In the News: ‘Sanctuary city’ of Philadelphia joins program to provide migrants with lawyers — a key to who stays or gets deported
“The ‘sanctuary city’ of Philadelphia and a New York-based justice institute outlined a plan Tuesday to provide lawyers for undocumented immigrants facing deportation — a key factor in whether they can stay in the United States and fight in the courts, or are quickly shipped out of the country.
Both pledged to provide a total of $200,000 in immediate funding, and hope to raise more money from other groups and local governments.
‘What we’re fighting for is so overdue,’ said Cathryn Miller-Wilson, executive director of the immigrant-advocacy group HIAS-PA, ‘and so fundamental to us as Americans.'”
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