Earlier this week, dozens of ICE agents violently raided Chinatown with military trucks, machine guns and pepper spray. New Yorkers and a handful of elected officials put their safety on the line to immediately mobilize in the streets. Politicians who couldn’t be there in person quickly spoke out.
This is an ongoing cycle – ICE does something terrible, community members fight back and lawmakers issue words of condemnation. But if we fail as lawmakers fail to match our words with action, we're giving ICE the green light to continue to escalate.
As a state senator representing a district significantly impacted by ICE’s raids, I’m calling on state leaders and lawmakers to immediately rally around legislation that will help protect our constituents from ICE.
Since January, ICE has taken