Sentences with phrase «for immigrants facing deportation»

De Blasio said the city won't fund lawyers for immigrants facing deportation if they've been convicted of certain crimes — the same 170 on which the city cooperates with ICE detainers that start the process of deportation.

The mayor had made it clear he wanted to restrict legal - services funding for immigrants facing deportation only to those who have not been convicted of felonies.

«Senator Alcantara has delivered progressive results for her constituents, including raising the age of criminal responsibility and securing $ 10m in funding for legal defense for immigrants facing deportation,» she said.

Members of the Independent Democratic Conference on Monday announced $ 250,000 in funding for services for immigrants facing deportation and pushed for an additional $ 4 million in statewide funding needs.

It also allocates $ 16.4 million to fund attorneys and other legal representation for immigrants facing deportation and other «challenges» under Trump, the mayor said.

She has been particularly opposed to the city's legal assistance for immigrants facing deportation and criminal charges.

The public defender program is the first statewide universal representation program for immigrants facing deportation in the United States.

Leiberman joined public defenders, immigrant advocates and Councilmembers at City Hall on May 11 to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio to drop a proposal in his Executive Budget that would restrict access to legal counsel for immigrants facing deportation who have been convicted of certain crimes.

Take $ 26 million for lawyers for immigrants facing deportation.

«Senator Alcantara has delivered progressive results for her constituents, including raising the age of criminal responsibility and securing $ 10 [million] in funding for legal defense for immigrants facing deportation,» Lis Smith, Alcantara's spokeswoman, said in an email to DNAinfo New York, «The people who elected her made a judgment that the tired approach of her former opponents was wrong.

He championed a $ 15 minimum wage and enacted a 12 - week paid family leave policy; got strict gun control into law; introduced a free (though imperfect) college tuition program for certain students; banned fracking; allocated $ 10 million for a defense fund for immigrants facing deportation; and raised the age for juvenile offenders to 18.

Speaking at a panel discussion before an audience at the American Bar Association's annual meeting in New York City, 2nd circuit judge Robert Katzmann and 9th circuit judge M. Margaret McKeown described a crisis fueled by increased enforcement and detention, bad or non-existent lawyering for immigrants facing deportation, as well as overwhelmed immigration judges and appeal judges.