FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2023 CONTACT Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Greer Millard, gmillard@firrp.org Kino Border Initiative Gia Del Pino, gdelpino@kinoborderinitiative.org Florence Project and Kino Border Initiative Condemn the Biden Administration’s Expansion of Title 42 and Other Anti-Immigrant Policies “All of my dreams have been shattered. I don’t even have the heart to tell my mother that I was deported. When we were loaded onto the buses, I was …Read More
“We are people who want to be safe, we want a better life.” Zaida urges President Biden to lift Title 42 once and for all.
Watch Video This interview was featured in KBI and Ignatian Solidarity Network's "Witness from the Border" webinar on Title 42 premiered on April 21st, 2022. Transcript Interviewer: Can you introduce yourself? Zaida: I'm Zaida. Interviewer: Where do you come from and why did you leave your town? Zaida: I come from Guerrero and I left because of persecution. Persecution that just leads to death. These are things that the cartels do. We are forced to go out to save our …Read More
We Are Ready to Welcome Asylum Seekers: Border and Front-line Welcoming Providers and Advocates Oppose Keeping Title 42 in Place
The Kino Border Initiative was one of the 37 organizations who sent a letter to the Biden administration to oppose efforts to preserve Title 42 and keep his promise to welcome those seeking safety. Read below. Download here We Are Ready to Welcome Asylum Seekers: Border and Front-line Welcoming Providers and Advocates Oppose Keeping Title 42 in Place April 22, 2022 “The undersigned border and front-line legal and social services, faith-based, and humanitarian …Read More
Florence Project and Kino Border Initiative Welcome Plans to End Title 42
Download Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2022 CONTACT Greer Millard Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project gmillard@firrp.org (602) 795-7407 Gia Del Pino Kino Border Initiative gdelpino@kinoborderinitiative.org (786)-451-5459 Florence Project and Kino Border Initiative Welcome Plans to End Title 42 "We have been waiting for so long for this news. We have been waiting and suffering." - Lucero, an asylum seeker who has been waiting for nine months for …Read More