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Council files immigrant emergency fund order and backs mayoral protections and federal TPS for Haiti
Summary
Councilors filed a hearing order to create a scalable immigrant emergency response fund, debated a resolution reaffirming the mayor’s executive order limiting city assistance to federal immigration operations, and adopted a resolution supporting federal Temporary Protected Status for Haiti.
Several items related to immigrant protections and supports moved through the council on Feb. 11.
Councilor Louis Jain filed an order to explore a centralized, scalable immigrant emergency response fund to coordinate city, philanthropic and nonprofit resources for rapid assistance — for example, if Temporary Protected Status (TPS) were to end for a population group. Jain said the proposed fund would build on existing philanthropic…
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