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Committee approves amended appropriation to fund lawyers for unaccompanied immigrant children
Summary
A committee amended and approved an ordinance to fund legal representation for children and families on San Francisco's expedited immigration docket, accepting the budget analyst's attorney-only cost recommendation (approximately $1,063,800 per year) and forwarding the item to the full Board.
A San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee voted to forward an amended ordinance that would fund legal representation for unaccompanied immigrant children and families appearing in San Francisco immigration court.
Supervisor David Campos, the item sponsor, framed the proposal as an urgent humanitarian response to a surge of children on the court's expedited "rocket docket." Campos said the original request sought $1.2 million per year for two years to help nonprofit legal-service organizations hire staff so that every child in the local docket could receive…
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