protection in the United States are being turned away by Mexican and US authorities. In cities such as Tijuana, Mexicali … [Read more...]
Report Indicates Asylum Seekers Deported to Danger Without a Hearing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 3, 2016 Nogales, AZ and Nogales, Sonora - A report released August 2, 2016 from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), Barriers to Protection: The Treatment of Asylum Seekers in Expedited Removal, confirms the first-hand testimony that the Kino Border Initiative (KBI) has gathered about individuals who are wrongly deported to danger. It shows that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ignores migrants when they express fear and … [Read more...]