Thank you for your support!

Who is Dulce Garcia? I won’t pretend to know everything about her, but I’ll share a few things I know. Before Dulce was an attorney, DACA recipient, community leader and Executive Director of Border Angels, she was brought to this country as a child. She attended law school before DACA was available, wondering if today was the day she’d be pulled over and deported as she drove to law school every day. After becoming a lawyer, she specialized in immigration law, helping many through their immigration issues.

Dulce received DACA status under the Obama Administration. She could finally breathe a little easier. But when Trump was elected he began efforts to abolish DACA. Dulce joined 5 other DACA recipients and sued the Trump Administration in a lawsuit that ended in a victory at the United States Supreme Court. The decision allowed her and other DACA recipients to remain in the US, but with the uneasy knowledge that Trump remained intent on abolishing DACA.

When Biden was elected, Dulce was granted permission to travel to Mexico, her homeland that she hadn’t seen in more than 30 years. She spent weeks in Tijuana, at migrant shelters Border Angels supports. The encampments housing hundreds of arriving migrant families and children are situated in a perilous area, surrounded by gangs that threaten the migrants daily. This is how Dulce celebrated her birthday.

The Border Angels Board was concerned for Dulce’s safety and prevailed on her to return to the USA as soon as possible. But Dulce disregarded her personal safety and continued working to provide basic needs, like toilets, food, water and other services the Government was refusing to provide the migrants. Dulce’s reunion with her homeland was a celebration of love and giving, not one of joy. This is who she is. Border Angels knows how blessed we are to have Dulce Garcia as our Executive Director. We wish her every happiness and safety on her birthday and beyond.

She’s a treasure!

Luis Aragon
Board President

La Escuelita El Chaparral celebrated it's 1 month anniversary!

The children made drawing of the school and wrote messages like "I love this school with all my heart," and "I feel very happy because I have friends at this school." They also finished their banner that stresses the importance of human rights and everyone's right to life no matter who they are or where they come from.

Through these classes, the 500+ children are able to be in community creating friendships with each other. The migrants at the encampment serve as volunteer teachers and teach important lessons of racism, human rights, kindness and so much more.

With your continued support, we can continue to purchase school supplies and activities for the children at El Chaparral.

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The Day Laborer Outreach team was back again this month distributing care packages and supporting the workers at various Home Depots. The care packages include snacks, hygiene products, drinks and new, clean clothes.

The purpose of this program is to provide this community with items they need and also to listen, and to protect a vulnerable population and ensure their fair treatment. Day laborers often fall victim to harassment and mistreatment that's rooted in hate. We stand in solidarity and support them in any way we can.

Interested in donating? Email us at [email protected] to donate assembled care packages with: masks, neon t-shirts, and hand sanitizers. For more info or questions please feel free to email us!

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On April 10th, we had two routes and were able to leave items in a new area and found a large number of consumed supplies in the other.

Much like the previous weekend, the temperature climbed up to the 100s! As we get closer to summer, we have adjust the supplies we leave accordingly, like leaving more water, protein-rich canned food, bandanas, amongst other items. In addition, we picked up a lot of bags of trash and consumed items.

For any questions regarding our Water Drop program, please email [email protected]. We are still not taking any new volunteers until further notice.

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On April 3rd the team returned to the canyons where we had an active emergency search just a few weeks ago. All the supplies we had left on March 13 were completely taken. We did a heavy drop at the farthest southern drop sites of this canyon, because it will be very challenging once the temperatures reach 120-130.

That Saturday was the first Water Drop of 2021 where the temperatures reached triple digits! At and around our drop sites we saw many pairs of socks and boots changed out, and you could tell that those individuals had foot issues due to the heat. This heat is serious in these canyons. Summer is the toughest time, but we are always dedicated to doing whatever we need to ensure those crossing through have the best chance for survival.

For any questions regarding our Water Drop program, please email [email protected]. Until further notice, we are still not taking any new volunteers.

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You helped us free others from for-profit immigration prison! This marks the 77th and 78th bond we have posted.

Samuel is a 24-year-old asylum seeker from Haiti who spent two months inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center.

Yovani is a 37-year-old asylum seeker from Belarus who spent 2 months inside the Imperial Regional Detention Center. He is our first bond recipient from this country!

They have finally been released to start their new life and able to reunite with their families.

The contributions from our supporters help us continue with our mission and help as many people as we can. Our goal is to help release 100 people from being in detention facilities!

Will you help us reach our goal of freeing 100 people from detention by the end of 2021?

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** Come back as an 'angel from the border' to support migrants
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Lawyer 'dreamer' crosses the border after 30 years of having arrived with her parents in the United States

By Manuel Ocaño

"The lawyer 'dreamer' Dulce García told La Opinion that she felt a mixed mixture of emotion, joy, and sadness when she crossed the border from California to Mexico to help hopeful migrants to have the opportunity to request asylum in the United States.

It was more than 30 years since the immigration lawyer had crossed the border to California, at the age of four, accompanied by her parents and her two brothers, originally from Cuernavaca, Morelos; and since then "I only dreamed that this day would come, but I didn't think it would be so soon," he explained.

Garcia was the first person to sue Donald Trump when his administration suspended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or DACA.

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** White House Walks Back Order On Refugee Limits After Backlash
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By Barbara Sprunt

"The White House has walked back its announcement that it will keep this year's historically low refugee ceiling of 15,000 set by the Trump administration, saying its earlier statement Friday, which was panned by fellow Democrats, was meant only to ease restrictions from countries from which refugees are currently banned.

The White House said President Biden would raise the cap by May 15.

Press secretary Jen Psaki said the earlier announcement was made because Biden "was urged to take immediate action to reverse the Trump policy that banned refugees from many key regions, to enable flights from those regions within days; today's order does that."

She said Biden would "set a final, increased refugee cap for the remainder of this fiscal year by May 15." The fiscal year ends Sept. 30."

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** Chula Vista City Council approves police use of license plate readers
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Immigration activists called for an end to the controversial police tool for fear it would lead to more deportations.

By Abbie Alford

"CHULA VISTA, Calif. — The Chula Vista Council held its first in person-meeting in over a year Tuesday night and the Chula Vista Police Department’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) ([link removed]) was up for a heated discussion.

Immigration activists have been calling on CVPD to stop the use of the police tool for fear the data is being shared with Immigration Customs Enforcement.

“We should end the use of the technology period so that we don't run the risk of exposing our community members to deportation,” said Nicholas Paúl, Chula Vista resident."

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