The local news segment “San Diego People” takes an in-depth look at the migrants crossing the Mexico border to seek asylum. Our CEO, Michael Hopkins, talks with Sandra Maas about the work JFS is doing through the Rapid Response Network to assist this vulnerable population.

Leah Chavarria, our Senior Immigration Lawyer, is interviewed about the Administration’s plans to expand the program beyond the San Diego-Tijuana corridor.

Since the end of the Safe Release program, migrant families are being dropped off on the streets without any resources. ABC 10 reporter Matt Boone explains how JFS stepped up to create a shelter for asylum-seekers and help them with travel plans as they await a court date.

The Administration’s policy of requiring some asylum seekers to stay in Mexico for the duration of their immigration hearing is spurring confusion among migrants and immigration lawyers who are trying to represent them. JFS immigration attorneys speak to the difficulty of working with clients under the new policy.

The County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency created a video showing the work they do for asylum-seekers in the shelter we operate with as part of the San Diego Rapid Response Network. We would like to thank them and the hardworking nurses who conduct health screenings for these families and individuals seeking asylum.

The Board of Supervisors, at the urging of Cox and Fletcher, approved a lease with JFS to operate the shelter as part of the San Diego Rapid Response Network until the end of 2019.

Our Safe Parking Program is featured in this investigative look into how workers struggle to access jobs across the country.

We’ve seen the video of migrant families huddled at the border seeking asylum, but what happens when they reach the other side? Paola Mendoza, an activist and film director, introduces us to the San Diego Rapid Response Network’s shelter which is helping families take their first steps towards a new life.

CNN follows Gov. Newsom as he tours the migrant shelter that now has funding from the state.

The New York Jewish Week explains the involvement of JFS in providing humanitarian help to asylum-seekers.

KUSI News story on how the SDRRN migrant shelter helps asylum-seekers in San Diego.

Jean Guerrero’s story for KPBS on a Nicaraguan mother seeking asylum in San Diego with her four children.

Times of San Diego story on Nathan Fletcher’s response to Gov. Newsom’s emergency funding bill.

Jean Guerrero’s written story for KPBS from her shelter visit this week.

Voice of San Diego and NBC 7 San Diego’s “San Diego Explained” story on the asylum process, including an interview with Kate.

The “Smart Giving, Smart Chicken” Holiday Challenge Helps Families Struggling with Food Insecurity.

Read the coverage surrounding the County Board of Supervisors vote to use a County-owned facility as a temporary migrant shelter to house legal, initially processed asylum-seeking families.

An interview with Dr. Morgan Shaw, speaker at our Behavioral Health Committee discussion where we will screen the documentary, “Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope”.

The shelter we run as part of the San Diego Rapid Response Network (SDRRN) is featured in look at how changes in immigration policy are leaving asylum seekers stranded.

Affected by government shutdown? Special food assistance hours every Tuesday until shutdown ends.

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

Many government workers are hurting due to the shutdown. JFS has started special food assistance hours.

In their Making it in San Diego series, ABC explores how our Safe Parking Program is a safety net when seniors fall into homelessness.

Over the last year, Mayor Kevin Faulconer and other city leaders dramatically increased city spending to aid homeless San Diegans. Jewish Family Service’s Safe Parking Program is one of the program showing positive impact.

Newsom says stranded migrants need more help from all levels of government.