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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 3152 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 695 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 3152 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT PROVIDING LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO CHILDREN AND | |
| 19 | 19 | ADULTS INVOLVED IN CERTAIN IMMIGRATION MATTERS. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Establish a right to legal 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | representation for any child who is a state resident and who is 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | involved in a pending removal proceeding before the federal Executive 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | Office for Immigration Review; (2) establish a right to legal 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | representation for any adult who (A) is an indigent state resident, (B) 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | has been detained, and (C) is involved in a pending immigration 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | matter that involves possible removal from the state or deportation; 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | and (3) require the Office of the Attorney General to transfer moneys 8 | |
| 31 | 31 | received from settlements to the Connecticut Bar Association to ensure 9 | |
| 32 | 32 | sufficient funding to secure legal representation for such children and 10 | |
| 33 | 33 | adults. 11 | |
| 34 | 34 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 35 | 35 | To provide children and adults with the right to legal representation in | |
| 36 | 36 | certain immigrations matters. |