A migrant shelter in San Diego Close his doors and unpleases more than 100 employees due to financing and policy changes under the Trump administration.
The Jewish family service of San Diego, who has operated a regional migrant shelter for more than six years, announced that it will close his facility and will dismiss 115 employees because of “changes in federal financing and policy.”
“Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) is working on the developing needs of the community in response to recent and expected federal policy changes,” the organization said earlier.
The non-governmental organization (NGO) said that they have not received a new asylum-seeking families or individuals since the BP One Phone app fell on January 20.
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A migrant shelter in San Diego is concluded after receiving no newcomers after the end of the Trump administration of the BP One app on the inaugure day. (Fox 5 San Diego/Salvador Rivera/Border Report/Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
The app, which ultimately Immigrants are allowed to be conditional In the US, during the first Trump administration, it was established to help plan freight inspections.
It expanded in 2023 to enable migrants to make an appointment in a port of entry, initially due to an exception of the Title 42 Public Health Order. Since May they had the potential to be presented in the US as part of the expansion of the “legal paths” by the Biden administration.
From the end of December, more than 936,500 people had made agreements to be released by the app, according to customs and border protection.
Jewish Family Service says that since 2018 it has helped 200,000 migrants via San Diego County, so that they are temporarily sheltered, meals and transport to their latest destinations in the US, (Fox 5 San Diego/Salvador Rivera/Border Report)
“With migrants unable to no longer use the CBP One application, the San Diego Rapid Response Network (SDRRN) has migrant reception services managed by JFS, not received new asylum-seeking families and persons released from the federal guardianship in our short term Care because of these changes in federal financing will be paused until there is a better understanding of future needs of the community, “the statement continued.
A migrant is on the sleeping pillow in an improvised shelter in Denver, Colorado on Friday, January 13, 2023. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
The organization added that they “put its immigration efforts on providing pro bono legal services and resources to support the community.”
“We have prepared for these changes in federal policy and enforcement,” said CEO Michael Hopkins. “Although there are no longer any more individuals or families looking for asylum that have been released from federal immigration guardianship in the short term to our reception services, we see increased needs for legal assistance of immigration and other support for social services to vulnerable San Diegans. We. Also continue to work with our community partners to explore new ways to offer help.
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The organization received $ 22,077,365 in FEMA-money financed by the taxpayer In the tax year 2024, despite the fact that they claimed that they did not receive any money, according to Grant Records on the FEMA website.
Fox News Digital reached contact with the Jewish family service of San Diego and Fema, but did not immediately receive a statement.
Adam Shaw from Fox News Digital has contributed to this report.
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