Rapid Response Network Launches Countywide

Yesterday, the Rapid Response Network (RRN) launched Santa Clara Countywide. The announcement was made by local immigrant leaders, clergy, President of the Board of Supervisors Dave Cortese, Supervisor Joe Simitian, Mountain View Mayor Ken Rosenberg, community based organizations including the South Bay Labor Council, Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, LUNA, PACT, Sacred Heart Community Service, and SIREN, the San Jose Office of Immigrant Affairs, and the Santa Clara County Office of Immigrant Relations.

RRN, a hotline that provides constitutional advice for families undergoing an enforcement action, will connect the family to legal representation, and dispatch a trained team of legal observers and people who can help provide emotional and practical support at a time of crisis. To assuage the fear that community members experience, the hotline will also help to confirm of deny the presence of enforcement activity.

The network counts on an increased capacity and the ability to expand from servicing just San Jose, to now the entirety of Santa Clara County due to community and volunteer investment – hundreds of responders, most U.S. born citizens, have been trained as legal observers in order to respond to enforcement alerts.

 

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