The Alameda County Board of Supervisors earmarked $2.2 million this week for a suite of services designed to protect the region’s immigrant and refugee communities.

In a unanimous vote at their regular Tuesday meeting, supervisors approved the request from the board’s ad hoc Alameda County Together for All Committee, the goal of which is to provide advice and guidance on how to respond to the Trump Administration’s immigration policies.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.