Border Angels Weekly Newsletter
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We want to recognize the *amazing* musical artists who have always supported us, and continue to use their voices, music, and platforms to advocate for love and justice. We are so grateful for your fundraisers and actions, and how you all have found ways to support us despite the uncertainties and ever changing present world. Whether it be with livestreams, donations or advocacy, we celebrate you and hope to continue partnering with all of you in the future.
We are sending you all love and prosperity in these trying times. GRACIAS COMPAS!  
1. Tulengua
2. Immortal Technique
3. VERDE
4. Alicia Blue
5. Spencer Day
6. Las Cafeteras
7. Grampadrew
8. Ruby Clouds
9. Veracruz Blues
10. Anna, Catherine & Hima
Are you an artist looking to collaborate with Border Angels?
Message us at [email protected] to get started!
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Empty bottles, empty cans, empty crates. Refilled crates, climbed rocks, pushed through hot sand. Together. As a team.
This group has been working together, week after week for over 6 months straight to make sure that the same amount of life-saving items and water are being left out in the desert as in pre-COVID desert visits.
Temperatures are beginning to drop and have been just below 100°, at times. Once the weather cools down and the pandemic-related outbreaks are under control, we will start to include volunteers in the water drops. Thank you all for your patience and understanding.
In the meanwhile, donations of water gallons (non-milk jug style), pop-top canned food, socks and bandanas are appreciated. Keep on sharing our social media posts!
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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This week Border Angels and immigration attorney Cassandra Borjon successfully freed another person from detention through our Families Reunidas Bond Program. Eduardo is a 22-year-old Nicaraguan asylum seeker who was in detention for 2 months. He was detained at the Imperial Valley Regional Detention Center, another facility with confirmed cases and blatant disregard for COVID safety guidelines.
Eduardo is now headed to Miami to begin a new chapter in life with his father and sponsor. That is because of you, our supporters.
We need your help to get more migrants like Eduardo out of immigration prisons. The support and donations we have receive during the last few months have helped over 50 migrants! But, our bond fund is running low and we need more of your support to continue helping the mothers, fathers, and loved ones that are still detained.
According to government data, there were over 48,000 migrants in detention during FY2019, across 200 immigration prisons. California has some of the highest rates of migrants in detention.
Help us save more migrant lives.
We cannot stress enough the urgency of bonding people out, as we have now seen 21 confirmed deaths in ICE custody.
All donations, of any amount, help us make a difference. Every dollar goes directly towards paying for a migrant's bond.
Please donate through our GoFundMe immigration bond link down below!
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Just as all of us have been forced to adapt to the state of the world, Border Angels has done the same in order to better serve our beloved migrant community. As we have mentioned in the past, Tijuana shelters have been hit hard by this pandemic since so many of them depended on all types of physical cross-border donations, including food and water.
Since we are not able to deliver physical donations at the moment, we instead continue to support them with funds so they can pay utility bills, rent, purchase groceries, and to repair their vans, which was their most recent need. Our friends at Casa de Oración del Migrante were able to fix their van, which allows them to purchase groceries on their own. They even shared with us one of the delicious meals they prepared!
We are only able to continue this amazing work because of your continued support, GRACIAS!
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Our friend and shelter director Pastor Altamirano shared with us a bittersweet thank you for our support in paying for one of his shelter family’s going away dinner. The family loves seafood and Pastor Altamirano planned a fried fish dinner with the help of everyone at Camino de Salvación.
This woman and her child had been waiting for their asylum case to be heard since March, which had been repeatedly postponed to the point that she decided to return to her home country.
Regrettably, this is the case of so many waiting at the Tijuana shelters, due to horrible policies like MPP (Migrant Protection Protocols) forcing people to “remain in Mexico” to await their case to be heard. This policy shuts the doors to migrants – instead of welcoming them to the US, they are forced to wait in Mexico with little assistance.
It is maddening that this mother and child have to return their country, one which they fled, because of adverse policies. We are thankful to have been able to celebrate with her before her journey.
Your support is truly going to people who need it and have almost no support. We depend on each and every one of you so much. You help us feed and care for these families.
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We want to give an enormous thank you to Jennifer, San Diego Mesa College, and all of the organizations present during yesterday’s “Borderlands & Activism” panel in honor of Indigenous People’s Day. We are so grateful to have been a part of a space of love and healing which acknowledged the struggle and resistance to colonization, and highlighted the importance of activism, particularly in the borderlands.
Activism starts with you, and finds its strength in community and collaboration. Gracias to everyone that was a part of this event to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day!
If you would like Border Angels to be a part of your next event, email us at [email protected]
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Carve out space in your garage and donate your car 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 are 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 the many black lives lost?
Angry about the numerous atrocities this year, so many that you’ve lost count?
We are too.
REGISTER TO VOTE. Take your anger and put it to good use. Use your voice and vote for those that 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 affect meaningful change, and do our part for the thousands of migrants that can't vote. We cannot allow this injustice and neglect to continue, we cannot allow any more lives to be 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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