Local Volunteer Opportunity

Many of you have heard about the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) street releases of asylum seeking migrants taking place throughout the county over the last several days. Lead organizations in the community have coordinated a response and are in need of volunteers and donations. Volunteers support with assistance with scheduling onward travel, contacting family members/sponsors, translation, identifying shelter needs, and others. Asylum seekers speak Spanish, French, Arabic, Farsi, Kurdish, Chinese and other languages.

If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, more information is available below. 

• Casa Familiar

  • To volunteer email Keyna Sevilla at kenyas@casafamiliar.org

  • Donations needed including hand sanitizer, masks, non-pork food items, snacks and water can be dropped off at 268 W Park Ave., San Ysidro CA 92173, M-F 8am-6pm

• Immigrant Defenders

  • Immigrant Defenders Law Center: San Diego Migrant Integration Volunteers (signupgenius.com) (volunteers)

• Interfaith Services

  • Interfaith: Asylum Volunteer Responders (signupgenius.com) (volunteers and in-kind donations)

• Miles4Migrants is teaming up with JFS and the San Diego Rapid Response Network to support onward travel.

  • Campaign - M4M & JFS - Miles4Migrants