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County officials agreed Tuesday in a 4-1 vote to support the California Community Foundation with $3 million, over the strong objection of 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger. Dont miss a thing. Get breakingKHTS Santa Clarita News Alertsdelivered right to your inbox.

The deal grants several million dollars to the organization, which plans to use the money to provide legal defense for illegal immigrants facing deportation, according to Bargers office, which issued a strongly worded statement in opposition.

One of the bigger concerns, per Barger spokesman Tony Bell, is the misuse of Los Angeles County taxpayers dollars, which should not be used to pay for a broken federal system, in this case, immigration.

The federal government has failed time and time again to fix the problem, to provide a viable solution or to assist counties and cities in dealing with the issue, he said, adding Barger planned to continue to be watchdog for taxpayer funds.

Bargers statement reiterated the stance she took back in December, When Supervisor Hilda Solis first introduced the item.

Our federal immigration system is broken. It is the federal governments responsibility to support states and counties in their efforts to address the costs of illegal immigration, she said. Consistent with my position on this issue on December 20, 2016, county taxpayers should not be forced to bear the cost to provide free legal representation for those facing deportation.

The California Community Foundation is dedicated to fulfilling the promise of a greater Los Angeles for all of its residents. We are committed to creating positive systemic change that strengthens and empowers communities to determine their own destiny. As a leading L.A. advocate, grantmaker and partner, we support these efforts with everything we have, according to its website.

The organization is run by a Board of Directors that includes Gloria Molina, the former 1st District Supervisor whom Solis replaced.

The item was first introduced Dec. 20, 2016, by a motion to create the Los Angeles Justice Fund, which passed on a 4-1 vote.

This motion directed the County CEO to identify and set aside $1 million in Fiscal Year 2016-2017 and up to $2 million in Fiscal Year 2017-18 with the purpose of providing legal representation to illegal immigrants at risk of deportation.

This funding would be in addition to a $2 million contribution from the City of Los Angeles, and a $5 million contribution from the philanthropic community. The totality of these contributions would bring the Los Angeles Justice fund to a total of $10 million.

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The illegal alien Irish community was shocked to discover that a popular immigrant who overstayed his Visa was nabbed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, and is set to be deported.

John Cunningham is a prominent community figure in the Boston area, with a successful electrician business, but that didnt stop ICE from arresting him for immigration violations.

John Cunningham, an Irish national, was arrested by ICE officers for immigration violations, said ICE spokesman Shawn Neudauer in a statement. Cunningham entered the country lawfully under the Visa Waiver Program, but failed to depart in compliance with the terms of his visit.

A consequence of violating the Visa Waiver program is that Cunningham waives his right to an immigration hearing, and goes into mandatory detention.

Theres a great deal of fear in the Irish American community and the Irish community, said immigration lawyer John Foley, a friend of Cunninghams. I went to see [Mr. Cunningham] on Sunday and, basically, his world has been turned upside down, hes been hit with an immigration tsunami.

Life as he knew it, is over, Mr Foley said.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has vowed to protect all illegal aliens in his city, and admonished an Irish politician for petitioning President Trump on behalf of only Irish illegal immigrants.

Its estimated that there are 50,000 Irish citizens illegally residing in the United States.

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A California universitys decision to put a limit on the number of American citizens it enrolls -- while placing no such restrictions on illegal immigrants who want to attend the school -- is drawing sharp criticism from education activists.

The regents in the University of California systemrecently instituted Regents Policy 2109in response to state lawmakers threatening to withhold from the university system nearly $20 million if school officials didnt cap the number of out-of-state American students. The university's response to the state governments threat was to limit the percentage of out-of-state American students in the student body to 18 percent on most campuses.

The move is being criticized as discriminatory against Americans.

The UC system, like many others around the country, is routinely giving preferential treatment to illegal aliens at the expense of American students, many of whom are attending at great sacrifice of their parents, Kyle Olson, founder of Education Action Group, told Fox News.

It is disturbing to know the UC system is not even sure how many illegal students it has enrolled and is enabling by not enforcing our immigration laws.

The University of California currently has 16.5 percent of its student body comprised of out-of-state students. Its estimated that there are roughly 3,700 illegal immigrants studying in the UC system.

The regulation, which is known as Regents Policy 2109, was drafted and approved in response to lawmakers in the state threatening to withhold nearly $20 million in public funds to the state college system. (REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon)

Officials for the University of California say that the school system is simply being consistent with state law.

This policy applies to students who, under California law AB (Assembly Bill) 540, qualify as state residents for tuition purposes, Ricardo Vazquez, spokesman for the University of California, said to Fox News. AB 540 allows students to pay in-state tuition fees if they meet certain requirements.

Olson says the policy may actually hurt the state and its students.

Ultimately, and ironically, the California government is actually penalizing Californians by not counting illegals as out-of-state students and thus allowing them to, in effect, take seats away from in-state students, he said.

Perry Chiaramonte is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter at @perrych

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The agents arrestedYesenia Hernandez-Ramos and Esau Peche-Ventura on Saturday after a stop at a routine immigration check. The location of the stop is near the U.S.-Canadian Border. Agents transported the two migrants to a detention facility after determining they had no legal status in the U.S., the Washington Post reported.

The two illegal workers joined with others protesting conditions at a Ben & Jerrys factory in Waterbury, Vermont, Breitbart News reported. The workers marched to demand better pay and living conditions on the farms that provide milk to the nationwide ice cream maker.

We cant wait anymore. We are going to pressure them and see what happens, Mexican migrant worker Victor Diaz told reporters. Diaz is a Mexican immigrant who works on a dairy farm inVergennes.

Following the arrest of the two illegal farm workers, others gathered outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in St. Albans.

We were there to denounce the arrest of Esau and Yesenia and to call on ICE to use their discretion to release them back to their families, back to their community so they can continue to live and work in Vermont and continue to raise their voice for their dignity and human rights, Migrant Justice organizer Will Lambek told the Post.

The Washington news outlet reported that Vermont has about 1,000 farm workers who are Latino. They reported that many of those are in the country illegally.

The Migrant Justice group claims their workers are being targeted for selective enforcement by immigration officials. They brought up Enrique Balcazar and Zully Palacios, who protested on Monday. The two migrant workers were arrested in March and were released later that month.

Ben & Jerrys responded to the protests with the following statement:

We are concerned that hard-working, productive members of our community, who contribute to the success of dairy farms in Vermont, would face criminalization. We need policy change that serves Vermonts dairy workers, farmers, and industry as a whole.

The company said it is working to resolve its differences with the workers. They did not make any statement about the illegal immigration status of their workers.

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