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Immigrant legal aid and food assistance requests→At a glance
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Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 17, 2026.
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Asked the county to budget legal and food assistance for immigrants, invoking Dolly Parton's philanthropy.
Board of Commissioners - Sep 17, 2026 · 32:28 →40-year county resident asking for $200,000 each for immigrant legal aid and food banks.
Board of Commissioners - Sep 17, 2026 · 40:36 →Pontiac Legal Clinic director offering to expand free immigrant legal services with the requested $200,000.
Board of Commissioners - Sep 17, 2026 · 47:03 →The Bloomfield Township priest asked for $200,000 each for immigrant legal aid and food insecurity, citing detained family members in his parish.
Board of Commissioners - Sep 17, 2026 · 27:04 →The legal director of the Pontiac Legal Clinic said federal cuts stripped an 8-year-old of his attorney and asked the county to also fund $100,000 in immigrant legal services.
Board of Commissioners - Aug 13, 2026 · 2:25:58 →Asked the board to approve $100,000 for legal aid clinics, saying more than 500 county immigrants have been detained by ICE since January 2025.
Board of Commissioners - Aug 13, 2026 · 4:11:46 →A Lake Orion church member and Detroit tour guide asked the county to allocate $100,000 for immigrant legal and food assistance, invoking the region's immigrant heritage.
Board of Commissioners - Aug 13, 2026 · 4:03:10 →Asked the board to pass legal aid and food resolutions, noting six months of inaction on the $100,000.
Board of Commissioners - Jul 16, 2026 · 2:41:09 →Asked the board to release the $100,000 fund as a moral duty.
Board of Commissioners - Jul 16, 2026 · 2:47:22 →A Strangers No Longer caseworker described clients detained without representation and urged the board to act.
Board of Commissioners - Jul 16, 2026 · 3:03:01 →Said the $100,000 would let legal aid clinics double caseloads for six months, serving 2,000 people, and asked for its release.
Board of Commissioners - Jul 16, 2026 · 3:18:36 →