Colorado's Immigrant Legal Defense Fund Grows for 2022-23

On April 25, 2022, the Colorado Legislature sent the 2022-23 Long Bill to the Governor’s Office for his signature, and this budget included a significant increase for the statewide Immigration Legal Defense Fund, from $100,000 to $250,000 annually.

“RMIAN is thrilled that the Colorado Legislature, led by Senator Julie Gonzales, recognized the critical importance of continuing to grow the Immigration Legal Defense Fund. This Fund provides life-changing and life-saving legal services for individuals in immigration detention or at risk of deportation in Colorado. RMIAN will continue to steadfastly work for its expansion so that no one in Colorado ever has to face an adversarial immigration court process where everything is on the line without an attorney by their side,” says RMIAN Executive Director Mekela Goehring.