The delegation of the Western MA Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice who traveled to the Brownsville/Matamoros border for a week in February 2020 have seen and felt very directly the hardship faced by
the migrants stuck in the tent encampment in Matamoros, as well as the amazing organizations and individuals providing much needed care every day.
DONATIONS
Below is information about the organizations and individuals we supported, all of whom we met personally and in
most cases volunteered with. If you are interested in making a donation to support humanitarian and legal assistance for asylum seekers stuck in Mexico under MPP, we have total confidence that your donations to any of
these groups will work to improve the lives of the over 2500 asylum seekers in Matamoros:
–Angry Tias and Abuelas of the Rio Grande Valley. Small team of women dedicated to “health, safety, and support for human dignity and justice for asylum-seekers.” They provide information on legal rights, as well as emergency food, water, housing, transportation, clothing, toiletries and other necessities.
https://www.angrytiasandabuelas.com/mission-index-impact
–Team Brownsville: Local volunteer organization that prepares and serves dinner and sandwiches every evening for residents of the refugee camp and runs “La Escuelita” school program for children and teens.
https://www.teambrownsville.org
–Resource Center Matamoros: “A humanitarian organization that provides a safe space where refugees can access legal, medical, and social support services, helping restore their dignity as they move toward self
sufficiency.” https://www.resourcecentermatamoros.org/latest-news
–Jodi Goodwin: Immigration lawyer who works daily with asylum-seekers on complex cases whose litigation can often lead to court rulings that change policy. https://www.jodigoodwin.com/attorney.html
–San Antonio Region Justice for Our Neighbors: Non-profit organization that provides legal advocacy for “immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers in and out of the courtroom in South Texas” and works for “immigration policies that treat everyone with compassion and guarantees access to legal counsel for all.” https://www.sarjfon.org
–Global-Response Matamoros: Volunteer organization providing daily medical care to the people in the refugee camp. https://www.global-response.org/matamoros
FOLLOW OUR GROUP AND EVENTS ON THE BORDER:
http://jewishactivistsforimmigrationjustice.blog/
https://www.facebook.com/JAIJWM/
https://www.facebook.com/witnessborder/
Sign up for Google Alerts – Matamoros
PLAN YOUR OWN TRIP: (VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS NEEDED!!)
Contact Team Brownsville, Witness at the Border, Angry Tias and Abuelas, (Global Response Matamoros if you are a medical professional) and Witness at the Border via the websites above.
Witness at the Border has a sign-up for people planning to come:
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSdnpjFX4uVK2JfmQ7s…/viewfor
m?fbclid=IwAR2YH9D9iStEfX5nfpixMvp-E6MigPKKxpRMDwzpO8xprKSKcUvrNZzwj9Q
Team Brownsville asks that you contact andrea@teambrownsville.org two months in advance. The protocol for volunteering is at the top of their FB page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/892168267800443/.