Mayor Daniel Lurie's announcement of securing $3.4 million for immigrant legal defense was misleading, as the funding was awarded by the Crankstart Foundation to the Public Defender's Office. Lurie did not secure this grant; he only co-sponsored the legislation necessary to accept it. This process is routine, and critics have pointed out that simply sponsoring such legislation does not demonstrate effective support for immigrant protection. The administrative steps taken by Lurie garnered mixed reactions among former supervisors, highlighting the superficiality of the actions related to actual immigrant advocacy.
"Taking the technical step of accepting a grant that someone else applied for is not what they should be doing to protect immigrants."
"It's good for him to be associated with this issue," said former District 8 supervisor Bevan Dufty.
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