Helping People in Need During The Border Crisis Hole in the Air

In this episode, Hole in the Air focuses on the border crisis by learning about the insights and experiences of one agency, the Salvadoran American Leadership and Education Fund (SALEF). SALEF Executive Director Jocelyn Duarte, M.A., and SALEF Vice President David Giron describe efforts to help migrants in dire circumstances, many of whom have fled life-threatening situations only to be stuck in an inhumane political and legal purgatory not of their making. SALEF is a much-acclaimed non-profit that for more than 20 years has helped many people and communities in Los Angeles and elsewhere; in addition to such work, during the current, heightened border crisis, SALEF personnel and additional volunteers have been traveling to the border area, particularly Tijuana, on their own time, providing much needed assistance -- food, supplies, medicine, clothing, friendship and guidance -- to very vulnerable people who remain in harm's way kept in what are often quite harsh and inadequate settings Those helped by SALEF include people from the Northern Triangle (Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador), Venezuela, Haiti and Nicaragua, as well as internally displaced Mexicans from Southern Mexico.

Also participating in this discussion are Hole in the Air's Renee Nahum and Paul Michael Neuman. The episode was recorded on September 15, 2019.