By Brian Rinker, Mission Local
Instead of writing wish lists for Santa Claus, immigrant activists gathered on the steps of City Hall Monday to write letters to Mayor Ed Lee urging him to provide more funding to the public defender’s office in the anticipation of a Donald Trump presidency that promises to deport thousands of undocumented people.
So far, Lee has resisted such pleas to increase funding for the public defender’s office.
Early Monday morning, Lorena Melgarejo woke her daughter up, “We’re not going to school today. We’re going to City Hall to fight for immigrants’ rights.”
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