The San Diego County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to spend $3 million for services to help migrants and asylum seekers with various needs, such as translation assistance and transportation.
SAN DIEGO - On a 3-0 vote, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to spend $3 million for services to help migrants and asylum seekers with various needs, such as translation assistance and transportation.
Proposed by Vargas, the $3 million --provided through the American Rescue Plan Act -- will also help migrants and asylum seekers to help them move beyond San Diego County with geographic information, access to equipment and Wi- Fi to contact sponsor relatives, food snacks, water, hygiene kits, restrooms and other services.
For those crossing the border, nonprofits have taken on much of the responsibility. Casa Familiar served more than 8,000 people in the past month at a now-closed shelter in the San Ysidro Civic Center. Casa Familiar President and CEO Lisa Cuestas told NBC7 the nonprofit has spent more than $200,000 since Sept. 13 on staff and services.
While the immigration the system could be simplified,"an open border is not the answer," the man said."If the recent events in Israel have not concerned you enough about who exactly is walking across our border, then I don't know what will." Vargas earlier said the funding was intended as a stopgap measure until federal funds can take the burden off local governments and NGOs.
"Anderson discovered that funding is going to provide free legal defense for non-citizens with very serious criminal convictions," a statement from his office read."In response, wrote a board letter to direct the county to suspend any and all work on immigration case assistance to any individual with a criminal conviction or charge that would disqualify an individual from becoming a U.S. citizen.
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