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Thank you so much Kirsten for being a great example of someone who is selfless and devoted to the cause!
Your longtime commitment to helping others is inspirational and very much respected.
Not only are you an amazing lawyer but you are a dedicated activist through and through!
The heart you put into your work with being part of the Water Drop program, being part of our Board and also being part of the Familias Reunidas Bond program, is admirable and inspirational!
Despite the growing challenges of this pandemic, Border Angels remains determined to protect and support the community we have pledged to serve. Therefore, even though we are currently unable to accept physical donations, we are always accepting monetary donations to support:

1. Our Shelter Aid Program❤️: Especially now that we are unable to receive these items, we need your help to provide funds for groceries, hygiene products, utility bills, rent, clothes, etc.!

2. Familias Reunidas Bond Program👨‍👩‍👧: Given the severity of this outbreak, we NEED to get as many members out of the Otay Mesa Detention Center as we can, and with your help we can post bond for more individuals! (Link in highlights under Bond Program)

3. Water Drop Program
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: Even after having to postpone public water drops, our team is still constantly in the desert scouting and dropping the supplies necessary for survival. Their work never stops, because the need never stops.

Thank you for your continued support.🖤🦋
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Covid-19 Resources

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COVID-19: Assistance
Available to Undocumented Individuals

Financial Relief, Health Access and Guidance, Legal Rights, Free and Low Cost Services.

COVID-19: Assistencia
para Individuos Indocumentados

Ayuda Financiera, Acceso y Información para Cuidado de Salud, Derechos Legales, Servicios Gratuitos y De Bajo Costo.

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San Diego Food Bank – Food Programs Operating During the COVID-19 Crisis

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Feeding San Diego announced it will launch a weekly drive-through food distribution in Ramona, it is increasing food supplied at its ten Feeding East County rural mobile pantry distributions and it is adding two additional special distributions on Monday, March 30 in Campo and Jacumba to meet rising demand.
The organization will continue to increase the supply as needed to meet the fast-growing need in San Diego’s mountain and desert regions during the coronavirus pandemic.

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In addition to regular distribution sites, Feeding San Diego will provide emergency distributions at:

South: Ongoing: Every Tuesday and Thursday | 8:00 AM
Community Through Hope
Eucalyptus Park
436 C St, Chula Vista, CA 91910

North Coastal: Every Thursday | 10:00 AM
Brother Benno
3260 Production Ave, Oceanside, CA, 92057

North Inland: Every Friday | 1:30 PM
First Congregational Church of Ramona
404 8th St, Ramona, CA 9206

There are NO REQUIREMENTS to accessing any of these food distributions!
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Border Angels in the News

Border Angels continues to provide much needed support to migrant shelters in Tijuana.

Pastor Zepeda from Misión Evangélica Roca de Salvación and his volunteers are constructing a building specifically to aid migrants affected by COVID-19.

Please help donate to support migrants during these uncertain times.

Construyen posible refugio para víctimas de coronavirus en Tijuana

"They build a possible shelter for victims of
coronavirus in Tijuana"

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Things change by the hour at
our U.S - Mexico border given COVID-19.

Dulce Garcia was featured in another podcast!

Enfoque Latino Podcast,
Thursday March 26.
Interview begins around minute 6!
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Stay Informed &
Know Your Rights

ICE Detainees Were Pepper-Sprayed During a Briefing on Coronavirus

The episode occurred Wednesday at a private detention center run by GEO Group.

By Noah Lanard

"For the third time in three days, people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement were pepper-sprayed on Wednesday as the coronavirus pandemic raises tensions within immigration jails. All of the pepper-spraying incidents have occurred at detention centers run by the private prison giant GEO Group."

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Employee at Otay Mesa Detention Center tests positive for COVID-19

CoreCivic says the employee did not have direct contact with detainees

By Kate Morrissey and Andrea Lopez-Villafaña

"An employee at Otay Mesa Detention Center tested positive for COVID-19 after showing symptoms, and immigration judges at the facility were evacuated on Tuesday afternoon after word of the case spread."

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The missing piece in the coronavirus stimulus bill: Relief for immigrants

Overlooking unauthorized immigrants in the coronavirus response could carry public health costs.

By Nicole Narea

"The bill, known as the CARES Act, delivers direct payments to most taxpayers, vastly expands unemployment benefits, and makes testing for the virus free, among other provisions. But although unauthorized immigrants are no more immune from the effects of the current crisis, the stimulus bill conspicuously leaves them out in the cold — potentially putting them at greater economic and health risk, and impeding public health efforts to stop the spread of ** coronavirus ([link removed][UNIQID])
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Congressional Hispanic Caucus calls on ICE to release detainees amid COVID-19 crisis

Detainees live in close quarters, can't frequently wash their hands, don't have sanitizers and have to buy their own soap.

By Ali Gostanian

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Coronavirus Doesn’t Care Where You Come From. Trump Still Does.

Hostility toward immigrants is hurting the fight against the pandemic.

By The Editorial Board

"Three weeks ago, with much of the United States already gearing up to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the Trump administration’s chief immigration judge sent out a stern order to immigration courts nationwide to take down all public health posters, printed in English and Spanish, on how to deal with the pandemic. “Per our leadership,” the order ** said ([link removed][UNIQID])
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Merchandise

For purchase information contact [email protected] or
visit us at our office located at 2258 Island Ave, San Diego Ca 92102.
Border Angels Water Bottle
$20
Border Angels logo pin
$7
Love Has No Borders Pin, Day Laborers Pin & Education Not Deportation Pin
Each $7

Border Angels Logo Hat (adjustable strap)
$20

Bad Hombre Hat (adjustable strap)
$20

Bad Mujer Hat (adjustable strap)
$20

Love Has No Borders tshirt
$20
Colors: Navy blue, Green, Orange, Burgundy (subject to availability)
Sizes: S, M, L, XL & 2XL (subject to availability)

Border Angels Pride Logo T-shirt
$20
Sizes: S, M, L, XL & 2XL (subject to availability)

Bad Mujer & Bad Hombre T-shirts
$20 each
Sizes: S, M, L, XL & 2XL (subject to availability)
Education Not Deportation 3" x 3", Love Has No Borders 2" x 2",
and Border Angels logo 3" x 1.5" stickers.
$5 each
Mr. Trumpet and the Big, Not-So-Great Wall $20

Mr. Trumpet and the Big, Not-So-Great, Wall is a story about a group of friends who live in Yousa, a place filled with music from all over the world. The friends love playing music together, but their friendship, families, and music are threatened when a Mr. Trumpet decides to build a wall and remove those who do not play the music he likes.

This is a story about how a group of friends can overcome heartbreak and separation through working together and believing in one another. People big and small, young and old, near and far, can find strength in caring for one another and building a better world for tomorrow.

Amor, Si Se Puede Chicano park Mural Poster by Muralist Salvador Barajas $20

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