Posted on 03/31/2019 4:54:16 AM PDT by davikkm
New York City officials are forking over an additional $1.6 million to city public defenders to represent illegal aliens who are facing deportation, officials announced Thursday. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson agreed Thursday to provide the extra $1.6 million towards the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP), a city government-funded program that supports lawyers defending illegal aliens going through deportation proceedings.
The $1.6 million funding allocation is on top of the $10 million the city already set aside for these lawyers. New York City’s public defenders, however, advocated for $6.6 million in additional funding to address the backlog of illegal alien deportation cases, the New York Daily News reported.
“This emergency funding will help us provide more attorneys to New Yorkers in need,” Johnson said, adding:
This is crucial right now as the ICE deportation machine has ramped up efforts to interfere with the necessary work NYIFUP is doing by pushing people through the system with zero regard for due process. I will continue to fight these un-American and horrific immigration policies.
Illegal aliens who face deportation proceedings do not have a right to a taxpayer-funded public defender in U.S. courts.
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So what are these lawyers charging the American taxpayer an hour to defend these non-citizens? Would love to see the before and after cost/hour. Bet it’s increased.
Hope NY taxpayers are happy with this.
People obviously aren’t fleeing Gomorrah fast enough for DeBlasio.
“Hope NY taxpayers are happy with this.”
No, I’m not.
I don’t want any illegals here.
They aren’t citizens and their government should pay for their legal services, or euthanize them.
Elected by the people to f those same people
Thank you sir, may I have another?
1.6m. grubby lawyers will make sure that $ is spread around to six or seven illegals.
Always follow the money, just like PP is the most obvious demonrat tax payer funded campaign contribution scam, I bet a large amount of this will end up as political contributions to NYC demonrats
NYC continues to give aid and comfort to the enemy. The Constitution has a word for that.
Nothing like priorities in budgeting.
Absolutely not. Looking forward to moving out.
How much of this money rolls back in donations to the Most-Favored-501(c)(3)?
Looks more like a donkey money laundry.
So send them more.
This is a slush fund for lawyers. They can bill whatever they want. Their chance of collecting a fee from the illegal is absolutely zero. Only the taxpayer will do.
NYC desperately trying to keep its tenements full; they’ll recoup the expenses when the publicly-dependent illegals buy lotto tix, tobacco, beer, gasoline, etc. with federal wealth transfers (from the other 49 states) - lots of taxes to funnel back to NYC/NY state coffers.
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