Reporting on September 14, 2023, the Nogales-based Kino Border Initiative (KBI), recounted a case of an attempted kidnapping of a migrant woman. When she arrived at the port of entry to request asylum, she was turned away without access to an asylum process.
Nuria [name changed to protect privacy] fled Quintana Roo after a narcotrafficking group tried to take her as their “woman.” She turned herself into Border Patrol, where agents asked why she wanted asylum. She explained her situation, but the agents only took her fingerprints, said, “There’s no asylum for you. Asylum is closed,” and sent her back to Mexico.
Kino Border Initiative. 2022. “Congressional Year End Report 2023.” Https://Www.Kinoborderinitiative.Org/Annual-Report/. Kino Border Initiative. https://www.kinoborderinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Congressional-Year-End-Report-2023_.pdf.