James Cordero By Diana Valenzuela Click here to view the original news story This nonprofit aids asylum-seekers by providing water to refugees crossing the desert. Can you remember a time when the Mexican-American border wasn’t a mainstay on the nightly news? For decades, you’ve turned on the television only to hear politicians…
A group of migrants from Colombia wait by make-shift shelters in the Jacumba wilderness, May 13, 2023. Hundreds have been waiting in the area for days to be processed by immigration authorities with little food or water. (Zoë Meyers/inewsource) by Sofía Mejías-Pascoe and Zoë Meyers Click here to view the original news story…
ABC 10News reporter Madison Weil spoke to people who went out of their way on Mother’s Day to help moms in need at the U.S.-Mexico border. By: Madison Weil Click here to view the original news story SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KGTV) — Some San Diegans spent their Mother’s Day at the…
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Click here to view the original news story >> And Arizona is not the only state with a stay ready mindset. Right now, one non-profit in California is also prepping for May 11th, but also beyond James Corderro was with border kindness in San Diego, California. They provide food, shelter, clothing, medical care, legal services to asylum seekers and migrants.…
Jacqueline Arellano hikes through a wash she suspects migrants move through on their way north after crossing the border. She volunteers with Border Kindness, a group that is extending its services to desert areas around Yuma, Ariz., to assist lost or hurt migrants. Ash Ponders for NPR Click…
Activity is picking up along the San Diego border. Border patrol reports that in March there was a nearly 30 percent increase in crossing compared to that time last year. Loved ones are appealing for information after a couple was beaten and mugged during a night out in…
Heard on Morning Edition Jasmine Garsd The boats are believed to have been bringing migrants into the U.S. The victims who were found at the scene were not wearing a life jackets. Click here to view the original news story Transcript: LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: At least eight people died over the…
Intensifying weather, increasing militarization, and disparities in immigration policies have heightened the risks to migrants attempting to cross the border. by Roberto Camacho Click here to view the original news story Although the number of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border has steadily increased since 2020, they have sharply spiked…
James Cordero and Jaqueline Arellano from Border Kindness spoke to ABC 10News about the Biden administration’s border policy after dozens of migrants had to be rescued from the Tijuana River early Thursday morning. Click here to view the original news story By: Jermaine Ong SAN YSIDRO, Calif. (KGTV) –…
Recorren a pie de tres a 10 millas para dejar en el desierto abrigo, alimento y agua para quienes luchan por sobrevivir el terreno arenoso. Por Aurora Solorio Recorren a pie de tres a diez millas para dejar en el desierto abrigo, alimento y agua para quienes luchan por sobrevivir…
Should Title 42 end, nonprofit Border Kindness says they’ll be ready to continue helping migrants By Kelvin Henry Click here to view the original news story San Diego Nonprofit Continues Helping Migrants as End to Title 42 Looms NBC Universal, Inc. Local nonprofit Border Kindness says it’s important to help…
Armida Gomez, 34, left, and Jasmin Garcia, 26, pay their respects on April 23, 2022, at the site where three sisters died during a snowstorm in February 2020. A pair of pants is seen in the shadows that was left as rescue crews attempted to save the life of Juana…
By: Ciara Encinas Click here to view the original news story Honor Flight San Diego leaving for Washington D.C. Friday SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — San Diego now has a temporary migrant processing facility. Over the past several years we’ve mainly seen them in Arizona and Texas, but it is the…
Heard on All Things Considered Jasmine Garsd The Biden administration plans to sharply limit who can apply for asylum at the southern U.S. border. The border city of Calexico, Calif., recently declared a state of emergency over immigration. Click here to view the original news story Transcript: MARY LOUISE KELLY,…
Member of the search and rescue team Paralelo 31, walks in a desert while on a search mission for the corpse of migrants in Agua Caliente, Arizona, U.S., February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura by Diana Baptista, David Sherfinski Click here to view the original news story What’s the context? Undocumented…
A Border Kindness group heads out just after sunrise. An average group is “usually around 8 to 12 people with an average hike length of 5 to 10 miles,” Cordero says. Image by James Cordero The California-based nonprofit provides food, shelter, clothing, medical care, and legal aid to those displaced…
Click here to listen to the podcast Ep. #47 – We discuss our experience at our first Water Drop with Border Kindness. A truly humbling experience. We can’t wait to go back.
