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Supervisors back $1.3 million supplemental to expand immigrant legal defense and rapid response
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee voted to forward a supplemental appropriation to expand the Public Defender—s immigration unit, rapid response network funding and nonprofit legal representation, citing urgent need amid increased federal enforcement. Supervisors amended the measure and took it to the full board with a positive recommendation.
The San Francisco Budget & Finance Committee on March 1 voted to forward to the full Board a supplemental appropriation — approximately $1.3 million from the general reserve — to expand immigrant legal defense services, support rapid-response community organizations and fund noncitizen outreach.
Supervisor Sandra Feuer, the lead sponsor, said the supplemental responds to an escalation in federal immigration enforcement and cited actions including the administration—s termination of DACA and expanded ICE activity. Feuer described amendments that…
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