** Border Angels Weekly Newsletter
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Change brings opportunity.
Opportunity for growing and thinking of new ways to overcome difficult problems.
The challenges immigrants and our community face today require us to work smarter.
Likewise, transparency, accountability and ensuring a safe and welcoming environment to all who join us are indispensable if we are to fulfill our humanitarian mission of service.
We begin our new chapter with the benefit of our past history of service.
Border Angels has proven the power of one and the unstoppable power of many.
Love has no borders.
From President of the Board of Directors, Luis Aragon


Enrique Morones, founder and Executive Director of Border Angels, announces his retirement from Border Angels leadership before the end of the year.
As the founder of Balboa Park’s House of Mexico, Enrique will be stepping down from being Executive Director of Border Angels and be more involved with the House of Mexico and Gente Unida. Mr. Morones founded Border Angels in 1986, and has since dedicated his life to the prevention of thousands of migrant deaths that happen on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Border Angels is a volunteer, non-profit organization that advocates for human rights, humane immigration reform, and social justice with a special focus on issues related to the US-Mexican border. Border Angels engages in community education and awareness programs that include guided trips to the desert to place water along migrant crossing routes as well as to the border to learn about the history of U.S.-Mexico border policy and experience the border fence firsthand.

As Border Angels has grown in size and stature over the years and as the issues at the border continue to intensify, Border Angels now proudly announces bold new leadership to lead the organization into the next decades. Effective November 2, 2019, Dulce Garcia will serve as its Executive Director. She received a bachelor’s degree in political science from University of California – San Diego and received her law degree from Cleveland Marshall College of Law. Dulce has worked with Border Angels since 2017.

Border Angels board president, Luis Aragon, said: “Border Angels extends deep gratitude to Enrique for his many decades of service to Border Angels, and wishes him continued success with the House of Mexico.” Morones said: “It has been my personal mission, and that of Border Angels, to ensure that immigrants are received with a sense of humanity and compassion, and that the cycle of death along the border did not continue into the coming years.” “As I shift my focus to cultural preservation, my best wishes are to Border Angels.”


** Events
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** Trans Day of Remembrance
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This week, we honor and remember those who've lost their lives at the hands of ice,cbp or the border wall! #Noolvidados #SiemprePRESENTE ()

Roxsana Hernandez,
a 33-year-old trans woman from Honduras who died May 25, 2018,
in New Mexico from AIDS complications.

Johana Medina,
a 25-year-old trans woman from
El Salvador entered federal immigration custody April 11.
Seven weeks later, she died in a Texas hospital.
If you are in the Imperial Valley area, do your part and help us collect and distribute donations this Thanksgiving day!

Save the Date!

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Join us, our @borderangels_la_oc ([link removed][UNIQID]) Chapter, and a coalition of organizations from Southern California, as we march to commemorate International Human Rights Day to lift up the struggle and resistance of migrants, refugees, indigenous people, and displaced communities impacted by violence and war.
Our Demands:
·Defund Department of Homeland Security (DHS)!
·End U.S. militarism at home and abroad!
·Stop military recruitment of students and youth!
·Divest from Being and other military contractors​​​​​​​!


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The Mobile School Project

The Mobile School project was born from the collaboration between two humanitarian aid organizations Border Angels and The Schoolbox Project. As you may know, Border Angels sponsors ~15 shelters in Tijuana, MX serving migrant families who often spend many months waiting for asylum hearings and next steps. The shelters house hundreds of children, many of whom have spent months, if not years outside of the school system - if they were able to attend in their home countries at all.
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Currently needed items at the Tijuana Shelters
Donations may be mailed at our
office located at 2258 island Ave, San Diego Ca 92102

Media

Not guilty: Jurors acquit border aid volunteer Scott Warren on harboring charges
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Dozens of residents question how Sheriff’s Dept. works with ICE at TRUTH Act Forum
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Supervisors Hold Forum On State Immigrant Detainee Laws
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Dozens at Supervisors Forum Protest Sheriff’s Office Aiding ICE
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A Transgender Woman Died After Being Held For Weeks In ICE Custody
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Lawyers say video of a transgender immigrant who died in ICE custody may have been deleted
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AZ groups cite ‘extreme danger,’ call for ICE to release all detained transgender migrants
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Merchandise

For purchase information contact [email protected] or
visit us at our office located at 2258 Island Ave, San Diego Ca 92102

Border Angels Water Bottles $20

"Love has no Borders" Short sleeve t-shirt (Color purple currently in stock) $20

Amor, Si Se Puede Chicano park Mural Poster by Muralist Salvador Barajas $20

Mr. Trumpet and the Big, Not-So-Great Wall $20

Mr. Trumpet and the Big, Not-So-Great, Wall is a story about a group of friends who live in Yousa, a place filled with music from all over the world. The friends love playing music together, but their friendship, families, and music are threatened when a Mr. Trumpet decides to build a wall and remove those who do not play the music he likes.

This is a story about how a group of friends can overcome heartbreak and separation through working together and believing in one another. People big and small, young and old, near and far, can find strength in caring for one another and building a better world for tomorrow.

www.borderangels.org
2258 Island Ave, San Diego Ca 92102

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