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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.

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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

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There’s a humanitarian crisis going on at our southern border

Consider It - Vox Media

January 24, 2019

The SDRRN shelter is featured in this look at how changes in immigration policy are leaving asylum seekers stranded.

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A mile in their shoes: Inside San Diego’s migrant shelter

The San Diego Union-Tribune

January 18, 2019

A photo-essay look at the shelter we run as part of the San Diego Rapid Response Network (SDRRN).

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As Government Pulls Back, Charities Step In to Help Released Migrants

The New York Times

January 14, 2019

NYT visits the SDRRN shelter run by JFS and partners.

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County Moves to Aid Asylum-Seekers

The San Diego Union-Tribune

January 9, 2019

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Big Struggle to Shelter Asylum Seekers

The San Diego Union-Tribune

December 28, 2018

Click here to read the San Diego Union-Tribune story

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Coming Together to Help Migrant Families

San Diego Jewish World

November 20, 2018

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