By Jennifer Fermino
Saying that immigrants are under attack because of President-elect
Donald Trump, a coalition of pols and immigration lawyers on Monday
announced $250,000 in state funds to go towards legal services for
people fighting deportations.
The money will go to the Vera Institute of Justice’s New York Immigrant
Family Unity Project, which reps indigent immigrants in court and
increases the chances that they won’t be deported by 1000%.
“I think everyone knows the hateful rhetoric that took place when it
came to our immigrant communities throughout this last campaign,” said
State Sen. Jeff Klein, who announced the funding along with other
members of the state Senate’s Independent Democratic Conference.
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Source: The New York Daily News (via The Empire Report)
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