Giving Compass' Take:

• Various organizations are committed to helping provide basic needs and services to migrants at the U.S./Mexico border waiting to apply for asylum. 

• Will services be available for long-term help for migrants after they are granted asylum and move into the country?

• Read about the five ways that immigration can enhance a country's culture. 

Many people have expressed outrage since seeing pictures of unarmed mothers and children coughing, crying, and running away from tear gas at the U.S.-Mexico border.

More than 5,800 migrants from Central America have been dwelling at the Benito Juarez Sports Complex in Tijuana, Mexico, just one block away from the border, waiting to apply for asylum. U.S. Customs and Border Protection only processes between 40 and 80 cases a day at that site, which means migrants may wait weeks or months with limited access to food, water, health services, and other basic needs and supplies.

The mayor of Tijuana, Juan Manuel Gastélum, has said the city cannot support the migrants alone and is asking the Mexican government and the United Nations for humanitarian aid. In the meantime, several human rights groups and nonprofit organizations, which we've listed below, are addressing the crisis by providing families with supplies and legal services.

  • Border Angels:  Border Angels volunteers are delivering supplies to migrants in Tijuana. You can help by purchasing essential items, such as children's clothes, blankets, and diapers, through digital registries at Target and Walmart.
  • Otay Mesa Detention Resistance: The organization supports migrants and refugees currently held in and recently released from the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California.
  •  The Sanctuary Caravan: A group supporters, including faith, labor, and community leaders, accompanying migrant children and their families at the border.
  • The San Diego Rapid Response Network:  The coalition provides these families with basic supplies, legal services, and information about the rights of asylum seekers, as well as travel and limited financial assistance to help them reach loved ones in other U.S. cities.

Read the full article about how to help migrants at the border by Victoria Rodriguez at Mashable