There are currently over 8,000 immigrants with pending deportation cases in the county.
to the shifting political belief that undocumented immigration is not criminal behavior.
“Just as we do not defend criminals in federal criminal courts, we should not be taking this role as the county public defender’s office,” said Supervisor Candace Andersen at Tuesday’s meeting. Earlier, Supervisors John Gioia and Federal Glover, who voted against Andersen’s motion to punt funding talks to next spring, had advocated trying to find the additional funds well before then.
About 80% of the undocumented immigrants in Contra Costa County are seeking asylum, often from Central American countries like El Salvador where gang warfare among drug cartels is rampant, McDonnell said at the meeting. And of the 163 clients represented by Stand Together Contra Costa, only 17% have prior criminal convictions and 9% have previously been represented by the public defender’s office, per data.
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