Remain in Mexico program repealed On June 1st, the Biden Administration formally ended the Migrant Protection Protocols, which have forced tens of thousands of asylum-seekers to wait in dangerous conditions in Mexico for the chance to make their case. Our Executive Director Joanna Williams notes that while this small change in the right direction acknowledges some of the suffering migrants have experienced, a vast swath of migrants who have been affected by the policy remain excluded from a … [Read more...]
Press Release: Arizona Organizations Supporting Migrants Respond to the Consortium Referral Process and the Restoration of Asylum at the Border
For Immediate Release June 11, 2021 CONTACTS Kino Border Initiative Joanna Williams, Executive Director jwilliams@kinoborderinitiative.org (520) 243-3100 Arizona Justice for Our Neighbors Alba Jaramillo, J.D., Executive Director alba@azjfon.org (520) 488-3201 Florence Immigration & Refugee Rights Project Greer Millard, Communications manager gmillard@firrp.org (207) 699-8073 Community Services of Southern Arizona dba Casa … [Read more...]
May – June Announcements
Join the KBI Team We are still accepting applications for the Director of Finance and Administration position. The Director of Finance and Administration is responsible for overseeing the overall financial management and internal controls, managing all human resource functions, and directing general business operations of the organization in a way that will allow all Kino Border Initiative legal entities in the US and Mexico to effectively fulfill its mission. Welcoming our new Director of … [Read more...]
Mauricio’s Story: Hardship and Humanity in the Desert
Mauricio decided to leave his hometown in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, in search of economic opportunity. As with many towns, Covid-19 and the hurricanes last year had decimated the local economy. People all around him were struggling to survive, let alone make ends meet. Eventually, he decided to take his chances in the US and try to build a life there. When he reached the Mexico side of the US - Mexico border, he was placed with a group of about thirty-five other migrants and several guides … [Read more...]
How Policy Turned the Sonoran Desert Into a Weapon
Anyone who has visited here in Ambos Nogales experiences the looming, impassive presence of the desert. It’s implacable, majestic, terrifying. It is an ancient, vast expanse that holds treasure and treachery. It sits, dynamic but ultimately unchanging, indifferent to the minutiae of our human existence. It is an emblem of God’s holiness, that is, God’s absolute and ineffable other-ness. The desert is a place we inhabit without comprehension. All we can do in the desert is approach with awe and … [Read more...]
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