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.
To view the Core Partners, Legal Partners, and Participating Organizations, please click here.
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. Learn more in our Newsroom.
Your Support is Vital to Running the Migrant Family Shelter
A migrant shelter was started in late October 2018 to provide meals, medical care, legal services, and travel aid to 200 individuals; nearly 50-60 families a day. The number of migrants we host each night has increased to nearly 300 a night as of April 2019. Funds are needed for the shelter to maintain its daily operation and provide basic necessities, such as food, blankets and bedding, portable showers, baby/children needs, and toiletries. The funding will also help SDRRN provide free legal representation for these families and fund bond fees.
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Donate Needed Items
All shelter guests – babies, infants, children, and adults – discard their old clothes for health and hygiene reasons and are provided with new underwear, clean clothes, and shoes. Before they leave to reconnect with loved ones, asylum-seeking families are provided with additional clothes for what is often a multi-day bus ride.
You can donate these needed items to the locations below:
Good Samaritan Episcopal Church
4321 Eastgate Mall, San Diego 92121
Drop Off Hours
Monday-Friday 9:00am-3:00pm.
Our Lady of Guadalupe – Barrio Logan
1770 Kearny Ave, San Diego CA, 92113
Drop Off Hours
Monday- Friday 9am-4pm
Saturday & Sunday 9am-2pm
We have also set up an Amazon wishlist where you can donate requested items that will help families begin their journey in the United States.
GoFundMe Campaign
We started a campaign on GoFundMe to take advantage of their easy-to-share platform.
To donate and share, visit GoFundMe.com/MigrantReliefSD.
In The News
The U.S.-Mexico Immigration Agreement Does Virtually Nothing for the Migrant Crisis
June 12, 2019
This video segment explains the politics behind the U.S-Mexico immigration agreement and includes footage of the JFS Migrant Family Shelter. County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher and an asylum-seeking guest are both interviewed.
Click here to watch the story from Vice News
Texas flights brought flu outbreak to San Diego migrant shelter: county officials
May 23, 2019
Mainly children have shown flu-like symptoms since arriving at the shelter, county officials said.
Click here to read the San Diego Union-Tribune story
San Diego Rapid Response Network Recognized with 2019 Grand Golden Watchdog Award, the San Diego County Taxpayers Association Highest Honor
May 16, 2019
KUSI | Good Morning San Diego | KOGO-AM (Radio)
Shelter Helps Legal Migrants Reach Their Sponsors
May 9, 2019
San Diego Jewish World Reporter Don Harrison takes a closer look at the humanitarian aid asylum-seeking families receive at our migrant shelter. From food to medical help to transportation, he explains how families begin their new lives in the United States.
Click here to read the San Diego Jewish World story
Asylum-Seekers Face Anxious Wait at Border
May 6, 2019
China’s leading English-language newspaper highlights our migrant shelter and the services we provide to asylum-seekers from Central America. CEO Michael Hopkins talks about the hardships families face in order to access this critical humanitarian aid.
Click here to read the story from The China Daily