Members of the group Border Kindness drop water and other supplies for migrants in the mountains near the Imperial and San Diego counties border, Aug. 13, 2022. (Zoë Meyers/inewsource) Click here to view the original news story by Sofía Mejías-Pascoe August 29, 2022 “Desconocido/a.” The engraving on a heart-shaped plaque posted…
Click here to view the original news story By Alisa Reznick Published: Thursday, August 25, 2022 – 5:48am Updated: Thursday, August 25, 2022 – 11:26am Listen to this story Download mp3 (6.61 MB) Alisa Reznick/KJZZ James Holeman maps out the day’s trek with Jasdeep Singh, another U.S. Marine veteran and…
Joel Smith checks a water station in the desert south of Tucson. (Photo credit: Melissa del Bosque) Click here to view the original news story “No matter who’s in charge or what party it is, the deaths continue.” Melissa del Bosque Aug 9 Every week, Joel Smith, a former Marine,…
Click here to listen to the podcast Ep. #46 – Welcome back to South of the 8. We at South of the 8 care very much about border issues and the culture surrounding it which is why we are proud to present an interview with the Co-Directors of the Border…
Volunteers with Border Kindness’ water drop program maintain about 100 caches of water and other items for migrants in the desert and mountains of western Imperial and eastern San Diego counties. | PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMES CORDERO Click here to view the original news story Humanitarian Groups’ Efforts Aim to…
Water Stations founder John Hunter, right, is shown with volunteers setting up a water station in the desert west of Ocotillo in April. | JULIO MORALES PHOTO Humanitarian Groups’ Efforts Aim to Reduce Migrants’ Deaths in Inhospitable Terrain of Imperial, San Diego Counties Click here to view the original…
Click here to view the original news story and video. “This world doesn’t want to see us,” Fiterson Janvier says By Will Grant BBC News, Mexicali, Mexico 24 September 2021 Even in late summer, few migrants attempt to cross into the United States from the Mexican border town of Mexicali.…
Click here to view the original news story and video. September 7, 2021 On Aug. 24, the Supreme Court denied President Biden’s bid to rescind the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy, formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocol. The immigration policy, implemented by former President Donald Trump, forced thousands of asylum-seekers…
Click here to view the original news story. by Pia Peterson, BuzzFeed News Photo Editor, and Hailey Sadler, Community Contributor Posted on July 28, 2021, at 2:35 p.m. ET “We are running away from one place, and we end up coming to an even worse one,” says Miriam Rodríguez, an…
The Sonora Desert (Photograph by Christopher Morris / Corbis via Getty Images) 07.12.2021 WORDS BY YESSENIA FUNES Click here for the original story. Every year, hundreds of migrants die trying to cross the border into the U.S. The Frontline explores how last month’s historic heat wave may have made a bad situation…
Click here to view the original news story. Decisions often hinge on daily capacity at holding facilities, shelters in U.S., Mexico The number of migrant families seeking to enter the U.S. along its southern border, including these people in March near La Joya, Texas, has surged in the past few…
Click here to view the original news story. By Max Rivlin-Nadler / Speak City Heights Reporter Contributors: Matthew Bowler / Video Journalist Published February 18, 2021 at 2:30 PM PST A migrant calls out numbers from the unofficial list of asylum-seekers in Tijuana on July 16, 2019 Feb 19, 2021 Biden Administration To Start Processing…
Click here to view the original news story. By Michel Marizco, Lauren Gilger Published: Monday, April 20, 2020 – 6:08pm Updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 – 2:09pm Listen Now Download mp3 (6.6 MB) The U.S. government has extended for another month the health protocols it used to quickly deport people crossing the border…
Click here to view the original news story and video. By — Yamiche Alcindor Dec 20, 2019 6:40 PM EST According to the U.S. Immigration Policy Center, one in four asylum seekers forced by the Trump administration to remain in Mexico encounters violence there. Yamiche Alcindor looks at the risks they…
Click here to view the original news story. By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Updated 1658 GMT (0058 HKT) December 20, 2019 Conditions worsen for US asylum seekers along the border 04:14 [ Click here for video ] Washington (CNN)The whereabouts of thousands of migrants waiting in Mexico for their upcoming court date…
Click here to view the original news story. Santo Catalino López Velásquez poses with his baby daughter, toddler son and wife Fidelia Jaqueline García Álvarez inside a shelter for immigrants in Mexicali, Mexico. Photograph: Emilio Espejel/The Guardian Tom Phillips in Mexicali Fri 20 Dec 2019 04.30 EST Alex Guevara weeps as he…
Click here to view the original news story. By Victoria Ward 7 OCTOBER 2019 • 8:02PM The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have indicated their support for a Californian migrant charity that opposes what it calls Donald Trump’s “shameful” border wall plan. The couple have chosen to highlight a number…
Click here to view the original news story. The royal couple continued their tradition of rotating the accounts they follow every month, with the theme for October being “community” By Stephanie Petit October 07, 2019 12:34 PM Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have refreshed their exclusive Instagram following list once again! The couple continued their…
Click here to view the original news story. Clementa Perez, 39, carries her youngest, Jaily Perez, 2. She along with her two children sleep on mattresses on the open floor at the Hijo Prodigo shelter in Mexicali. The large room once used as a movie theater is now used as…
Click here to view the original news story. Tania (not her real name) washes clothes at a shelter in Mexicali where she stayed with her family for several weeks, first waiting to apply for asylum, and then waiting for a court hearing. A week after this photo was taken, she…
Click here to view the original news story. People eat dinner at Cobina Posada del Migrante, a migrant shelter on April 3, 2019 in Mexicali, Mexico. Many of the migrants who stay at the shelter are seeking asylum and will be affected by the Migrant Protections Protocols, a policy that…
Click here to view the original news story. Fecha 02.05.2019 Autor Sandra Weiss México es un país dividido entre los derechos de los migrantes, los intereses económicos y la presión de Donald Trump, quien amenaza con cerrar la frontera. El alojamiento de Altagracia Tamayo está lleno: la activista ha acogido…
Click here to view the original news story. April 6, 20198:16 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday Mexicali has become the latest city along the border where the Trump administration has begun making migrants wait in Mexico for their asylum hearings. NGOs are facing an overwhelming situation. SCOTT SIMON, HOST:…