Having a lawyer there working on your specific case is the most determinative factor as to what the outcomes are. And so The city has been working with our incredible legal community and many of the immigrant community serving organizations to try to expand access to volunteer pro bono attorneys in these cases or to provide more funding that goes directly to legal representation. Also just making sure that community members have accurate information to know what people's rights are, to know what the law says and what is beyond the law, and to have the access to some of the community side efforts that have been stood up. (09:03–09:19)
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Asserts city efforts to expand access to legal representation for immigration cases.
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