Volunteer Opportunities Supporting Migrants at the Border

Border Angels: Border Angels is a nonprofit organization that advocates for human rights, humane immigration reform, and social justice with a special focus on  issues related to the US-Mexican border.

• Donate to Border Angels
• Volunteer with Border Angels. Border Angels needs volunteers for their Water Drops, Caravan of Love, and Day Laborer Outreach. Volunteers at Water Drops leave water in the desert along paths most commonly traveled by migrants on the 2nd Saturday of the month. The Caravan of Love program takes place on the 4th Saturday of the month and provides donations of non-perishable food items, new clothing, hygiene products, etc. to migrant asylum seekers who arrive in Tijuana as part of the Central American caravan. The Day Laborer Outreach program provides food, water, clothes, and hygiene products at sites where day laborers congregate while providing moral and emotional support, documenting their stories, and providing free immigration and employee rights consultations to those in need. 

Jewish Family Service: JFS has been working to ensure San Diego remains a welcoming place for those in search of a safer life. Community support makes their humanitarian response possible, empowers refugees to rebuild their lives, and helps San Diego welcome immigrants with compassion.

• Donate to the San Diego Rapid Response Network (SDRRN) Migrant Shelter Services Operated by JFS. SDRRN is a coalition of human rights and service organizations, attorneys, and community leaders dedicated to aiding immigrants and their families in the San Diego border region.
• JFS is recruiting volunteers for the following roles: Immigration Volunteer Translator/Interpreter, Immigration Administrative Support, Immigration Citizenship Instruction, and Immigration Case Aide. You can learn more and apply here. 

Al Otro Lado: Al Otro Lado provides holistic legal and humanitarian support to refugees, deportees, and other migrants in the US and Tijuana through a multidisciplinary, client-centered, harm reduction-based practice.

• Donate to Al Otro Lado
• Al Otro Lado welcomes volunteer attorneys, accredited representatives, paralegals, law students, social workers, interpreters, translators, and other individuals who are passionate about immigrant rights to volunteer with their organization. Some of their projects that need volunteers include: Border Rights Project - Tijuana, Otay Mesa Detention Center Release Project - San Diego, Deportee Program - Tijuana + Los Angeles, Family Reunificiation Project, and Remote Legal Team. You can learn more about volunteering here.