The limousine liberals must be so proud of themselves.

Via CNS News:

New York City has institutionalized a pilot program to keep illegal alien families together despite their illegal status in the United States and the city will now be the first jurisdiction to provide public legal defenders at no charge to illegal aliens who are facing deportation.

The Christian Science Monitor reported that on Wednesday, June 25, the New York City Council allocated $4.9 million of its budget for the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP), which launched as a pilot program in 2013 with $500,000 of the city’s budget appropriated to it.

On Thursday, the council voted to allow a new municipal ID program for all illegal aliens who live within its five boroughs. The documentation would allow them to open a bank account, sign a lease and get a library card, according to The Monitor.

The Center for Popular Democracy distributed a press release in support of the free legal services for illegal aliens.

“NYIFUP will now provide 100% coverage to eligible immigrants in the New York Immigration Court and will pilot an expansion of the project to cover New York City residents detained and facing deportation in the immigration court in Newark, N.J. In total, well over 1000 immigrants will receive representation, and hundreds of New York City families will not be torn apart by wrongful deportations simply because they cannot afford a lawyer,” the press release states.