New York, which prides itself on being built by immigrants and holds itself out as supporting and welcoming them, has an opportunity in this legislative session to be a true progressive leader by enacting a statutory right to representation for those at risk of deportation.
By passing and signing into law the first-in-the-nation Access to Representation Act, the governor and state lawmakers would guarantee that, as the legislation states: “no one must defend themselves against a trained-government lawyer alone to protect themselves and their families from deportation.”
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