"Santa Clara County's resistance to federal immigration crackdowns is about to get more organized. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will vote on taking steps to shift county personnel and form a county-coordinated regional response to ICE raids and residents facing deportation. It comes as county leaders have put $13 million since December into deportation legal defense and the Rapid Response Network."
"The network - run by Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network (SIREN) and Amigos de Guadalupe - deploys attorneys to observe arrests and raids and provides guidance for detainees' families. The county has invested more than San Francisco, which secured a $3.4 million philanthropic grant for immigrant legal services, and more than Alameda and San Mateo counties, which have spent between $2 million and $4 million."
Santa Clara County will vote to shift county personnel and form a county-coordinated regional response to ICE raids and residents facing deportation. County leaders have allocated $13 million since December for deportation legal defense and the Rapid Response Network, operated by SIREN and Amigos de Guadalupe, which deploys attorneys to observe arrests and guide detainees' families. The county has invested more than neighboring San Francisco, Alameda, and San Mateo. Officials seek to balance lawful advocacy with avoiding federal retaliation after the Department of Homeland Security cited the county for obstructing immigration laws. The proposal would redirect staff and identify funding amid projected budget deficits and $4.4 billion federal revenue losses.
Read at San Jose Spotlight
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]