Provide a Public Defender for Deportation Hearings


Provide a Public Defender for Deportation Hearings
The Issue
Do not allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to deport good people without a fight. People facing deportation are often judged without legal representation. Seattle should provide public defenders for deportation hearings. By doing so, the city guarantees that at least one person can hold ICE accountable for detaining anyone and for their treatment of everyone.
See https://goo.gl/CLCMwi for an article published in the Huffington Post in June of 2016 on this topic.

The Issue
Do not allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to deport good people without a fight. People facing deportation are often judged without legal representation. Seattle should provide public defenders for deportation hearings. By doing so, the city guarantees that at least one person can hold ICE accountable for detaining anyone and for their treatment of everyone.
See https://goo.gl/CLCMwi for an article published in the Huffington Post in June of 2016 on this topic.

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Petition created on February 22, 2017