PRESS RELEASE: "Title 42 is a racist policy." Migrants gather and protest Biden's decision to keep asylum seekers stranded in inhumane conditions even as the border opens to non-essential travel On Monday, November 8th, as the border reopened for non-essential travel for all fully vaccinated visa holders, hundreds of asylum seekers stuck at border marched and held a peaceful demonstration near the DeConcini port of entry to demand their right to seek asylum and express their disappointment that … [Read more...]
PRESS RELEASE: “Title 42 is a racist policy.” Migrants gather and protest Biden’s decision to keep asylum seekers stranded in inhumane conditions even as the border opens to non-essential travel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, November 12, 2021 Contact: Gia Del Pino, Director of Communications Phone: (520)-208-7716 Email: gdelpino@kinoborderinitiative.org "Title 42 is a racist policy." Migrants gather and protest Biden's decision to keep asylum seekers stranded in inhumane conditions even as the border opens to non-essential travel Asylum seekers hold a bi-national press conference and peaceful demonstration at the border demanding for the end of Title 42 and the full … [Read more...]
October-November Media Report
KBI in the news: U.S. border reopens, but not for asylum seekers stuck in Mexico Biden Administration rescind Trump-era policy limiting migrants at legal ports of entry White House Renews Bid to End "Remain in Mexico" policy Families Separated at the Border May Get Up to $450,000 in Compensation Under Biden Administration: Report Republicans Are Using Trespassing Laws to Arrest Migrants Human Rights First and Florence Immigrant … [Read more...]
Migrant Stories: “Title 42 is a racist policy.”- Press conference to address border reopening
Date: November 8, 2021 Time: 10:00am PST Location: Kino Border Initiative, Migrant Outreach Center Panelists: Jose Hernandez*, asylum seeker; Lisandro*, asylum seeker; Josefina "Pina" Bejarano Padilla, Missionary Sister of the Eucharist and KBI Shelter Coordinator; Noah Schramm, Project Coordinator for Border Action Team, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project *names have been changed to preserve anonymity Press release: https://conta.cc/3DbKiJD Translated … [Read more...]
2021 Opus Prize Acceptance Speech, Joanna Williams
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...]
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