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Immigrant legal defense fund expired, advocates tell Bexar County to restore funding immediately
Summary
Advocates and nonprofit leaders urged the county to put the Immigrant Legal Defense Fund back on the agenda and renew it immediately, saying the program has lapsed and leaves immigrant families without counsel; commissioners did not take immediate action during the meeting.
Community leaders and nonprofit representatives urged the Bexar County Commissioners Court on April 14 to immediately schedule and renew the Immigrant Legal Defense Fund (ILDF), saying the program has expired and hundreds of families are at risk without legal representation.
Ananda Thomas, executive director of ACT for SA and a member of the SA Stands Coalition, said the fund helped “hundreds of families and children impacted by ICE arrests” secure due process and keep families together.…
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