Border Angels Weekly Newsletter
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Thank you so much to Osvaldo, Tanya, and Dulce for providing our day laborers with hygiene products, snacks, fruits, and face masks during last weekend’s outreach. We are so grateful to be able to serve our community by providing them some of the basic needs they deserve.
A huge shoutout to Chula Vista Food Service for their produce donations and for helping us fill over 70 bags to distribute. We are so glad to have a team that leads by example and always treats our beloved day laborers with dignity and respect.
Want to donate to our Day Laborer Outreach program? Email us at [email protected] to donate face masks, snacks, hand sanitizer, neon t-shirts and other donations.
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The Fall season may have officially started, but the desert heat has no end in sight. Temperatures last weekend remained just shy of 115° in some of the areas that we trekked through.
These desert conditions will give you a lightheaded feeling, headaches, stomach aches, and physical fatigue. We feel these symptoms during our water drops even thought we are well prepared, properly fed, hydrated and rested. Now, imagine those passing through without those same luxuries.
Temperatures will remain high for at least another month. 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. The temperatures are still expected to reach up to 110-115° in some areas tomorrow so we are still only taking experienced Water Drop volunteers for the time being. Thank you all for your patience. As soon as we can safely take new volunteers we will. For the meanwhile, sharing posts and making donations allow us to continue our work, and be efficient as possible.
For any questions about Water Drops, reach out to Water Drop Program Co-Director James Cordero, [email protected]. Thank you for your continued support!
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Familias Reunidas
Bond Program
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Another person was released from detention!
It was not without difficulty but we have freed yet another person from detention through our Families Reunidas Bond Program, Kuo. He is a 22-year-old Chinese asylum seeker who was in detention for an alarming 11 months. He was detained at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, which continues to have an extreme number of COVID cases.
We cannot stress enough the urgency of bonding people out of detention centers, as we have now seen 21 confirmed deaths in ICE custody, and the conditions in detention centers across the US continue to be negligent and horrifying.
Kuo is now headed to New York to start a new life with his sponsor. We could not have achieved his freedom without the help of Freedom For Immigrants and without all of your donations.
We need YOUR help to save lives! Our bond funds are running low and we need your support more than ever in order to free our folks. All donations make a difference no matter the amount, and every dollar is spent towards getting someone out of detention!
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Remember the shelter expansion we funded at the Roca de Salvación shelter? Take a look at how far they’ve come with the construction! We are overjoyed at watching what a beautiful space they have built from the ground up in order to have a better space for our migrant families.
Thank you to Pastor Salvador, his team, the construction workers, and all of YOU for making this possible.
https://www.facebook.com/BorderAngels/videos/4713061652098302
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We are so grateful to have been a part of last week’s US-Mexico border fact finding panel: Zooming to the Border for Human Rights. Special thanks to Magdaleno Leon Rose Avila for being our moderator!
It was an honor not only to speak on our work, but to learn about the efforts of our fellow organizers. It is imperative that we open up these discussions to discover what is happening on both sides of the border. We hope that together we can continue working towards more humane immigration policy. 
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Vans and L.A. label collaborate to celebrate immigrant roots, working-class heroes
By Kailyn Brown
"Since launching their unisex streetwear line Kids of Immigrants four years ago, Daniel Buezo and Weleh Dennis have become known for making sartorial statements tied to causes.
Their first fashion release in 2016 was a T-shirt emblazoned with the word “love” in bold block letters. A year later, they painted a custom jumpsuit for singer Kehlani’s 2017 Coachella performance to raise awareness about the mysterious disappearance of women in the Washington, D.C., area. And in 2019, the brand’s Love Has No Borders hoodie raised money for the San Diego-based nonprofit Border Angels to provide resources for migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana.
Buezo and Dennis took the same approach when they designed their first sneaker, a collaboration with Costa Mesa-based Vans. The shoe, which is set to drop Friday, was originally scheduled for a release in May around the brand’s four-year anniversary but was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic."
https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-10-02/new-vans-sneaker-collaboration-celebrates-immigrants?fbclid=IwAR0FjySEzXoH_ZFB-c0t1GF17V9gq9IQw5LPKPWmyUnIC6gIsnfinl8VjjA
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Carve out space in your garage and donate it to Border Angels! You could even qualify for a sweet tax deduction. Our Vehicle Donation Program will work for the best price, so you can get rid of it and we can do GOOD with it!
The tow is free and the process is easy! Donate through the link in bio or call (855) 500-7433. Our Vehicle Donor Support Team is available seven days a week
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Are you angry?
Angry that there’s kids in cages?
Angry about the 20th death confirmed in ICE custody?
Angry about ICE forcibly sterilizing women?
Angry that DACA recipients may be deported?
Angry at so many black lives lost?
Angry about so many things this year it seems like you’ve lost count?
We are too.
We ask you to REGISTER TO VOTE. Take your anger and put it to good use. Use your voice and vote those out of office that do not reflect your morals and ethics. Choose representation that does not support the current unjust and racist policies and systems. We must do everything in our power to effect meaningful change, and do our part for those who cannot. We cannot allow this injustice and neglect to continue, we cannot allow any more lives lost.
https://registertovote.ca.gov/?t=s&fbclid=IwAR3_7uyn0x9mdAAQgR3GVoqbeABnoyzbomniAZ_3R0NfA-1rvqchRvL-mwU
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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!
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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💧: 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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