ALBANY — A legal aid organization is expected to oversee and implement a plan to use grant funding to help immigrants in the Albany County Jail and in the community.
The funding will come from federal immigration authorities. Last year, the county received close to $5 million from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for housing hundreds of migrants who were transferred to the Colonie jail after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The detainees came from 27 countries and most sought asylum from violence or persecution at home.