At a Capitol Hill hearing yesterday, Jesuit Father Sean Carroll, executive director of the Kino Border Initiative (KBI), testified about a new report that’s shedding light on disturbing cases of family separation caused by current U.S. immigration policy. Click here to read the full article. …Read More
Immigration reform must preserve family unity
(Washington, D.C.) April 10, 2013 — Father Sean Carroll S.J., Executive Director of the Kino Border Initiative, is testifying today at an Ad-hoc Congressional Hearing. The Jesuit priest is highlighting failures to preserve family unity in the context of immigration enforcement and offering four recommendations for Congressional consideration. Click here to read the full article. …Read More
Immigration hearing to focus on family unity
Father Sean Carroll S.J., Executive Director of the Kino Border Initiative, will testify with others on April 10 at an Ad-hoc Congressional Hearing. The Jesuit priest will address the human cost of the current immigration system as witnessed daily by staff and volunteers who serve at KBI's Aid Center for Deported Migrants on the Arizona—Mexico border. To read the full article click here. …Read More
All They Will Call You Will Be Deportee
The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting, The oranges are piled in their creosote dumps; They're flying 'em back to the Mexico border To pay all their money to wade back again Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye, Rosalita, Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria; You won't have your names when you ride the big airplane, All they will call you will be "deportees" (Lyrics to “Deportee”by Woody Guthrie A report with staggering numbers was released on February 1, 2013. It reported that between the …Read More
US Jesuit Network Reiterates Call for Comprehensive and Humane Immigration Reform
U.S. Jesuit Network Welcomes Bi-Partisan Action for Immigration Reform, Reiterates Call to Address the Broken Immigration System The U.S. Jesuit Conference, the Jesuit Refugee Service/USA and the Kino Border Initiative welcome the framework for comprehensive immigration reform released yesterday by a bi-partisan group of Senators. Likewise, we were encouraged by President Obama’s remarks in Las Vegas, Nevada today calling for a “commonsense” approach to swiftly address an “out-of-date and …Read More