S 4538 NY
Enacts the building up immigrant legal defense or BUILD act
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Summary
Enacts the building up immigrant legal defense or BUILD act to provide competitive workforce development and capacity building grants to eligible entities that are seeking to expand access to representation for individuals facing deportation by increasing the workforce and strengthening the legal services infrastructure needed to provide such representation.
Sponsor (1)
- John Liu Democratic · primary
11 coauthors / cosponsors
- Leroy Comrie Democratic · cosponsor
- Michael Gianaris Democratic · cosponsor
- Pete Harckham Democratic · cosponsor
- Michelle Hinchey Democratic · cosponsor
- Robert Jackson Democratic · cosponsor
- Shelley Mayer Democratic · cosponsor
- Julia Salazar Democratic · cosponsor
- Luis R. Sepúlveda Democratic · cosponsor
- José M. Serrano Democratic · cosponsor
- Toby Ann Stavisky Democratic · cosponsor
- Jeremy Zellner Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (2)
- Feb 6, 2025 REFERRED TO FINANCE · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO FINANCE · upper
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