San Diego is the largest land border crossing in the world and has been a highly active location for deportations, rights violations, and abuse by Customs Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The SDRRN was activated to respond to increased immigration enforcement activities within San Diego County and humanitarian issues arising at the border, including widespread family separation and unjust deportation of asylum seekers presenting at the Port-of-Entry.
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We Need Your Support
Families are arriving in our community in desperate need of our help. They have traveled hundreds, if not thousands of miles to flee violence, suffering, and persecution in their homelands in search of a safer, better life.
Immigration authorities are releasing these families after being vetted by Homeland Security in San Diego and giving them the right to live in the U.S. while they await the outcome of their application for asylum.
GoFundMe Campaign – Migrant Family Shelter
A migrant shelter was started in late October to provide meals, medical care, legal services, and travel aid to 30-40 families a day. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched by the San Diego Rapid Response Network to raise funds for the shelter to maintain its daily operation and provide basic necessities, such as food, blankets and bedding, portable showers, baby/children needs and toilets. The funding will also help SDRRN provide free legal representation for these families and fund bond fees. To donate and share, visit GoFundMe.com/MigrantReliefSD.
Travel Fund for Migrant Families
The Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego has established a travel fund to support cross-country travel expenses for these migrant families. To donate, visit sharejourneysd.org/families.
Donate Needed Items
Shop our Amazon wish list to contribute specific items that the shelter needs.
In The News
County Board of Supervisors’ Approves Temporary Migrant Shelter Site
January 29, 2019
The County Board of Supervisors voted to use a County-owned facility as a temporary migrant shelter to house legal, initially processed asylum-seeking families.
Pre-vote: CBS 8 | CW San Diego | ABC 10News | KPBS | KPBS Evening Edition | KUSI
Post-vote: Voice of San Diego | KUSI | Fox 5 San Diego | KPBS | NBC San Diego | The Coast News | County News Center | San Diego Union-Tribune | Times of San Diego | San Diego Patch | KUSI | San Diego Metro | Courthouse News | TIME (via Associated Press) | New York Post | KTLA (via AP) | East County Magazine | San Diego CityBeat
There’s a humanitarian crisis going on at our southern border
January 24, 2019
The SDRRN shelter is featured in this look at how changes in immigration policy are leaving asylum seekers stranded.
Click here to watch the video from Vox Media - Consider It
A mile in their shoes: Inside San Diego’s migrant shelter
January 18, 2019
A photo-essay look at the shelter we run as part of the San Diego Rapid Response Network (SDRRN).
Click here to read the San Diego Union Tribune story
As Government Pulls Back, Charities Step In to Help Released Migrants
January 14, 2019
NYT visits the SDRRN shelter run by JFS and partners.
Click here to read the New York Times story
