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Border Angels stands in support of the black community and demands justice for Mr. Floyd. Our mission of humanitarian work embraces all who are victimized and marginalized as 'less American' by the President's rhetoric and by the country’s institutions, institutions which are plagued by the white supremacy that has shaped our nation since its founding. None of us is free until all of us are free.

Luis Aragon, Esq.
Board President, Border Angels
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Luis M. Aragon is the President of the Board of Directors of Border Angels and President of the Board of Directors of Teatro Mascara Magica (TMM).
Aragon retired from the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office in 2016 after 30 years as a Deputy District Attorney. Aragon was one of America’s first hate crimes prosecutor and helped write California’s anti-hate crime law. His work in civil rights has been highlighted in national publications, including the American Lawyer, Readers Digest and television’s Forensic Files. Aragon created San Diego's Hate Crime task force comprised of community groups, law enforcement and government to fight and prevent hate violence. The task force continues today.

Border Angels Update

Thank you Luis !!

Your dedication to the immigrant community and making a difference for the greater good is admirable and humbling. The amount of time and effort to create coalitions and be part of so many great organizations is amazing.

We are so proud to have you be part of our Border Angels family!

Muchas Gracias!!

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UCSD Virtual Presentation!

At Border Angels, it is our mission to promote a culture of love. Not only do we do so through direct action and advocacy, but through education. It is our hope that in doing so, we will provide a social consciousness that helps and protects our migrant community.

We want to give a huge thank UCSD professor Alexander Huezo by helping us achieve this mission, and inviting our Executive Director Dulce Garcia to speak for his Ethnic Studies: U.S Mexico Border in Comparative Perspective class.

Although this pandemic brings challenges, we will always find a way to spread love and knowledge however we can.

Would you like one of our members to present for your virtual class/event?

Emails us at: [email protected] with your name, organization, date, time of presentation and topics of discussion!

Border Angels in the News

Washers: shields against the COVD-19

California organization donates industrial equipment to help protect immigrants

By Manuel Ocaño

"The idea was to help the community in the shelter to have clean clothes, but strategically to have a powerful weapon against the coronavirus: neatness," the organization's executive director, Dulce García, told La Opinion.

https://laopinion.com/2020/05/24/lavadoras-escudos-contra-el-covd-19/?fbclid=IwAR1TOoeASfDs94rt_d6TlG_mcY6dDK09Bt0xwxy37XijiWCg_5_oMt1-sig

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Lavadoras: escudos contra el COVD-19

Organización de California dona equipo industrial para ayudar en la protección de los inmigrantes

Por Manuel Ocaño

“La idea era ayudar a la comunidad en el albergue a tener ropa limpia, pero estratégicamente a contar con una poderosa arma contra el coronavirus: la pulcritud”, dijo a La Opinión la directora ejecutiva de la organización, Dulce García.

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The car rally that took place at the Otay Mesa Detention Center over the weekend was featured in Democracy Now's!

Skip to minute 5:30 to see a bit of the coverage as well as our friends and collaborators Armadillos Search and Rescue give a quick statement!

Border Angels at the Car Rally!

Otay Mesa Detention Center Car Rally 5/24/2020

Car Rally to urge ALL migrants to be released from ALL ICE detention centers. ICE, as a government agency, must be defunded and abolished. Protection is NOT deporting migrants! Protection is the abolition of detention and deportation!

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Organizations proudly endorsing and working together in this act of solidarity:

Armadillos Búsqueda y Rescate
Asian Solidarity Collective
Bridge of Love Across the Border
Border Angels
Brown Berets of Aztlán
Center for Interdisciplinary Environmental Justice San Diego - CIEJ
Colectivo Zapatista
Fuerza, Amigos de Aztlán
The Kids 2017 Org
Party for Socialism & Liberation SD
People Over Profits SD
San Diego Border Dreamers
San Diego Tenants Union
SURJ San Diego
United Against Police Terror
We All We Got SD Mutual Aid

#AbolishICE #FreeThemAll #FreeAndAlive
#NiUnMigranteMenos

Familias Reunidas Bond Program

GoFundMe Immigration Bond

Green Cards for Kids

With our new Green Cards for Kids program, we are so lucky to be able to work with immigration attorney Fabiola Navarro who will be representing these children

It is crucial that we help these children as they have already suffered enough abuse, neglect and/or abandonment.

