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HB 21-1194: Immigration Legal Defense Fund

Bill Summary:

The act creates the immigration legal defense fund (fund). The department of labor and employment, as the administrator, awards grants from the fund to qualifying nonprofit organizations (organizations) that provide legal advice, counseling, and representation for, and on behalf of, indigent clients who are subject to an immigration proceeding. The act lists permissible uses of grant money awarded from the fund.Organizations that receive a grant from the fund are required to report to the administrator certain information about persons served and services provided by the organization.For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $100,000 to the immigration legal defense fund from the general fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)  

CEA Position Rationale: CEA supports the families of all students having fair and meaningful access to legal supports. Students lives and ability to learn are often impacted by the stressors at home of potentially having a parent or loved one deported. Representation promotes due process and dignity. For immigrants and asylum seekers fleeing violence in their home country, a deportation order can be a death sentence. Those with valid claims to legal status in Colorado but need legal support to navigate their cases. 
Tier: 3

CEA Supported

House Status: Passed
Senate Status: Passed
Final Status: Passed

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Pro-Education VoteAnti-Education VoteNo vote taken

House Votes:

NamePartyDistrictVote
Amabile, JudyDemocrat13Pro-Environment Vote
Bacon, JenniferDemocrat7Pro-Environment Vote
Baisley, MarkRepublican39Anti-Environment Vote
Benavidez, AdrienneDemocrat32Pro-Environment Vote
Bernett, TracyDemocrat12Pro-Environment Vote
Bird, ShannonDemocrat35Pro-Environment Vote
Bockenfeld, RodRepublican56Anti-Environment Vote
Boesenecker, AndrewDemocrat53Pro-Environment Vote
Bradfield, MaryRepublican21Anti-Environment Vote
Caraveo, YadiraDemocrat31Pro-Environment Vote
Carver, TerriRepublican20Anti-Environment Vote
Catlin, MarcRepublican58Anti-Environment Vote
Cutter, LisaDemocrat25Pro-Environment Vote
Daugherty, LindseyDemocrat29Pro-Environment Vote
Duran, MonicaDemocrat24Pro-Environment Vote
Esgar, DaneyaDemocrat46Pro-Environment Vote
Exum, TonyDemocrat17Pro-Environment Vote
Froelich, MegDemocrat3Pro-Environment Vote
Garnett, AlecDemocrat2Pro-Environment Vote
Geitner, TimRepublican19Anti-Environment Vote
Gonzales-Gutierrez, SerenaDemocrat4Pro-Environment Vote
Gray, MattDemocrat33Pro-Environment Vote
Hanks, RonRepublican60Anti-Environment Vote
Herod, LeslieDemocrat8Pro-Environment Vote
Holtorf, RichardRepublican64Anti-Environment Vote
Hooton, EdieDemocrat10Pro-Environment Vote
Jackson, DominiqueDemocrat42Pro-Environment Vote
Jodeh, ImanDemocrat41Pro-Environment Vote
Kennedy, ChrisDemocrat23Pro-Environment Vote
Kipp, CathyDemocrat52Pro-Environment Vote
Larson, ColinRepublican22Anti-Environment Vote
Lontine, SusanDemocrat1Pro-Environment Vote
Luck, StephanieRepublican47Anti-Environment Vote
Lynch, MikeRepublican49Anti-Environment Vote
McCluskie, JulieDemocrat61Pro-Environment Vote
McCormick, KarenDemocrat11Pro-Environment Vote
McKean, HughRepublican51Anti-Environment Vote
McLachlan, BarbaraDemocrat59Pro-Environment Vote
Michaelson Jenet, DafnaDemocrat30Pro-Environment Vote
Mullica, KyleDemocrat34Pro-Environment Vote
Neville, PatrickRepublican45Anti-Environment Vote
Ortiz, DavidDemocrat38Pro-Environment Vote
Pelton, RodRepublican65Anti-Environment Vote
Pico, AndresRepublican16Anti-Environment Vote
Ransom, KimRepublican44Anti-Environment Vote
Rich, JaniceRepublican55Anti-Environment Vote
Ricks, NaquettaDemocrat40Pro-Environment Vote
Roberts, DylanDemocrat26Pro-Environment Vote
Sandridge, ShaneRepublican14Anti-Environment Vote
Sirota, EmilyDemocrat9Pro-Environment Vote
Snyder, MarcDemocrat18Pro-Environment Vote
Soper, MattRepublican54Anti-Environment Vote
Sullivan, TomDemocrat37Pro-Environment Vote
Tipper, KerryDemocrat28Pro-Environment Vote
Titone, BriannaDemocrat27Pro-Environment Vote
Valdez, AlexDemocrat5Pro-Environment Vote
Valdez, DonaldDemocrat62Pro-Environment Vote
Van Beber, TonyaRepublican48Anti-Environment Vote
Van Winkle, KevinRepublican43Anti-Environment Vote
Weissman, MikeDemocrat36Pro-Environment Vote
Will, PerryRepublican57Anti-Environment Vote
Williams, DaveRepublican15Anti-Environment Vote
Woodrow, StevenDemocrat6Pro-Environment Vote
Woog, DanRepublican63Anti-Environment Vote
Young, MaryDemocrat50Pro-Environment Vote

Senate Votes:

NamePartyDistrictVote
Bridges, JeffDemocrat26Pro-Education Vote
Buckner, JanetDemocrat28Pro-Education Vote
Coleman, JamesDemocrat33Pro-Education Vote
Cooke, JohnRepublican13Anti-Education Vote
Coram, DonRepublican6Anti-Education Vote
Danielson, JessieDemocrat20Pro-Education Vote
Donovan, KerryDemocrat5Pro-Education Vote
Fenberg, StephenDemocrat18Pro-Education Vote
Fields, RhondaDemocrat29Pro-Education Vote
Garcia, LeroyDemocrat3Pro-Education Vote
Gardner, BobRepublican12Anti-Education Vote
Ginal, JoannDemocrat14Pro-Education Vote
Gonzales, JulieDemocrat34Pro-Education Vote
Hansen, ChrisDemocrat31Pro-Education Vote
Hisey, DennisRepublican2Anti-Education Vote
Holbert, ChrisRepublican30Anti-Education Vote
Jaquez Lewis, SonyaDemocrat17Pro-Education Vote
Kirkmeyer, BarbaraRepublican23Anti-Education Vote
Kolker, ChrisDemocrat27Pro-Education Vote
Lee, PeteDemocrat11Pro-Education Vote
Liston, LarryRepublican10Anti-Education Vote
Lundeen, PaulRepublican9Anti-Education Vote
Moreno, DominickDemocrat21Pro-Education Vote
Pettersen, BrittanyDemocrat22Pro-Education Vote
Priola, KevinRepublican25Anti-Education Vote
Rankin, BobRepublican8Anti-Education Vote
Rodriguez, RobertDemocrat32Pro-Education Vote
Scott, RayRepublican7No vote taken
Simpson, CleaveRepublican35Anti-Education Vote
Smallwood, JimRepublican4Anti-Education Vote
Sonnenberg, JerryRepublican1Anti-Education Vote
Story, TammyDemocrat16Pro-Education Vote
Winter, FaithDemocrat24Pro-Education Vote
Woodward, RobRepublican15Anti-Education Vote
Zenzinger, RachelDemocrat19Pro-Education Vote