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Seattle Council adds $300,000 for immigrant legal defense in midyear budget
Summary
The Seattle City Council on Aug. 5 adopted an amendment to the midyear supplemental budget to provide $300,000 to the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs for legal defense of unaccompanied children; the amendment passed 5–2 with one member abstaining and the full bill passed as amended 7–0 with one abstention.
Council member Rink moved and the Seattle City Council adopted an amendment on Aug. 5 to the city’s midyear supplemental budget that directs $300,000 to the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (OIRA) to be distributed to nonprofit organizations providing legal defense for unaccompanied children facing detention and deportation.
The amendment passed in a roll-call vote, 5 in favor, 2 opposed and 1 abstention. Council members Solomon, Strauss, Hollingsworth, Rink and Pro Tem Robert Kettle voted yes; Council members Rivera and Saka voted no; Council member Juarez abstained after stating she must recuse herself. The larger midyear supplemental bill passed later in the meeting as amended, 7 in favor and 1 abstention.
Rink described the amendment as a targeted use of underspent funds from a jail contract and said it would provide direct legal…
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