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Bill May 21, 2026

Enacts the building up immigrant legal defense or BUILD act

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.

https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A2689/
Catalina Cruz Assemblymember Gabriella Romero Assemblymember Cosponsor Landon Dais Assemblymember Cosponsor Noah Burroughs Assemblymember Cosponsor Tony Simone Assemblymember Cosponsor Yudelka Tapia Assemblymember Cosponsor Karines Reyes Assemblymember Cosponsor Emily Gallagher Assemblymember Cosponsor Steven Raga Assemblymember Cosponsor George Alvarez Assemblymember Cosponsor Maritza Davila Assemblymember Cosponsor Tommy John Schiavoni Assemblymember Cosponsor Jen Lunsford Assemblymember Cosponsor Sarahana Shrestha Assemblymember Cosponsor Phil Ramos Assemblymember Cosponsor Rebecca Seawright Assemblymember Cosponsor Andrew Hevesi Assemblymember Cosponsor Anna Kelles Assemblymember Cosponsor Dana Levenberg Assemblymember Cosponsor Jessica González-Rojas Assemblymember Cosponsor Steve Otis Assemblymember Cosponsor MaryJane Shimsky Assemblymember Cosponsor Phara Souffrant Forrest Assemblymember Cosponsor Marcela Mitaynes Assemblymember Cosponsor Robert Carroll Assemblymember Cosponsor Didi Barrett Assemblymember Cosponsor Demond Meeks Assemblymember Cosponsor Grace Lee Assemblymember Cosponsor Jo Anne Simon Assemblymember Cosponsor Jordan Wright Assemblymember Cosponsor Chris Burdick Assemblymember Cosponsor Linda Rosenthal Assemblymember Cosponsor Nader Sayegh Assemblymember Cosponsor Diana Moreno Assemblymember Cosponsor Claire Valdez Assemblymember Cosponsor Ron Kim Assemblymember Cosponsor
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