A California county board voted this week to invest $2.2 million in taxpayer funds to shield foreign nationals from President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts.
During the Alameda County Board of Supervisors’ Tuesday meeting, members unanimously voted in favor of investing millions into providing legal services and other resources to the area’s immigrant community. In February, the board allocated another $1.3 million to the Alameda County Public Defender Office’s Immigration Unit.
‘Pre-emptive legal services.’
Several residents spoke Tuesday during public comments, all of whom supported funding the programs. Community speakers urged the board members to protect foreign nationals, citing fear within the community over Trump’s deportation efforts.
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One resident, a member of the East Bay Democratic Socialists of America, told board members, “They [immigrants] desperately need our support
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