San Diego Board Greenlights Mexican Consulate Partnership

0:00It's April 22nd, from your city to your ears. This is California News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. San Diego County's Board of Supervisors just green-lit a deal with the Mexican Consulate to ramp up legal defense for Mexican nationals facing. Deportation and spread know your rights info wider. The agreement, pushed by Board Chair Tara Lawson-Remer and Supervisor Paloma Aguirre passed 3-2 on Tuesday with County officials now set to hash out details on services like bond help and habeas corpus petitions to cut down on long detentions. Supporters say this hits home as federal immigration crackdowns pull more local families into proceedings without lawyers and it'll roll out. Multilingual materials at clinics, libraries, and social spots to prep folks for emergencies and childcare plans. Onits, supervisors, Joel Anderson and Jim Desmond shot it down, arguing the county shouldn't bankroll defenses against deportation or pick up the tab for federal border mess-ups.

1:05Instead, stick to roads, core services, and all that for taxpayers. Mexican nationals already make up 24% of the county's immigrant legal defense program clients, a set up launched in 2021 and expanded last September to cover unaccompanied kids too, so this partnership plugs right into that flow and keeps building community trust where.