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Volviendo A Casa
(New Program "Returning Home")
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Conrado Cifuentes was a 44-year-old husband and father who passed away in the Sonoran desert after suffering 2 heart attacks on the way to Grossmont Center hospital. It was his first time attempting to cross the border in the hopes to work and raise money to help his two daughters pay for college, as he did not have those opportunities in Mexico. His wife and daughters are truly heartbroken and devastated.
Through our Volviendo a Casa we were able to help transport his body back to his home state of Coahulia, MX for funeral services. So that his family may lay him to rest and say their final goodbyes. May he Rest In Peace.
We are devastated at the loss of another life, we continue to denounce the many policies at work at our southern border which are the cause of this, and continue to provide humanitarian aid to those crossing in hopes of preventing such tragedies.
Click Here to donate to this program.
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Familias Reunidas Bond Fund
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Meet Luka, our most recent Familias Reunidas bond fund recipient, and the second Russian asylum seeker this year. He is 53 years old and spent 3 months inside Imperial Regional Detention Center. He will be reuniting with his family within the US and hopes to work as soon as he is permitted to.
Due to the ongoing war and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we really need your support for covering bail, every dollar goes towards freeing someone from for-profit detention. While we are committed to assisting all migrants and asylum seekers, and we are glad this crisis is receiving the international attention and assistance it deserves, we continue to advocate and assist black and brown migrants who are disproportionately affected by the immigration system. We believe EVERYONE is deserving of freedom and opportunities, and with your help we can make that possible.
Click Here to help more people like George.
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Templo Embajadores de Jesus is one of the largest shelters in our network. Due to the pandemic and Title 42, they house and support over 1000 migrants daily. Your donations have helped provide meals and groceries such as the eggs, meats, and produce pictured here!
As long as racist policies like Title 42 persist, Templo and our 16 other supported shelters need your help to pay for their basic needs.
Click Here to donate to our Shelter Aid program.
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A huge thank you to Monica Aragon, Sabrina Chang, and everyone from TBI Education Services. This group of Chinese exchange students organized and put together 150 care packages for migrant families within our supported shelter network. We are grateful for people like them and so many of our supporters who feel the passion and call to help our migrant sibling at the border.
Click Here to donate to our Shelter Aid program.
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Denise is now the latest in our program to obtain SIJS (Special Immigrant Juvenile Status) approval. With this adjustment of status Denise is now on track to receive her green card and achieve permanent residency. We look forward to celebrating more wins like this one with your continued support and ensure the safety and success of all the children in our program.
This program provides legal representation to migrant children seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. These children are currently in the custody of Riverside County. Children may qualify for SIJS when they have been abused, abandoned, or neglected by one or both of their parents. A lot of the children in our program have also been put in removal proceedings.
To donate to our Green Cards for Kids program: Click Here
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The Water Drop team covered a large area of the desert this past Saturday. The team noticed a large amount of consumption of supplies, even in hard to access, remote areas that require a good amount of skill climbing and navigating through loose rock. Temperatures reached up to 104°, and the summer temperatures are officially in the desert.
Until further notice, we are still not taking any new volunteers. Click here to donate
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We received our physical Kaleidoscope Award this week and are again, so grateful to the University of San Diego and the School of Leadership and Education Sciences for choosing Border Angels as the 2022 winners for Good Governance Small Organization category.
It is displayed proudly as a reminder of the work and efforts of our incredible board, our staff, our volunteers, our supporters, and everyone who helps us continue our mission of love!
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Border Angels and The Pad Project:
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Last week we hosted The Pad Project for an educational presentation! The Pad Project takes a multi-pronged approach to achieve menstrual equity by combining pad machines or washable pad programs with community partnerships and sexual and reproductive health education. They also combat period poverty in the U.S. by providing school districts and grassroots organizations across the country with grants to purchase bulk menstrual supplies. They have partnered with us in the past to help provide menstrual products to our supported migrant community in Tijuana, both in the shelters and in the El Chaparral encampment.
We are grateful to have community spaces like Chicano Park in which we are able to safely and openly discuss both our work, and current border policy.
To book a virtual or in-person presentation with Border Angels you can email us at [email protected]
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The organization Human Rights First has now tracked at least 9,886 reports of kidnapping, rape, torture & other attacks against asylum seekers and migrants turned away to danger in Mexico under the Biden administration due to the Title 42 policy.
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Immigration Advocates Say U.S. is Holding Ukrainian, Haitian and Latin Refugees to ‘Double Standard'
With nearly 4 million refugees flooding out of Ukraine because of war, the Biden Administration said the U.S. will open its arms to about 100,000 refugees from that country.
At the same time, some immigration rights advocates are wondering why Ukrainians are being let into the country while Title 42, a pandemic-era rule to prevent the spread of COVID, has kept thousands of Haitian and Latin American refugees from crossing over the last two years.
“There very much is a double standard and preference. At the moment there are asylum seekers from Ukraine able to present themselves at the port of entry and allowed to have their claim heard in the United States while there have been migrants waiting for two years while Title 42 has been implemented,” said immigration attorney Dulce Garcia, Executive Director of Border Angels.
Read Full Article Here
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Biden administration reportedly looking to end Title 42 immigration policy in May
According to multiple reports, the Biden administration is considering ending the controversial immigration policy known as Title 42, which has blocked more than 1.7 million migrants from seeking asylum in the United States.
“They have been in Tijuana, thousands of migrants waiting for the asylum process to be restored for two years now that the doors have been closed to them," says attorney Dulce Garcia, who serves as executive director with Border Angels, a group that is helping support 17 shelters in Tijuana housing migrants who are waiting for the opportunity to seek asylum.
Title 42 is a policy that dates back to World War II. It allows the government to block asylum applications during times of public health crisis.
“As people are returning to this new normal, we’re wondering why is it that asylum-seekers, the most vulnerable among migrants, are still stuck in Tijuana without the ability to cross," said Garcia.
Read Full Article Here
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As Title 42 winds down, aid groups prepare for shift at US border
For two years, thousands of people have lived in overcrowded shelters or makeshift camps in Tijuana, Mexico, waiting for the United States to reopen a legal pathway to asylum.
Now, as the Biden administration moves ahead with its plan to end Title 42, a health order invoked due to COVID-19 that effectively barred most asylum seekers from entering the US, aid groups at the border are preparing for a shift in migration patterns.
“We expect more people to start arriving [in Tijuana] with the anticipation that they will be processed,” said Dulce Garcia, executive director of Border Angels, a non-profit that funds rent, water, power and food at 17 shelters in Tijuana.
To prepare, Border Angels is expanding shelter capacity, calling for volunteers, and holding regular meetings to combat misinformation.
But Garcia said the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which last week announced that Title 42 would be rescinded by May 23, has not communicated how it plans to process people once the policy ends, making it difficult to advise asylum seekers.
Read Full Article Here
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We have everything from t-shirts, to totes, to water bottles! All merchandise purchases go towards our programs and life-saving work.
Visit our online shop here.
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Looking for asylum-seeking resources? / Busca recursos sobre asilo?
Visit our page on the link below for the most up-to-date asylum information, including the latest Know Your Rights session presented by Borderline Crisis Center.
Visite nuestra pagina web en el enlace de abajo para la information mas reciente sobre el asilo incluyendo la sesion mas reciente de Conozca Sus Derechos presentada por Borderline Crisis Center.
Click Here
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A quick reminder that there are many ways to support us and get involved with Border Angels!
DM, FB message, or email us any of your questions at [email protected]
We appreciate you!!
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