Last fall, when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement alerted the San Diego Rapid Response Network it would begin releasing asylum-seekers – including families with children – onto the streets, the county’s interfaith, social services and human rights organizations responded by setting up temporary shelters.
“A rapid response team here in San Diego brings asylum-seekers who’ve been released by border officials to a shelter, provide food and medical attention, and assists the asylum-seekers in arranging transportation to family members or others who will host them while their cases are adjudicated,” said San Diego Assisting Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, adding that the adjudication process can sometimes take years.
