On January 18, 2009, the Kino Border Initiative was officially launched with a Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Nogales, Ariz. After the Mass, several representatives of the partner organizations behind the Kino Border Initiative discussed the project.

Rev. John McGarry, S.J., Provincial of the California Province of the Society of Jesus, and Rev. Tom Smolich, S.J., President of Jesuit Conference of the United States, discuss the role of the Society of Jesus in the Kino Border Initiative and larger issues surrounding immigration.