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legal services. Further, the Orange County community entirely lacks a non-profit for <br />serving detained immigrants facing deportation. This environment magnifies the <br />tremendous value that the City Santa Ana inclusion in Vera's SAFE Cities Network would <br />have on the delivery of legal services to underserved immigrant populations within our <br />community. <br />The Board of the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association as well a group of our past <br />presidents, and several member firms have committed to being among the first fiscal <br />sponsors to the OC Justice fund and are committed to ensuring the long-term support of <br />the initiative. In supporting the City's efforts, we are also furthering the Vera Institute's <br />goal to ensure that detained immigrants do not face deportation without legal <br />representation. By funding counsel for immigrants facing deportation who do not possess <br />the resources to retain adequate representation, we will strengthen immigrant <br />communities while maintaining the social and economic stability of those communities. <br />We stand firmly behind the efforts to create an OC Justice Fund and gladly offer our <br />assistance to the fund and the Vera Institute to make Orange County part of the SAFE <br />Cities Network. <br />Respectfully Submi <br />re!� <br />Eric M. I7omi ez <br />President <br />20A-37 <br />