With your continued support, we can help pay for the legal representation these children deserve in this critical time of their lives.

Please consider donating! No amount is too small!

Con nuestro nuevo programa de Green Cards for Kids, tenemos la suerte de poder trabajar con la abogada de inmigración Fabiola Navarro, quien representará a estos niños.

Es crucial que ayudemos a estos niños ya que ya han sufrido suficiente abuso, negligencia y / o abandono.

Con su continuo apoyo, podemos ayudar a pagar la representación legal que estos niños merecen en este momento crítico de sus vidas.

Por favor considere donar, ¡Ninguna cantidad es demasiado pequeña!

DONATE TO BORDER ANGELS

You can donate to Border Angels when you shop on Amazon.

Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible items to Border Angels!

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Tienes la oportunidad de donar a Border Angels cuando compras en Amazon.

Amazon nos donará el 0.5% del precio de compra de artículos elegibles!

Despite the growing challenges of this pandemic, Border Angels remains determined to protect and support the community we have pledged to serve. 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 people out of the Otay Mesa Detention Center as we can. With your help we can post bond for more individuals! (Link in highlights under Bond Program)

3. Water Drop Program💧: 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.🖤🦋

DONATE TO BORDER ANGELS

In Remembrance

Today we remember two lives lost at the hands of immigration detention and apprehension.
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We remember the life of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, who was murdered 10 years ago. Anastasio was brutally beaten, tased, and ultimately murdered at the hands of Border Patrol, none of which were held accountable. Despite having video footage and witnesses, justice was not served for his family and community.
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We also remember the life of Santiago Baten-Oxaj, the 34-year old Guatemalan man who lost his life in a Georgia detention center due to Covid-19. Santiago is the fourth known death at the hands of detention during this pandemic. He perished after being held at a private for-profit facility, another death that was entirely preventable.
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It is important we remember and continue to demand justice for those who have been marginalized, criminalized, and prosecuted due to racist policies and ideologies. We urge everyone to pay attention how all of these lives are connected. We cannot turn a blind eye to the people being put directly at risk to COVID-19 in detention, and we cannot look away when individuals lose their lives at the hands of law enforcement. We saw it 10 years ago with Anastasio, and we saw it again days ago with George Floyd and Santiago. We refuse to let any of these individuals become a statistic, we will continue to speak out against hate and brutality.

Stay Informed &
Know Your Rights

An Immigrant Man In ICE Custody Died After Contracting The Coronavirus

More than 1,000 people detained by ICE have tested positive for the coronavirus so far.

By Hamed Aleaziz

"A 34-year-old Guatemalan man who tested positive for COVID-19 died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at a Georgia hospital on Sunday, according to an internal government report obtained by BuzzFeed News.

Santiago Baten-Oxlaj, 34, had been in ICE custody at Stewart Detention Center, in Lumpkin, since early March and had been granted a voluntary departure to Guatemala, ICE later confirmed in a press release."

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/immigrant-ice-coronavirus-death?fbclid=IwAR1xxbJvHqPTdGgztl-Ip2OG8a4dBi8c_Ux4T6MjawUDEH3hNkcya0mjtfs

Thousands wait to take US citizenship oath amid virus delays

By Philip Marcelo

"Registration deadlines for primaries are approaching in a number of states, and would-be voters must be citizens when they register or risk facing criminal charges or even deportation, they say.

“This is yet another attempt to politicize access to voting,” said Kristen Clarke, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. “The final ceremonial step should not be used as a pretext to deny otherwise citizenship-eligible individuals access to the ballot.” "

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/california/story/2020-05-24/thousands-wait-to-take-us-citizenship-oath-amid-virus-delays

By Nomaan Merchant and Sonia Perez D.

"HOUSTON (AP) — The young migrants and asylum seekers swim across the Rio Grande and clamber into the dense brush of Texas. Many are teens who left Central America on their own; others were sent along by parents from refugee camps in Mexico. They are as young as 10.

