THE ALAMEDA COUNTY Board of Supervisors unanimously approved $3.57 million in emergency funding to bolster services for immigrants and refugees as federal immigration enforcement increases across the country.

The new funding will expand the county’s rapid response hotline, legal defense programs, and community outreach efforts, bringing the county’s total investment in immigrant protections this year to more than $7 million.

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