Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Members Ben Kallos, Carlos Menchaca and labor and religious leaders celebrated the memory of Cesar Chavez and honored the Justice for Farmworkers Campaign in New York.
New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Local Progress gathered lawmakers and activists from across the country to begin planning a national strategy against the Trump administration’s growing anti-immigrant agenda.
During the Conference, this group outlined an agenda that equips municipalities to pass new sanctuary policies and bolster existing ones in the face of increased immigration enforcement.
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Melissa Mark-Viverito, Presidenta del Consejo de la Ciudad de Nueva York, y Local Progress reunieron A legisladores y activistas de todo el país para comenzar a planear una estrategia nacional contra la creciente agenda antiinmigrante de la administración Trump.
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito responds to Attorney General Session’s threats to defund Sanctuary Cities all over the country.
Las medidas que estamos anunciando hoy son vitales para los estudiantes y sus familias porque afirman, claramente, que ICE no puede entrar en nuestras escuelas sin una orden firmada por un juez. Punto.
Este tipo de políticas no solo reflejan nuestro compromiso a proteger la justicia en esta ciudad, sino que también afirman la importancia que le damos a asegurar que nuestras escuelas sean lugares seguros para nuestros niños.
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“We’re here today. To say loud and clear that we will not stay silent, we will not back down and we will fight to preserve everyone’s human rights.”
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. led a solidarity march from the Bronx to El Barrio.
