SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – In a 3-2 vote on May 4, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors has passed the creation of a program that gives legal representation for immigrants facing removal proceedings.
San Diego is the nation’s first southern border county with a program to provide such legal aid for immigrants facing deportation.
The Board of Supervisors plans to start the program as a $5 million one-year pilot program, with plans to grow into a permanent program later on.
KUSI’s Esther Valdes Clayton, KUSI Contributor and Immigration Attorney, joined KUSI’s Ginger Jeffries to discuss the Supervisors’ vote.
Clayton emphasized that their are a lot of nuances in the legislation, and questions what will happen the end of the one-year pilot program.