{"id":1365,"date":"2017-02-12T21:45:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T21:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2017-02-12T22:06:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T22:06:08","slug":"joint-statement-by-speaker-melissa-mark-viverito-and-immigration-committee-chair-carlos-menchaca-re-reports-of-immigration-enforcement-actions-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2017\/02\/12\/1365\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Statement by Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Immigration Committee Chair Carlos Menchaca Re: Reports of Immigration Enforcement Actions in New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOver the last few days, we\u2019ve heard and investigated troubling reports of sweeping immigration enforcement actions throughout the nation, including in our area. Dragnet immigration raids would undermine New York City\u2019s public safety, destabilize communities and devastate families.<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks ahead, the City Council will continue to closely monitor all immigration enforcement activity in our City. During these uncertain times, we remind all New Yorkers that our City\u2019s policies will not change and that contacting the City\u2014including the police department\u2014will not compromise the safety or security of immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>While we prepare for the uncertainties that lie ahead, the Council will continue to use every resource at our disposal to educate immigrant New Yorkers on their rights, how to plan ahead, and provide them with all necessary legal and social services.<\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers with questions or concerns should contact their local Council Member, a trusted legal service organization, or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/immigrant-resources\/\">http:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/immigrant-resources\/<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Durante los pasados d\u00edas, hemos escuchado e investigado los alarmantes reportes de En las pr\u00f3ximas semanas, el Concejo Municipal continuar\u00e1 monitoreando de cerca todas las actividades respecto a inmigraci\u00f3n en nuestra ciudad.<\/p>\n<p>Durante estos tiempos de incertidumbre, le recordamos a todos los neoyorquinos que las pol\u00edticas de nuestra ciudad no cambiar\u00e1n. Adem\u00e1s, les recordamos contactar alguna agencia de la ciudad, incluyendo el departamento de la Polic\u00eda, no pondr\u00e1 en riesgo la seguridad o seguridad de los inmigrantes.<\/p>\n<p>Mientras nos preparamos para las incertidumbres que se aproximan, el Concejo continuar\u00e1 utilizando cada recurso a su disposici\u00f3n para educar a los inmigrantes neoyorquinos sobre sus derechos y c\u00f3mo prepararse, as\u00ed como proveerles todos los servicios legales y sociales necesarios.<\/p>\n<p>Los neoyorquinos con preguntas o dudas deben contactar a una organizaci\u00f3n de servicios legales de confianza o visitar la p\u00e1gina: <a href=\"http:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/immigrant-resources\/\">http:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/immigrant-resources\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOver the last few days, we\u2019ve heard and investigated troubling reports of sweeping immigration enforcement actions throughout the nation, including in our area. Dragnet immigration raids would undermine New York City\u2019s public safety, destabilize communities and devastate families.<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks ahead, the City Council will continue to closely monitor all immigration enforcement activity in our City. During these uncertain times, we remind all New Yorkers that our City\u2019s policies will not change and that contacting the City\u2014including the police department\u2014will not compromise the safety or security of immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2017\/02\/12\/1365\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}