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from COVID-19. Because of this Deportation Defense Fund, Manuel no longer has to live in fear <br />of dying nor being deported. He is now safely at home with his family. <br />According to Vera Institute of Justice in its Restoring Due Process in Santa Ana Report, the <br />program has since its establishment in 2017 represented 37 Santa Ana residents through the <br />Immigrant Defenders Law Center. Collectively they are parents to 41 children under the age of <br />18 and most of them are U.S. citizens. <br />The Deportation Defense Fund has broad support from residents in the city. A survey conducted <br />in April 2020 by Vera found that 79% of respondents in Santa Ana support government -funded <br />attorneys for immigrants facing deportation. In addition, our congressional representative Lou <br />Correa has called on the city to continue its commitment to our immigrant community in a recent <br />opinion article published in the Orange County Register. <br />We urge you to restore full funding for the Deportation Defense Fund at $200,000. If you have <br />any questions please contact Carlos Perea at carlosiran1992(a�gmail.com. <br />Sincerely, <br />Orange County Justice Fund <br />Immigrant Defenders Law Center <br />Vera Institute of Justice <br />UCI Law Immigrant Rights Clinic <br />Public Law Center <br />VietRISE <br />Centro Cultural de Mexico <br />The LGBTQ Center OC <br />Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights <br />(CHIRLA) <br />Central American Resource Center <br />(CARECEN) of California <br />National Day Laborer Organizing Network <br />(NDLON) <br />Freedom for Immigrants <br />Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance <br />(KIW A) <br />Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition <br />Sanctuary Long Beach Coalition <br />Youth Justice Coalition <br />Women For: Orange County <br />Con Las Comadres <br />