City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 25-1746

• File #: 25-1746
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor's Request
• Status: Approved
• File created: 11/20/2025
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 11/25/2025
• Final action: 12/18/2025
• Enactment date: 12/11/2025
• Enactment #: 219940
• Title: Requesting approval to appropriate $250,000 from the Immigrant Legal Services Stabilization Fund for legal services for immigrants and asylum seekers seeking permanent residency.
• Indexes: Communications-SomerViva & Immigrant Affairs, Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury
• Code sections: Appropriation/Budget -

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/18/2025	1	City Council	Mayoral Approval
12/11/2025	1	City Council	Approved	Pass
11/25/2025	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to appropriate $250,000 from the Immigrant Legal Services Stabilization Fund for legal services for immigrants and asylum seekers seeking permanent residency.

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council appropriate $250,000 from the Immigrant Legal Services Stabilization Fund, for the purpose of funding legal services for immigrants and asylum seekers who are seeking permanent residency.

Appropriate staff will be available to address any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

Respectfully Submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor