Nogales 2 

Social Action Summer Institute

Nogales II

Monday, June 17^th, 2013

Leaders: 1 BorderLinks staff, 1 HEPAC staff

13 SASI Participants

 

8:00am                                    Leave UA

9:30am                                   Reflection at the border wall (U.S. side)

10:30am                                 Visit clinic and Grupos Beta

12:00pm                                 Lunch

1:30pm                                    Visit Casa Nazaret shelter

3:30pm                                    Visit Kino Border Initiative Comedor

5:00pm                                    Cross into U.S.

7:00pm                                    Arrive at UA

**Please note: participants must have a valid passport and/or all necessary documentation for crossing the border in both directions

Construction of the border wall in Nogales began in 1994 with Operation Safeguard, part of an effort to seal the areas around urban ports of entry by increasing security features such as physical barriers, technological surveillance, and Border Patrol and military staffing.

 Grupos Beta is a federally funded Mexican agency that offers basic services to migrants in Mexico. There are approximately 17 groups scattered along both the northern border with the U.S. and the southern border with Guatemala.

 Casa Nazaret is part of the Kino Border Initiative.  The shelter provides safe room and board to unaccompanied women and children who are otherwise extremely vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. 

 The Kino Border Initiative is an innovative and cooperative effort between six major Catholic organizations that strive to accompany migrants and communities affected by the consequences of migration. The KBI is strategically located in the twin cities of Ambos Nogales (southern AZ and northern Sonora), which is a major site of entry and deportation for migrants in the southwest.

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