Posted on 12/26/2016 7:50:22 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Less than a month before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, New Yorkers, including elected officials, community organizations and civil rights advocacy groups, marched from Dag Hammarskjold Plaza near the United Nations to Trump Tower on the International Migrants Day Dec. 18, to support New York’s immigrants and to protect them from the anti-immigrant policies repeatedly spoken about by Trump during his campaign.
Thousands of New Yorkers came out on the streets on the International Migrants Day to attend the “March for Immigrant New York”, organized by the New York Immigration Coalition and sponsored by 85 organizations, including Chhaya CDC and Desis Rising Up & Moving, the Interfaith Center of New York, the LGBTQI community and women’s rights, and anti-violence groups.
The protesters sought to send the message of resilience and hope directly to the president-elect. As the march made its way up 5th avenue, hundreds of bystanders and passersby joined it, pledging to protect “Immigrant New York.”
At a rally before the march, Steven Choi, executive director of New York Immigration Coalition said, the coalition has four simple demands for the president-elect – defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides 50,000 New Yorkers work permits and other essential resources; protect immigrant communities from deportation; prevent the creation of a Muslim registry, and support critical refugee resettlement programs. “This is what we are marching for at the “March for Immigrant New York” today and we call on all New Yorkers to join us in our pledge to protect our neighbors, family members, and friends,” Choi said.
New York City elected officials, Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Public Advocate Letitia James, State Senator-elect Marisol Alcantara, Assembly Member Jo Anne Simone, Assembly Member-elect Carmen De La Rosa and Council Members Carlos Menchaca and Ydanis Rodriguez joined the rally, pledging their support for New York’s immigrants, many of whom feel tremendous fear and uncertainty. “New York is and always will be a sanctuary city,” said Speaker Mark-Viverito. “On International Migrants Day, I am proud to stand in solidarity with New Yorkers from across the five boroughs to send a clear message that together, we will continue to stand up and fight for our immigrant communities.”
Public Advocate James had a similar message. “New York City will always stand behind our immigrants. With the recent spike in acts of hate against immigrant populations, it is more critical than ever to defend the rights of our immigrant brothers and sisters and affirm their vital place in our City. As New Yorkers, we will never waiver on our core values and principles and we will never allow anyone to normalize hate,’ James said.
Before marching, DACA recipients, members of the Muslim community, and immigrants at risk of deportation, faith leaders, and allies spoke, sharing their stories, and calling on New Yorkers regardless of immigration status to stand together.
“We refuse to sit silently by as President-elect Trump and his cabinet threatens our families, our neighbors, our friends. This rally and the march is just the first step on a long road to demonstrate to Trump and his new administration that New York immigrant communities are here to stay and that all New Yorkers will united to protect one another,” Choi said.
All the racists are coming out of the shadows.
More support for criminals who vote for Democrats.
We will see about that ! Laugh. Good times ! Good times !
Is there even a SINGLE ONE of these usual suspects who is not clamoring for sugar daddy government to be supporting these “immigrants” (illegales) — meaning to tax it from people who may or may not wish it? Or, a SINGLE ONE that has not shaken its head at passing the hat to feed them directly?
If someone generous wants to follow them to help wherever their travails go — even back out of the USA — God will certainly smile on that. But making them parasites on unwilling people — God will NOT smile on that.
They hate the “redneck race.”
Is there a web site were ISIS types hang out? I’d like to suggest a protest to target that would make them a lot more popular.
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International Migrants DayDid anyone else read that as “International Vagrants Day?"
“Immigrants...”
You journalists keep using that word, but I do not think it means what you think it means.
A person who is without legal authorization to be in our country is an illegal alien, not an immigrant.
Rest assured that none of your legal immigrant friends will be deported, but say goodbye to the illegals you’ve been protecting for so long.
If you are worried you must be doing something wrong or illegal. Straighten up and change course.
Gee: with all the new jobs and growth coming, advocates will be outta work.
No wonder they’re protesting. They could go to Venezuela. Just sayin’.
Behind these immigration supporters (basically for illegal immigrants) is a largely hidden Marxist component ranging from NY congresspersons to the City Council, so-called civil/immigrant rights activists (agitators for some), and the protectors of future jihadists among the Moslem coalition.
The mainstream media is NOT telling you about the very interlocking network of these groups, many with ties to communist/Marxist/progressive/socialist and “so-called liberal” parties, organizations and coalitions.
You can find some interesting information on Rep. Lydia Velaquez (D-NY) in the book “The Enemies Within: Communists, Socialists and Progressives in the U.S. Congress”, 2013-2015 edition, Trevor Loudon, at www.PacificFreedomFoundation.org.
I think that www.DiscoverTheNetwork.org has a simply section on her red connections.
It will be very interesting to see how much leftist money is going to these coalitions and individual groups, from the various Soro foundations and fronts, the Podesta organization (CAP) and fronts, the Marxist foundations like the Tides Foundation and others, and the old ACORN renewed network that gets millions of dollars from the US Government., etc.
This is one “swamp” that needs to be drained immediately.
Kinda like calling stowaways, passengers. The language needs to be refined for these malcontents to make any sense if only nonsense
I read somewhere that the libs hope to create an atmosphere of unease and disturbance so that voters turn toward lib candidates to restore calm and confidence.
to support New York’s immigrants and to protect them from the anti-immigrant policies repeatedly spoken about by Trump during his campaign.
Not anti-immigration just no illegal immigration and no swarms of Islamists
Boohoo. The human trafficking industry will take a severe cut in profits.
The whole movement is a fraud. It refuses to acknowledge any legal or moral distinction between legal and illegal “immigrant”. It conflates the two, on purpose, to deny the law and deny the moral affront they make against the LEGAL immigrant. The suggesting the government ignore the legal superiority of the legal immigrant and grant the same benefits to the illegal immigrant. The millions of LEGAL immigrants are the losers. If the amnesty crowd got all the want, it would raise the middle finger to the legal immigrants, suggesting they were fools who needlessly followed the law, when all they had to do was come in with the crowd, illegally, and wait. Its a moral crime for politicians to promote amnesty.
I doubt that.
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