top bar firms in the city are present including -- the bar association of san francisco. the american immigration lawyers association says they're mostly private attorneys and base building nonprofit organizations like --. to me the decision to support the supplemental is pretty easy. 1st, it's outstanding sound and groundbreaking public policy. based on empirical evidence. 2nd, it is the right political choice and were city of 40% nearly 40% foreign-born and there is pretty universal support for this and 3rd, it will inspire other jurisdictions cities counties states and hopefully the federal government to provide additional support for this desperately needed initiative for counsel for individuals. finally, nonprofit i've not --. consistently we were getting inquiries from lawsuits from the top law schools in the country seeking opportunity to do this groundbreaking exciting work and we have to turn those attorneys awake by providing this funding will give them opportunity to give these attorneys aspiring amazing talented lawsuits the ability to [inaudible] removal device >> thank you. next speaker ple

i am the chair of the northern california chapter the american immigration lawyers association. e are an association of 13,000 attorneys nationwide and about 1000 attorneys here in the bay area. to give a brief background on in response to the from central america the obama administration has directed all of its agencies to prioritize the deportation of children in recent family arrivals. these cases are going forward far more quickly for us at the speed of light, then the regular removal case of an individual who seeks protection. at our borders. the children who are the most vulnerable therefore have less time to find an attorney and the attorneys scrambling to represent them. the private bar the pro bono firms provide pro bono services, to nonprofit organizations, and the individual private attorneys in the immigration not have much less time to prepare a case. as the case will go forward extremely quickly until conclusion. the court rooms resemble more of a preschool than a courtroom filled with kranz crying children napping, children do not have the capacity to understand th

at this and endorsed the idea am including the american bar association, american judicature society -- society. national association of women judges. american immigration lawyers association has come in support of independent agency court. i think the main thing we have heard is money. if your gas tank has a leak, and you keep filling up with gas or picks up first? that is what we need to do, fix the system so we can retain judges, respond to these types of crises in the future. >> you talk about separation and independent court system. what will it take for this to happen? an act of congress? given your are ready victim to political whim, is this wishful thinking in the fact that there may not be affected caps on and this will be very expensive shift. >> creation of an independent court under article one would definitely take a act of congress to do that. but we feel the time is right. this is the kind of immigration reform which would be positive to everyone from every political spectrum. it is more efficient enforcement to have a resource court, a court whose results are not challenged in successions. in certainly allays the fear due process is being compro