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Residents and service providers press James City County on shelter funding and immigration enforcement
Summary
Speakers at the Board of Supervisors meeting urged the county to support Community of Faith Mission's sheltering work, described inspection costs and overflow hotel use, and called on board members to communicate local impacts of federal immigration enforcement to state and national officials.
Donnie McDaniel, executive director of Community of Faith Mission, told the James City County Board of Supervisors that COFM has stepped in during overflow periods and asked the county to consider the nonprofit when setting budget priorities. "When we're talking about hotel stays ... we're talking well less than $1,000 for assistance," McDaniel said, and added that COFM had sheltered 117 unique individuals as of his remarks and later updated the tally to 119.
McDaniel said inspection fees for each…
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