SAN FRANCISCO – Bay Area leaders and the nonprofit San Francisco Foundation have launched a new safety net fund for immigrants in response to the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement policies on immigration and the promise of mass deportations.

The organizers of the Stand Together Bay Area Fund seek to raise $10 million to provide financial and legal assistance to families who have had a loved one detained or deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, often leaving them without the ability to pay for housing, food, caregiving and other needs.

“We’re here to tell our immigrant community, ‘We belong here, and we aren’t going anywhere,’” Alameda County Supervisor Elisa Márquez said. “My family, your families, everyone around here, we built this region. We are the backbone. We

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