New York and Chicago brace for Trump’s potential immigration raids

The Manila Times

New York and Chicago brace for Trump’s potential immigration raids  Cities like New York and Chicago are bracing for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration’s immigration policies.  Officials and rights advocates had said Trump's administration would launch immigration raids in multiple US cities almost as soon as he takes office on Monday, January 20, with Chicago considered a likely first location.  "Anxiety is there. It's not leaving," said Adama Bah, the executive director of Africana New York.   “And I don’t have answers."  REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #worldnews  #immigration  #trump

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00:00When I say down, down with deportation, up, up with deportation.

00:06We wrap our arms around them.

00:09New York has always been a place.

00:11We also have to follow the law and the protocols.

00:14We just have to figure out where it happens,

00:17prepare the community by giving them the information that they need.

00:21That's all we can do.

00:23If a raid happens, take down the ICE officer's information,

00:27take down the client that's being taken information.

00:30That is all that we can do.

00:32I mean, we don't know what he's going to do.

00:34So we just have to wait and prepare when he does it.

00:37There is a greater chance somehow of finding quote-unquote proof.

00:41For temporary protected status and to bring back the right to shelter in New York City.

00:46We will continue to do our Know Your Rights workshops.

00:50We're going to continue to share information on how to navigate any ICE enforcement,

00:56no matter where you are in New York State,

00:58whether that's in New York City or if you're navigating traffic upstate.

01:02We will stand by our community and practice community care.

01:05And frankly, that is the best tool we have to make sure that people do not enter the deportation and detention pipeline.

01:13He has $6.9 billion here to spend.

01:17I also want to make sure to point out,

01:22The asylum seekers, the long-standing immigrants are not even hoping.

01:26It's just like, what do I do?

01:28The anxiety is there. It's not leaving.

01:30What's next? What's going to happen?

01:32They keep asking and I don't have answers.

01:34And that's what makes it worse.

01:36You know, they're looking to me for answers.

01:38And normally I have answers, but right now I don't.

01:41No fear! Immigrants are welcome here! No hate! No fear!

01:46Immigrants are welcome here!

01:48There's definitely an anxiety knowing that there's 200 ICE agents that are coming into the city of Chicago.

01:54We've done all we can to try to be prepared and support as many people as we can in the city of Chicago.

02:00But ultimately, we'll see what next week brings.

02:04Individuals and families are worried about what potentially could happen.

02:07They're worried about deportation.

02:09But the biggest blow to our community is living in fear.

02:12When communities are living in fear, they don't go to work, they don't go to school.

02:16Long-term, that has an impact not just on the immigrant communities,

02:19but it has an impact on our entire city and entire country as a whole.

02:22Because we rely on immigrant labor.

02:24We have our growth, our population, our consumers.

02:28A very large portion of them are immigrants that are coming into the U.S.

02:32And so when they're in fear, it impacts all of us.

02:35We need to comply with the law.

02:36So while we need to comply, that doesn't mean we need to aid or support any efforts

02:40that are going to put individuals or families in harm's way or cause trauma to our communities.

02:46You are now a fascist.

02:50Get out.

02:52He wants to make Chicago and Denver and these other places ground zero for these mass deportations,

02:59for these ground-ups, and make an example out of a sanctuary city like Chicago.

03:05But Chicago and the people here need to make Chicago a different example of people finding their courage,

03:12strengthening their backbone to actually be out here

03:15and actually defend people when they are coming under attack.

03:19You have people who are just trying to survive and find a way to live, you know,

03:24and you have these mass deportations and these ground-ups coming down on people.

03:29In defense of immigrants under attack by the fascists of Trump and Maga.

03:59You

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