New Initiative Provides Aid to Mexicans Deported from U.S.

Six Roman Catholic organizations from the United States and Mexico have joined forces to provide aid to illegal immigrants who are deported from the U.S.

The Kino Border Initiative not only provides aid, but also education services through community outreach and parish presentations on the realities of border and immigration policies.  Research on immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border will also be provided.

"Our intention is to serve and accompany people who have been caught by Border Patrol and sent back to Mexico," said Rev. Sean Carroll, executive director of the initiative.  "Certainly we're not telling them to cross again."

An outreach center has also been established in Nogales, Mexico where deported Mexican citizens will be provided with food, clothing, hospital care, and information. The centre also houses an eight-bed shelter for unaccompanied women and children.

The organizations involved in the initiative include the Diocese of Tucson and Archdiocese of Hermosillo in the Mexican state of Senora; Jesuit organizations from California and Mexico; Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist, a congregation in Colima, Mexico; and the Jesuit Refugee Service U.S.A.

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