Jesuit Refugee Service | USA | Kino Border Initiative

Univ of Scranton Arrupe award to Kino Border Initiative
(Washington, D.C.) May 5, 2013 — The University of Scranton presented the Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Award for Distinguished Contributions to Ignatian Mission and Ministry to the Kino Border Initiative last month. KBI was inaugurated in January of 2009 by six organizations from the United States and Mexico.
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Video: Broken immigration system breaks families
(Washington, D.C.) April 11, 2013 — Fr. Sean Carroll S.J. testified at an Ad Hoc Congressional Hearing on how immigration enforcement can be more humane and how family separations can be reduced.
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Video: Kino Border Initiative
(Washington, D.C.) November 22, 2012 — The Ignatian News Network met with Fr. Sean Carroll, S.J., the Executive Director of the Kino Border Initiative, to learn about the various ways KBI helps improve the state of being for displaced migrants in Nogales, Ariz. and Nogales, Soñora, Mexico.
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Jesuits respond to Supreme Court decision on immigration law
(Washington, D.C.) June 26, 2012 - The U.S. Jesuit Conference, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA and the Kino Border Initiative welcome the Supreme Court's decision to strike down three key provisions of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, S.B.1070. In doing so, the Court correctly recognized the federal government’s constitutional authority to regulate immigration.
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God knocked on my door again
(Nogales, Mexico) March 3, 2011 — I felt the call to be where life was leading me, where the God of the poor has a compassionate and softened heart that hurts because of the pain of those who have nothing ... It was through the migrants that God knocked on my door again.
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Serving others at the Kino Border Initiative
(Nogales, Mexico) March 11, 2011 — "Thank God that we have many people in both Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, and Nogales, Ariz., who are committed to this service of migrants," says Sr. Lorena Leyva. "These volunteers are involved in serving food, preparing meals at home and taking them to the KBI's dining facility.
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KBI is a response to the call of Christ
(Nogales, Arizona) — The social and economic forces that are driving migration are bi-national forces, and any genuine attempt to solve the immigration crisis must be bi-national in its approach.
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Video: Kino Border Initiative
(Washington, D.C) — In collaboration with partner groups, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA serves the Church via the Kino Border Initiative by providing opportunities for pastoral formation and advocacy for the protection of human rights along the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
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Kino Border Initiative expands on pastoral care
(Washington, D.C.) — With the Kino Border Initiative, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA has expanded the pastoral care that we have provided undocumented non-citizens over the last nine years in our chaplaincy program at U.S. detention centers.
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Kino Border Initiative serves a need
(Nogales, Arizona) — The Kino Border Initiative provides direct assistance to men, women and children who have been deported from the U.S. to Mexico. Deportees who are citizens of Mexico are usually sent via bus to border crossings from California to Texas.
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