Border Angels, activist evoke strong reactions
Outreach efforts began with delivery of food and clothes to Carlsbad migrants

signonsandiego.com
Written by
Elizabeth Aguilera
12:01 a.m., Nov. 18, 2011

A quarter-century ago, an encounter with dozens of undocumented immigrants living in caves and cardboard shelters transformed a marketing specialist for a hotel chain.

Enrique Morones saw them make tents out of tarps and tree branches. He heard them talk about long days of work as gardeners, fruit pickers, construction workers — and sometimes not getting paid. Before the trip, which he made with a church group, Morones never knew there were migrants struggling to survive in the canyons of Carlsbad.

“I couldn’t believe that people lived in this type of situation, not just men but women and children living in these conditions in the most powerful nation in the world,â€