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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A08861Establishes the community accompaniment and post-release support program in the office for new Americans to provide grants to community-based organizations that offer services to individuals released from immigration detention; defines eligible services; requires the office to establish criteria for awarding grants; requires the office to submit an annual report on the program.
Creates a state grant program for community organizations to provide housing, legal, employment and other services to people released from immigration detention, so less immigration enforcement after release.
The office shall establish and administer a community accompaniment and post-release support program to provide grants to qualified community-based organizations for the purpose of offering services to individuals released from immigration detention.
Creates a state grant program for community organizations to provide housing, legal, employment and other services to people released from immigration detention, so less immigration enforcement after release.
the community accompaniment and post-release support program established pursuant to subdivision six of this section
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates and funds a state program to assist individuals after release from federal immigration detention with housing, case management, legal services, employment help and reintegration; this expands post-detention support and thereby restricts the practical scope of immigration enforcement.
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