Our 2021 Annual Report is available! Last year was an exciting year at KBI, including an Executive Director transition, the initiation of our strategic planning process, and coordinated efforts build a world where Migration with Dignity is possible. You can click here to view the report. Join us as a volunteer for our next Annual Dinner. You can be instrumental in bringing to life our next Annual Fundraising Dinner on March 11, 2023. Our first planning committee meeting will be held via Zoom. …Read More
Join us September 26 to march for migrant dignity
It's hard for to believe that we're still fighting back Title 42 over 2.5 years later. KBI and the Revolucionarios, migrant organizers in Nogales, are grateful to do this work with others in solidarity who continue to elevate messages of welcome in communities across the U.S. The Revolucionarios invite you to commemorate the internationally recognized World Day of Migrants and Refugees with a march entitled, "We March for Migrant Dignity" on September 26. The march will begin with an intro at …Read More
Organizations stand ready to engage with the Administration in making the end of MPP a reality for those migrants
Download letter here September 2, 2022 Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. The White House CC: Hon. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Hon. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Hon. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security Hon. David L. Neal, Director, Executive Office for Immigration Review Dear President Biden: As faith-based, humanitarian, legal services, immigration, and human rights organizations that work at the border and nationally to welcome migrants to …Read More
Feature: A Pilgrimage of Solidarity in the Sonoran Desert
Often, the most ardent advocacy arises from empathy. At KBI, we press so hard for a just and workable migration system because we see the consequences of the systems we have now. Every day, we meet people in the comedor who have suffered needlessly due to unjust and cruel policies. At the same time, we know that most people in the U.S. and Mexico won’t meet our migrant friends. Perhaps even fewer will flee their homes to seek safety, even if it means a dangerous journey. In this landscape, it …Read More
Migrant Story: Death in the Desert
*Note* We originally published this piece in 2017. We are sharing this story today because the policies that caused this tragedy are still in place today. As a result, we encounter migrants daily who face the same harrowing experience. Statistics have been updated. A year-round tragedy, migrant deaths near the U.S.–Mexico border are a particular danger during the long Sonoran summer, where annual deaths in Arizona alone have grown alarmingly. Between 1998 and 2019, there have been at least 3800 …Read More