San Diego Foundation stands with our immigrant neighbors in this urgent moment.
As a community foundation with a long history of crisis response, we believe in a just, equitable and resilient San Diego—where every person has the opportunity to prosper, thrive and belong.
Immigrants are San Diegans. Our neighbors, co-workers and friends. Small business owners, caregivers and students. Immigrants serve our economy, enrich our culture and raise their families with the same hopes we all share – for safety, opportunity and freedom.
Recent ICE activity in places like restaurants, schools and courthouses threaten immigrant rights and erode public trust, setting dangerous precedents for how some members of our community are treated under the law. We believe in upholding the rule of law—fairly and consistently—and in ensuring peaceful voices are heard and due processes are available for all. These are not partisan principles; they are American ones.
We believe in our shared responsibility to defend the rights of those furthest from opportunity. That’s why, in partnership with the Peacemakers Fund at San Diego Foundation, we’ve made a $125,000 grant to the Immigrant Legal Services Coalition of San Diego, led by Jewish Family Service of San Diego and Casa Cornelia Law Center. This support helps ensure families have access to legal counsel and their rights are protected.
Diversity is San Diego’s strength. It drives creativity, fuels innovation and strengthens decision-making with varied perspectives and experiences. We invite those with the freedom to give to support community-based organizations working to uphold safety, dignity and fairness for all.
San Diegans demonstrate their generosity and empathy not by how we treat people at their best, but how we stand by them at their most vulnerable moments. Let’s ensure our region is a place where values like generosity and empathy remain at the heart of our community; and where the American dream is more than a promise; it’s a practice.
