Santa Clara County’s resistance to federal immigration crackdowns is about to get more organized.

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to explore shifting county personnel and forming a county-coordinated regional response to ICE raids and residents facing deportation. It comes as county leaders have put $13 million since December into deportation legal defense and the Rapid Response Network. The network — which include Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network (SIREN) and Amigos de Guadalupe — deploys attorneys to observe arrests and raids and provides guidance for detainees’ families.

The county has invested more than San Francisco, which secured a $3.4 million philanthropic grant for immigrant legal services, and more than Alameda and San Mateo counties, which ha

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