PROGRAM UPDATES:
Thanksgiving Day Laborer Outreach
We are extremely grateful for our group of volunteers yesterday who helped us distribute tamales, pie, snacks, water, know your rights cards, and so much love to the day laborer community! We cannot thank you all enough for your generous donations and helping make this event possible. We appreciate those who took the time to spend the Thanksgiving holiday giving back to migrant communities. It is important to us to remain a resource for day laborers, and show our appreciation for their hard work.

If you missed this volunteer opportunity, be sure to stay on the lookout for our upcoming Volunteer Event Calendar and check out the dates for our next Day Laborer Outreach, Water Drop and Caravan of Love. 

For more info email [email protected] and donate to our Day Laborer Outreach program here.
 
Water Drop
Last weekend we set out once more for our monthly water drop! We are so grateful to our volunteers, as Saturday was a long and tiresome day, we replenished some sites and dropped water, hand warmers, socks, and other life-saving supplies for the harsh desert winter.

With the continued humanitarian crisis in Jacumba, we also delivered dozens of jackets, blankets, long underwear, and more to assist the migrants and refugees still stuck in the encampments with no shelter or resources.

We are committed to assisting our migrant siblings, as well as ensuring our volunteers do so in the safest way possible.
If you missed our November Volunteer Water Drop, stay on the lookout , our December volunteer events will be provided soon!

You can volunteer for our next water drop by emailing [email protected] and donate to our Water Drop program here.

Eres bienvenid@, (you are welcome here)
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Donate to Our Wish Lists

Can't volunteer for a Water Drop, Caravan of Love, or Day Laborer Outreach but still wanna help? You can still support us by donating through our wishlist. Click the links below.

Water Drop
Caravan of Love
Day Laborer Outreach

Schedule a Donation Drop-Off
Due to limited storage space we will be receiving physical donations by appointment only. Appointments are available Monday-Friday from 9AM to 3PM.

Call us or email us to schedule today at 619-487-0240 or [email protected].

Drop off donations at our office located at the Sherman Heights Community Center at 2258 Island Ave. San Diego, CA 92102. We do not accept used clothing donations.
DJ Dynamiq's Annual Thankgiving Fundraiser

For the second year in a row, La Presion San Diego and Dj Dynamiq are hosting the Annual Thanksgiving Fundraiser 🦃🍗🥧
Donations will be open 11/9 - 11/30!

Don't forget to also stop by El Chingon located at 560 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101 on 11/23-11/24.  All door proceeds will be donated. 

A word from Dj Dynamiq:
"Tis the season to be thankful and I am extremely thankful for anything you can contribute to this incredible cause which means so much to me! Just a little goes a long way in helping immigrants and families in need. Join us in making a small impact this holiday season."

Click Here to Donate

News Spotlight:

Border Patrol sending migrants to unofficial camps in California's desert, locals say
On a chilly autumn morning in the California desert, on the side of a highway, two young men are asking for help.

They tell NPR they are from Turkey. They crossed the U.S.-Mexico border a few minutes ago, with about 18 other people.

They're exhausted.

And then they ask for something unusual, given the circumstances.

"Please. Call border patrol."

Almost as soon as they say it, Border Patrol rolls up and takes them.

As strange as it sounds, this is what they want. They have been told that if they cross over and turn themselves over to Border Patrol, they are taking the first step toward getting a visa or a better chance at asylum in the United States.

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Growing Numbers of Chinese Migrants Are Crossing the Southern Border
The surge of migrants entering the United States across the southern border increasingly includes people from a surprising place: China.

Despite the distances involved and the difficulties of the journey, more than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the United States from Mexico in the past year. That is more than in the preceding 10 years combined, according to government data.

They typically fly into Ecuador, where they do not need a visa. Then, like hundreds of thousands of other migrants from Central and South America and more distant locations, they pay smugglers to guide their travel through the dangerous jungle between Colombia and Panama en route to the United States. Once there, they turn themselves in to border officials and many seek asylum.

And most succeed, in turn fueling further attempts. Chinese citizens are more successful than people from other countries with their asylum claims in immigration court. And those who are not end up staying anyway because China usually will not take them back.

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Don't Forget the Merch
We have everything from t-shirts, to totes, to water bottles! All merchandise purchases go towards our programs and life-saving work.

Visit our online shop here.
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Border Angels
2258 Island Ave
San Diego, CA 92102

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