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We are so happy to share with you one more story of the recipients from our Families Reunidas Bond Program, Juan Antonio. He is a 34-year-old asylum seeker from Honduras who was in detention for three months. As you all know, the Otay Mesa Detention Center continues to have the highest number of COVID cases, and we are so glad to have one less person exposed.

This morning, within 12 hours of being released, Juan Antonio was on a flight ready to be reunited with his family. We cannot imagine the things he has had to face, and are grateful to Miles4Migrants pulling a late night to make sure he was on his way first thing in the morning. We wish him the best in his new life and welcome him home!

Let this story serve as a reminder of all the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and community members waiting in such conditions in detention, simply for seeking a place or a part in this country. Juan Antonio represents so many others being subject to racist and inhumane policies, and we must not forget the urgency of getting everyone we can out of the Otay Mesa Detention Center. This pandemic continues to be unforgiving, and we will not allow any more lives lost. Again, we thank you for your support and ask you to continue to help us make sure our folks are #FreeAndAlive
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Shelter Aid Update:

With your continued support, our shelter directors were able to fill their shopping carts with fresh produce and groceries for our migrant families in Tijuana once more. The pandemic is taking its toll on Baja California, and it is more important than ever to help our shelters survive! We are so grateful for your contributions that help us feed and care for our beloved families, and to our shelter directors for ensuring the safety of their inhabitants. We want to thank our shelter directors for being so patient and understanding. As long as there is need in Tijuana, we will continue to help in every way we can!
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Last Saturday was a tough one. The heat, the wind, the terrain. One of our groups witnessed a chase and apprehension of a group of folks who had traveled days through the desert. Even though we were unable to do anything about what happened, it reminds us of why we go out, and who we go out for. Seeing fresh traces of travel, artifacts and other items left behind along with our supplies consumed let us know we are on the right track.

We continued after, climbing some serious mountain terrain and get to far out locations to get the supplies to people right around the areas where some start to run out of personal supplies.

Teamwork gets us through these days. Together we are strong and effective. We have seen signs of increased travel, and we are doing as much as we can to be out there and leave these life saving supplies where they’re most needed.

As long as there are people crossing, we will be there to leave supplies. We will never leave the borderlands and never stop leaving life-saving supplies for those that travel through them.
Some photos from “For Justice Everywhere: Rally on DACA Decision” held outside the San Diego County Administration Building.

The event was organized by Alliance San Diego, San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium and San Diego Border Dreamers

Thank you James for capturing these moving images!
Border Angels in the news!


** Trump administration extends visa ban to non-immigrants
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San Diego-based immigration activist and attorney Dulce Garcia said that this move, ostensibly to help the American economy, will have the opposite effect.

By Richard Allyn (Reporter), Deb Riechmann and Elliott Spagat (Associated Press.

"San Diego-based immigration activist and attorney Dulce Garcia said that this move to temporarily ban green cards and restrict work visas, ostensibly to help the American economy, will have the opposite effect.

"The idea that you are preserving American jobs by shutting down these programs is insane," Garcia told News 8.

"We are going to see businesses wanting to bring in in the most talented from across the world in order to keep businesses and keep people employed," she added.

Garcia said the extension of this order is a way for the President, who suffered a loss last week when the Supreme Court ruled to uphold DACA, to appeal to his base during an election year.

"It is definitely another tool the president is using to scapegoat," Garcia said, "And it is always reverting back to our immigrant communities, unfortunately."

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** Border Angels help bail dozens of detainees in Otay Mesa
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The support program has released 31 migrants on parole.:

Ruben was witness to sicarios in his home state of Guerrero murdering his brother, and to save his life, he made a new life in Acapulco. However, his safety was short lived. “They found me and I escaped, and I didn’t stop until I reached Tijuana. The 20-year-old migrant waited two months so that in December he was sent to Otay Mesa Detention Center where he faced “the worst 4 months of his life.” For him, “it’s very hard to accept that you are fleeing for your life, because you know it will end if they find you, and for no reason, only to be put in a cell when you arrive here.”

Ruben was granted freedom under bail but was terrified as he had no money to pay for the bond amount, as bonds are determined arbitrarily, and being a refugee, him and his family had little to no money to his name. We have known of bonds to range from 2.5K-15K. Our organization, then pays for these bonds in full. Ruben was able to gain conditional freedom and post bond through our organization before the COVID contagion reached its peak inside the J Pod at the detention center. “There was 103 individual in our tank, and while we ripped up t-shirts to make face coverings, social distancing was impossible.”

Ruben now finds himself in Sacramento ready and hopeful to fight his case. He sees it as a miracle his bond was paid, he takes comfort in this first step to freedom, stating that it suggests to him that the court will rule in his favor of asylum. Border Angels has now posted bond for 31 individuals inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center, and 2 from Adelanto.

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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!
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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
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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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Stay Informed &
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Supreme Court rules asylum seeker cannot challenge removal

By Ariane de Vogue and Priscilla Alvarez

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Federal judge blocks removal of Honduran boy caught in coronavirus-related border restrictions

By Priscilla Alvarez


"(CNN) A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from removing a 16-year-old Honduran boy from the United States who was at risk of being expelled as a result of new border restrictions relating to ** coronavirus ([link removed][UNIQID])
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The order came down during arguments in the first legal challenge to the administration's use of a decades-old public health law to bar the entry of migrants, including children and asylum seekers, to the US, citing the pandemic."

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Trump again calls Tijuana ‘heavily infected’ with COVID-19. Here are the facts

Neighboring San Diego County has more documented cases, but also does more testing.

By Wendy Fry

"TIJUANA — President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted the effectiveness and popularity of his border wall, stating that an unnamed “everyone” in San Diego asked him to build it to protect against a “highly-infected” but “wonderful town"on the other side of the border.

Though he did not name Tijuana, a border city with a population of about 1.8 million, the reference was obvious. And it was not the first time this month he’s turned Tijuana into a target of his campaign talking points."

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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.
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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.

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

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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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Corona Relief San Diego

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

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Or call (619)-800-1892

Resources:
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UNITED STATES

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Sacramento County
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Oakland
Org: OUR Fund
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New York City
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