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** Border Angels Update
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Angel of the Week
Thank you Katerine!

We are so happy Emily was able to get paired with you for our first ever virtual mentorship program. We had no idea how this was going to go but through your positivity and hard work. you made it happen! You exceeded our expectations and set the bar high for future interns.

Your skills are great indicators of your future success. We wish you well on your road to success!


** Familias Reunidas
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We are happy to share with you one more story of the recipients from our Families Reunidas Bond Program, Ronald. He is a Haitian asylum seeker who was in detention for seven months.

We are thrilled to have helped bond out one more person OMDC and reunited with his family. One more person will no longer have to experience the horrible conditions of ICE jails. He is now starting his new life life in Florida and is excited to finally be free.

Ronald is the 49th person to be bonded out, and we are continuing to use this momentum to speak out against injustices and get as many individuals out of detention as soon as possible. We are so grateful to all of you for your continued support. We are relying on you to use your voice, and use your platforms to help spread awareness about this issue and cause.

Given our world's current state, it is difficult to feel like one can make a difference. But, by not remaining silent, by continuing to question and put pressure on unfair and unjust policies, you are helping inspire change.

You all continue to amaze us. We see you, we appreciate you and we thank you!

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. Ronald 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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Water Drop Program

Our Water Drop team thanks you all for your nonstop support! Your messages on social media motivate them to keep on making trips to the desert during the summer heat. Keep the messages of hope and inspiration coming!

Extreme summer temperatures are not a deterrent for people crossing. We're able to get out there every week because of your support.

No matter the weather, nor how extreme the temperatures get, we have not, and will never leave the desert. As long as people are crossing through, we’ll be there.

Due to the extreme weather, we are only taking experienced Water Drop volunteers for the time being. As soon as we can safely take new volunteers out with us, we will! Make sure to signup for our newsletter to receive updates on Water Drop schedules.

Continue sharing posts and making donations!

Let's continue working together to minimize suffering and death in the borderlands.

For any questions about Water Drops reach out to our Co-Director James Cordero at [email protected].

Thank you for your continued support!
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Shelter aid update!

This delicious dinner was prepared at one of our migrant shelters. Shelter residents are able to enjoy these dinners and food thanks, in part, to your donations and support. Donations have once again gone towards covering another month's rent, utilities, and other bills!

We hope your hearts are filled with joy and hope knowing that you have helped ensure that a shelter has bunk beds and another has warm food. You're all helping our migrant friends and family have their basic needs met.

We hope to see all of our shelter friends very soon once we can safely congregate together.

Thank you for your continued support!
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** Call to action!
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CALL TO ACTION!!!

At the beginning of this year, we rallied on behalf of Rocío Rebollar Gómez, mother of a U.S. Army officer, property and business owner, to stop her deportation after having lived in the U.S. for over 30 years. Having been deported before, she was not eligible for asylum despite the increased cartel violence in her home country. She had applied for a special permit and extension to stay in the U.S., and when she went to check in with ICE, she was detained and later deported.

This country’s policies continue to rip immigrnat families apart, even for those, like Ms. Rebollar, that are “model citizens".

Today we are asking for your help once more.
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Help reunify this family!

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Benefit for Border Angels

Mark your calendars for Friday, August 28th and tune in @ 7:30 PM for a LiveStream benefit for Border Angels. It will also be the debut of Alicia Blue’s music video, Incognito.

We are grateful to these amazing artists for hosting this fundraiser, and using their beautiful voices and artistry to portray their stories. We can’t wait to see you all perform!🎵🖤


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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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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
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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!

We must preserve asylum to protect children

BY MIRIAM ABAYA, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR

"Immigrants facing asylum in the United States have always faced a daunting system. But for decades, people fleeing persecution had a fighting chance to find a haven in this country. For many — especially children —asylum has meant the difference between life and death. Today, we are on the cusp of losing that system in its entirety as the Trump administration proposes ** rule after rule ([link removed][UNIQID])
designed to decimate the asylum system."

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Clashes erupt in Portland outside US immigration building

By Associated Press

"PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Protesters in Portland clashed with federal agents for the first time since July in a demonstration targeting a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building that started Wednesday night and lasted until it was broken up early Thursday, officials said."

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California judge orders virus testing at immigration center

By Associated Press

"LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge in California has ordered immediate testing of all detainees and staff at an immigration detention center where COVID-19 was spreading for weeks while officials refused to test for the virus.

The Los Angeles Times reports federal District Court Judge Vince Chhabria ordered the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to conduct quick-result testing of everyone in the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Facility in Bakersfield."

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United Nations refugee agency blasts US asylum limits

By Priscilla Alvarez

" (CNN)The United Nations refugee agency raised alarm over Trump administration rules limiting asylum claims, arguing in a new court filing that the plan could run afoul of the US' international obligations.

Over the course of Donald Trump's presidency, the administration has released a series of regulations putting strict restrictions on asylum, setting up a number of obstacles for migrants seeking refuge in the US. At issue in Thursday's filing is a policy that would bar people who illegally cross the US-Mexico border from claiming asylum outside of official ports of entry.
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Local
San Diego Resources:
DACA, COVID-19

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

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

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Corona Relief San Diego

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

** [email protected] (mailto:[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.
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Small business loans
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CALIFORNIA

Sacramento County
Org: NorCal Resist
Helps pay for groceries, rent assistance, street vendor emergency fund.
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Oakland
Org: OUR Fund
Helps with Financial support, application closed on May 4th.
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NEW YORK

New York City
Org: NYWF
Funds for Women, girls, and TGNCNB
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