1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

afety. Parents are being separated from their children, workers are I am writing to express deep concern about the recent mass immigrat for Californians facing deportation based on prior contact with th munities. s and increase funding for immigration legal services so we can ens people from legal support creates a two-tiered system of justice, w and rights of children, workers and entire communities. Excluding e criminal legal system. California’s immigration legal services k ver. I urge you to: Increase immigration legal services fundin families, workplaces and communities. Now is the time to lead wit and protect immigrant communities by removing harmful restrictions g by $60 million to ensure thousands of  Californians can access li h empathy and fairness. We urge you to reject the proposed carveout omes, and neighborhoods, without warrants or regard for community s on legal services for immigrants and increasing funding for crucia g military-style immigration raids targeting work sites, schools, h on, and permanent family separation. Restricting access to legal re eep families together, uphold due process, and safeguard the safety ure due process and protect California’s immigrant families and com ion raids and arrests across California – and to urge you to defend for the Equal Access Fund that limit access to legal representation ntion and deportation, legal representation is more critical than e l immigration legal services. ICE and federal agents are conductin en – are being held without food, water, or access to an attorney. fe-saving legal services each year. Remove proposed restrictions detained at or on their way to work, and people – including childr hile heightening the risk of inhumane detention, wrongful deportati presentation during a time of crisis abandons vital members of our With thousands more Californians facing arbitrary and unlawful dete