Mayor Todd Gloria cut funding for San Diego’s Office of Immigrant Affairs in the current budget. Advocates say he missed an opportunity to offer immigrants protection as they face threats of mass deportation.
Since the reelection of Donald Trump, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria has come under fire for his decision earlier this year to defund an office that supported the city’s immigrant communities.
“It’s decisions like this that say, ‘this community does not want to protect and support immigrants and refugees,’” said Kyra Greene, Executive Director of the, came in June when the city faced a $172 million budget deficit. Greene called the decision “shortsighted,” especially during the presidential election year.
Mayor Gloria declined an interview request. His office issued a statement saying the County of San Diego is “lead on all immigration issues in the region.” A spokesperson also said programs previously offered by the Office of Immigrant Affairs are available through local nonprofits and legal aid organizations.At the time several cities with large immigrant populations, including Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle, had already established similar offices.
At the time, the United States Border Patrol was releasing dozens of migrants and asylum seekers into the streets of San Diego on a daily basis.It was then that advocates on the ground warned some of the migrants could end up homeless without support from local governments. And this is what happened, said Adrianna Jasso, a program coordinator with the American Friends Service Committee.“Mainly women and children in situations where it even impacted local neighborhood schools,” she said.
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