Marcha Migrante

About 25 volunteers with Border Angels gathered Wednesday afternoon at St. Philip-the-Apostle Episcopal Church to make sandwiches that they delivered to day laborers in the area.

The effort was part of Marcha Migrante, a five-day trek going on here and in Mexico that began Wednesday at Friendship Park in San Diego and Playas Tijuana.

Border Angels was created in 1986 by Enrique Morones as a humanitarian outreach project to help migrants living in canyons in North County.

“We’re nonpartisan, we’re not religious; we’re a faith-based group. And our faith is loving and believing in our fellow man," Morones says. "We’re all the same race; the human race.”

The sixth annual bi-national walk, organized by Border Angels, is being done to promote immigration reform on both sides of the border.

“Every year we do Marcha Migrante -- this is Marcha Migrante Seis Trail of Tears -- to let people know we need immigration reform."

"Lemon Grove is a very important community" Morones says. "We have a lot of support from Lemon Grove, we have migrants from Lemon Grove. So for us, it’s very important to be here like we are today."

The group spent the night at the church and continued with the trek Thursday, heading out in the morning for Tecate. The march goes through Sunday, when these volunteers will meet up with the rest of the group -- about 125 strong -- in Mexicali.