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Santa Barbara City Council Works Out Plan to Distribute $500k to Immigrant Services

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Santa Barbara City Council approves funding for organizations serving immigrant community | News Channel 3-12

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-The Santa Barbara City Council approved funding for organizations that serve the immigrant community. In the wake of recent immigration enforcement raids, councilmembers agreed to allocate $500,000. A majority of the money will go to a grant program for nonprofits serving immigrants. Indivisible Santa Barbara's Larry Behrendt said the remaining $130,000 will go to the Immigrant Legal Defense Center. Attorneys with the cente…

Santa Barbara Council Gives $500,000 to Help Families Affected By ICE Efforts

The Santa Barbara City Council voted Tuesday to give $500,000 to organizations that will help immigrants whose families have been separated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts. The council agreed to give $130,000 to the Immigrant Legal Defense Center and $370,000 to The Fund for Santa Barbara, which will work with nonprofit organizations to help the immigrant community. The vote was 5-1, with Mayor Randy Rowse voting in oppos…