Undocumented immigrants in New York who can’t afford a lawyer and are facing deportation will soon contain access to free legal counsel. The New York governor’s office said final week that it is allocating $10 million in its fiscal 2018 budget toward creating a legal defense fund “to ensure all immigrants,regardless of residency status, contain access to representation.” Unlike U.
S. citizens, or undocumented immigrants don’t contain the right to free legal counsel. Called the Liberty Defense Project,the funding is […]
Source: ktla.com