Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that it would offer $39.2 million in new federal funding to the San Diego region as part of its Shelter and Services Program to boost services for people coming through the city, but the groups which built the coalition say they are now being left out of discussions on how the money should be used.
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By Norma Chávez-Peterson, Executive Director, ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties Winding down the first month of the new year, I find myself at the crossroads of hope and apprehension. The challenges to people’s civil rights and freedoms are real, relentless and widespread. From a rise in xenophobic rhetoric and accompanying anti-immigrant proposals in…