The California Committee approves more than $ 2 million to provide services to illegal immigrants

California Committee He voted unanimously to award millions of dollars for services aimed at protecting illegal immigrants and refugees in the community.

The Committee of the Alamed County Supervisor in Oakland decided at a regular meeting on Tuesday to allocate about $ 2.2 million for communities in his area in response to President Donald Trump’s breakthrough about illegal immigration, at the request of Ad Hoc Alameda District for all the Committee.

“I’m committed and I believe supervisor [Elisa] Marquez is also dedicated to, to ensure that the Committee, the public has more information and that this work is truly effective in achieving each individual in this community that is potentially at risk, “Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas, the President of the Committee, said at the meeting.

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The minutes of the meeting show that the Committee has approved the use of $ 50,000 for the Asian Pacific Island Legal reach for “providing legal services and advocating marginalized immigrant community. “ The money is withdrawn from the savings fund in relation to 5 years and discretionary services and supply funds.

The Committee also approved up to $ 700,000 to use Centro Legal de la Raza to establish a telephone line for a quick response, know your rights training, legal services and the coordination of a network response in the community.

The organization describes itself as a “Agency for Legal Services that protects and progresses the rights of a community with low income, immigrants, black and Latinx through bilingual legal representation, education and advocacy.”

Trabajadores Unidos Workers United is also approved for up to $ 500,000, which will be used on “resources and preparation for immigrant and refugee community, including training, help and resources in the neighborhood.”

“Tuwu believes in the adherence to the power of immigrants of the working class through the forging of the Class Consciousness and the growth of the leadership of immigrants with low wages,” says the organization on its website. “Tuwu seeks to abolish exploitation in the workplace by organizing, political education and direct actions that transfer power to the hands of the working class.”

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California cooperation for immigrant justice has also received up to $ 1 million for legal services.

According to his website, the CCIJ mission is “to” use the coordination, advocacy and legal services to fight the liberation of immigrants in custody in California “.

“To work in the community, the proposal is that the county would finance half of the one -year budget, and a private collection of funds to finance the second half is happening,” Fortunato bass said partly.

Supervisor David Haubert said that financing “effort in the community” and that it was enabled through “public/private partnership”, emphasizing that the financial burden is not just in the county.

Fortunato Bas said on Wednesday in a Facebook post that one -third of the Alameda Immigrants District of the District of Alamed, and “half of our children grow up in a household with at least one parent of immigrants”.

“We are a diverse county, and our community needs protection. Federal administration policies cause fear among our residents,” she wrote in part. “The unanimous voting of the Supervisory Board shows the dedication of our county to our immigrant and refugee communities, which will have more access to critical information, services and legal support.”

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Money approved on Tuesday comes after the Committee approved $ 1.3 million in February for the immigration unit for public veteran Alameda, which provides defense and legal services illegal immigrants facing deportation, According to the Bay area NBC.