Shelter in Mexicali closes amid pandemic

October 26, 2020 7:26 PM

Published October 26, 2020 11:39 AM

MEXICALI B.C. (KYMA, KECY) - One migrant shelter in Mexicali that housed about 150 refugees has now closed.

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Altagracia Madueño, the founder of the Cobina Civil Association, ran three migrant shelters that housed about 245 refugees predominately from Central America. Now there’s two shelters housing all of them.

The shelters are still not receiving the same amount of donations they were prior to the pandemic and asylum cases are not moving along.

Go Fund me link to help shelters below:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-refugees-in-meicali

Article Topic Follows: Immigration

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Gianella Ghiglino

Peruvian-born and LA raised Gianella Ghiglino joins the team from the San Fernando valley. “LA is the place that taught me how to breath and Peru is my breath.” She says she was inspired by the community she grew up in and began documenting her experience through poetry at the age of 7. “I wrote about everything I saw, felt and everything that inspired me.” When she entered High School she joined her school news station and realized that broadcast journalism allowed her to pursue her passion and her purpose all at once. Gianella attended Cal State Northridge and received a Bachelors degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Spanish Broadcast Journalism, and Political Science. She did several internships while in College but most notably interned for PBS’s local LA station for three years. “My purpose is to share my story and of those in my community, my passion is writing.”

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