Under U.S. law they would normally be allowed to live with relatives while their cases wind through immigration courts. Instead the Trump administration is quickly expelling them under an emergency declaration citing the coronavirus pandemic, with 600 minors expelled in April alone."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-expelling-migrants-coronvirus_n_5ebc59adc5b6ee298a88915d?fbclid=IwAR1qqgQCIxNmaK5KTFRMVTnm-ajho1tTTR-n4pRrSZJUj7iYkTQgx0iihJQ

Trump Admin. used COVID health crisis to defend recent surge in migrant child deportations

NBC's Julia Ainsley reports that the Trump Administration has used COVID health crisis to defend recent surge in migrant child deportations.

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/trump-admin-used-covid-health-crisis-to-defend-recent-surge-in-migrant-child-deportations-83703877982?fbclid=IwAR0zsKo_18Ct-Nx5wlEV9jkTFVnFcckjxqLsvzqWECBvbllqEeDqTvLAIns

A dark milestone: More than 1,000 migrants in ICE custody now have the coronavirus

By Jeff Gammage

"More than 1,000 undocumented immigrants detained by ICE now have the coronavirus, as the surge of infections continues to grow with each new round of testing.

That milestone represents roughly an eightfold increase from a month ago.

About half of the detainees tested by ICE have the virus, even though the enforcement agency has checked only 8% of the 27,908 immigrants it holds in jails and prisons across the country. Most of those in custody are awaiting court hearings or deportation."

https://www.inquirer.com/news/ice-detention-coronavirus-covid-19-pike-berks-pennsylvania-migrant-immigration-20200519.html?fbclid=IwAR18F1Nd7D9PTc9kYB8Kg4XW0x3J_6ntIYiuF46tC2hXwntfeID4RqQXI04

Local
San Diego Resources:
DACA, COVID-19

The Supreme Court of the United States did not issue a decision on DACA this week, adding more stress and uncertainty to our communities.

Check out these great mindfulness resources from United We Dream.
We're all in this together!

https://unitedwedream.org/undocuhealth-wellness/

Renewing your DACA is even more important now than ever before!

Consult with an attorney or nonprofit that is offering legal services to see if you are eligible to renew now!

National Immigration Legal Services Directory

Use the options below to search for immigration legal services providers by state, county, or detention facility.

Only nonprofit organizations that provide free or low-cost immigration legal services are included in this directory.

https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/legaldirectory/

Covid-19 Resources for Undocumented People /
Covid-19 Recursos para Personas Indocumentadas

https://ciyja.org/covid19/

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.

https://a80.asmdc.org/article/covid-19-assistance-available-undocumented-individuals

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

https://sandiegofoodbank.org/gethelp/

Domestic Violence Support and Resources:

https://www.saysandiego.org/get-involved/resources/domestic-violence-resources/?fbclid=IwAR23HvsEnftHYIiboO7D5y7xFhxI52lB376VwArXEyG5Nfor9R-BKFNXAYo

Corona Relief San Diego

SERVICE TO HELP THOSE IN NEED GET GROCERIES & MEDICINE DELIVERED.

[email protected]

Or call (619)-800-1892

Resources:
COVID-19 & DACA

UNITED STATES

Org: United We Dream
Financial support, DACA resources, mental health and well being.
https://unitedwedream.org

Small business loans
https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/coronavirus-relief-options?fbclid=IwAR1tDD5Ij0oy48EAFt6gZf-5_ts-tSGAHt5iF0lDiUgj2d7OTMP5vmth5sM

Student Relief fund
https://myscholly.com/relief/?fbclid=IwAR2INjA8k4SB3yt6oaKB1F_pL2bfp9T_qvBHSDxM7mpmWZgi-rhGXmAPjeA

National Resources
https://niccoalition.org/resources/?fbclid=IwAR0whEjksGowI6KQzoOXtKfE_wLBzxtvLd3-6MI5_4pehxgz5RIIEhpp0gg

CALIFORNIA

Sacramento County
Org: NorCal Resist
Helps pay for groceries, rent assistance, street vendor emergency fund.
https://www.norcalresist.org/covid19.html

Oakland
Org: OUR Fund
Helps with Financial support, application closed on May 4th.
https://www.ourfundoakland.org/apply-for-help/

NEW YORK

New York City
Org: NYWF
Funds for Women, girls, and TGNCNB
https://www.nywf.org/news/2020-resilience-nyc-covid-19-response-recovery-fund/

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