Los Angeles Approves $10M To Help Separated Children

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo/AP



By Associated Press | July 4, 2018 9:43 am

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles on Tuesday approved using a $10 million fund to provide legal help to children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The City Council and county Board of Supervisors voted to expand the LA Justice Fund, created last year to help immigrants without violent pasts who are facing deportation. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Supervisor Hilda Solis announced creation of the fund in 2016 ahead of an anticipated immigration crackdown by President Donald Trump.

Garcetti said in a news release Tuesday that “no child should endure the trauma of being separated from their parents or the terror of not knowing if they will ever see their families again.”

” … We must do everything possible to reunify these families now,” Garcetti said. “Los Angeles is answering cruelty with compassion — by giving hope and assistance to people in desperate need.”

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[lark]

1. Awesome job, LA!!

Even in this bleak dark period, there are points of light and freedom.

[sandensea]

2. Here's hoping a future administration will reimburse them.

God knows Cheeto wouldn't reimburse them even if the Pentagon accidentally set off HARP in downtown L.A.

[Upthevibe]

3. Kick...n/t

[cp]

4. THAT's leadership--and good government!

Hurray for Los Angeles!

[SunSeeker]

5. Proud of L.A.