One of our Public Offices who has joined us. David, thank you for being here this evening. As always speak pelosi is a champion of immigrant rights and immigrant needs, so we thank you for being here on her behalf. Okay, our next speaker is carol bisharat from kids in need of descents. Good evening. I am a direct representation attorney, my name is carol bisharat, for kids in need of defense and from our San Francisco i offices. We are a National Nonprofit that has ten offices across the country dedicated to the representation of unaccompanied minors, who are in proceedings for the Immigration Court. I have some prepared remarks, which i am willing to share, in an electronic fashion i will forward them to elaina for distribution to each of you. There is more information than i can relay in of short amount of time that i have to speak with you. There are so much to say, for what is going on on the ground, what kinds of changes both policy and procedures that have detrimentally affected
By muni officials come on the bus. Free phones, and emergency phones area we need to create an adequately fund a centralized asylum and Refugee Program to welcome this community and offer support so they do not feel so alone. We need a place where we conduct and takes and assess their nee needs, offer linkages, introduce them to city services, educate them on their rights and how to file grievances, and automatically enroll them into free services. We need training to staff who can help them understand asylum proceedings and attorney searches, and accompany them to federal appointments so they are not further victimized. I know this has been discussed a little bit, but not so much. Susanna rivero can attest more, after, if we have questions. The amount of time that we have to spend telling families that there are no lawyers available to them, that they need to file their own asylum, that they need to search for attorneys and write it all down, even though they probably will not find on