CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- On the heels of two more arrests last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the Coventry neighborhood, a local advocacy group has asked City Council for some help.

The majority of the 30 people signed up for public comment at Monday’s council meeting spoke on behalf of Cleveland Heights for Immigrant Rights , which is seeking up to $200,000 from the city for defense attorneys to fight deportation proceedings.

As it stands now, those detained by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have no right to legal counsel in federal immigration court , with no public defender program available for them.

That in essence is what Cleveland Heights resident and Ohio Immigrant Alliance Executive Director Lynn Tramonte sought from council Mon

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