I don't know the specific names of the charities involved . I heard this morning they had buses waiting to take them to a church where they had warm food . Then they had buses to help them get to their final destination where the migrants have friends or family .

Thank God for these volunteers on Christmas day and one of the coldest days ever.

Friendship Place + Central Union Mission + World Central Kitchen are the ones I donate to monthly that help the homeless or less fortunate.

The director/CEO of Food for America once or twice stood in line for food during a difficult period in her life and was struck by the kindness and no judgement.

I know Capitol Hill United Methodist Church was helping when they were bussing them to Union Station. From what I saw on the news last night, it looked like Catholic Charities was involved. You might want to contact both of these. At one point CHUMC was asking for backpacks.

The amount of love shown for these people who were sent here specifically to show “liberal hypocrisy” would be both uplifting and hilarious if it weren’t so sad that it happened in the first place.

Sanctuary DMV as you mentioned. Also, Lutheran Social Services North Capitol Area works with refugee populations. Remember they were at the forefront coordinating services and housing for individuals fleeing Afghanistan.

Might be nice to see the local buy nothing groups partner with some of these groups. However I know there are a lot of challenges with used and worn goods.

Know some people personally that are recent immigrants/migrants that have been helped by the variety of groups in the area (think Hyattsville might have a high concerning?). Just wish I could remember all the different charity and org names. Hopefully this thread gets bigger as anecdotally these groups have real lasting impact.

The sucky part is they still take the win because they weren't put up in a 5 star hotel.

SAMU First Response is the organization taking care of and settling the buses

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Migrant Help DMV is helping, from what I understand

Thank you! Backpacks, that’s interesting but makes total sense!

Thank you! I’ve tried to donate here and there to World Central Kitchen. Yes, thank goodness for those folks.

Thank you! Yeah, in addition to bigger orgs, would love to see maybe smaller local names (those are ones I don’t know of…) who have huge impact like you said.

Good to know — thank you!

Thank you! I like how they list items out.

I have been looking to find ways to help but it’s always so scary sending money. I have no idea if these places are still current but I have a bag of warm clothes I can donate.

Totally understand that!

You can also volunteer if you have the time and energy

The more you help the more TX keeps sending. It’s a troll job

When a group of migrants arrived in NY, the discussion was if they could be housed on a boat.

What many don't understand is that these migrants come here to work. They usually have family back home that are dependent on the few dollars they can send .

They are hard-working people. They don't come here to become a public charge. Their kids need to attend local schools, but that is a win/win if these kids can have a better chance in life .

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Go fuck yourself

Right. At the end of the day, they’re humans. Just want to help in any way I can. I think people would be shocked to learn how much America runs on migrant workers. The “no one wants to work” anymore crowd doesn’t like the migrants that come here for work and a better life.

I’d like to!

That's not why Texas, or Florida, or any other racist governor is sending them.

Show me where anyone told you that you had to house anyone. I'll wait.

They have a sign up page at WCK

https://wck.volunteerhub.com/vv2/

Some organizations doing a lot of the direct work with migrants being shipped from Texas (since August btw) are:

SAMU: https://samufirstresponse.org CARECEN: https://carecendc.org/ Sanctuary DMV: https://mobile.twitter.com/sanctuarydmv

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Here's an article from the summer. A lot of the orgs have been mentioned in this thread already but there's also a way to volunteer (if that's still active). https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/07/20/texass-migrant-buses-keep-rolling-into-dc-heres-how-you-can-help-those-on-board/

https://samufirstresponse.org/

Thank you for starting this thread!!

Angry MAGA/Trump/GQP Republican who realizes the "bus plan" is backfiring. I bet he calls himself a good Christian on Sundays. That and/or he's a Putin troll.

Thanks for getting this thread started.

Donate to legal aid organizations in the area.

Here’s a great link on how to donate and volunteer!

https://linktr.ee/dctxsolidarity22

straight up.

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I’ve emailed the archdiocese and asked to confirm whether Catholic Charities was still involved. I’d read that they had fizzled out. Mutual Aid for Migrants was listed in a couple news articles but I couldn’t find an actual website for them. I also tweeted at sanctuary dmv for their confirmation for donations. I’ll update when I hear something back.

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