Posted on 11/05/2025 8:00:36 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A member of the city council in New York recently outlined a plan to allocate almost $200 million in taxpayer funds to be used to legally defend illegal immigrants from ICE and the Trump administration.
If you watch the video below, it is crystal clear that this woman and the people like her believe that their power supersedes the power of the federal government and federal immigration laws.
It’s almost like these people think that New York City is a country within the country and that it belongs to them.
NYC Council Member Tiffany Cabán, a Democratic Socialists of America member and one of Zohran Mamdani’s closest allies, says the possible deployment of the National Guard to New York City is reason to triple the city’s immigration defense budget.
“What we witnessed in Los Angeles, Chicago, and elsewhere this year is nothing less than a full scale assault on democracy.”
“Federal troops sent onto city streets to serve Donald Trump’s fascist agenda and terrorize our immigrant siblings.”
“They’re looking for any pretext, any opportunity to invade our streets under the banner of ‘security.’”
Officials from the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) then cited Vera Institute of Justice data showing it would cost $188.5 million to “provide services to every immigrant New Yorker,” broken down as $145 million for free legal counsel and $43.5 million for other immigration services.
In June, the city doubled this budget to about $120 million, and now MOIA wants multi-year contracts and even more money—with Cabán urging that these networks operate “with the broadest, lowest barrier access to dollars as soon as possible.”
Watch the video below:
According to QNS News, this same council member recently held an anti-ICE event...
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This is an administration that is openly threatened to send federal forces into our city to override our laws, steal our funds, and target our immigrant neighbors. They're looking for any pretext, any opportunity to invade our streets under the banner of quote-unquote security. That's why this resolution matters.
We must be on the record in opposition. To my colleagues, a resolution alone is not enough. We have folks who have an active case in immigration court and then other immigrant New Yorkers who might not have a case in immigration court but still have immigrant needs.
We can break down that figure further into $145 million for those to provide free legal counsel to New Yorkers in immigration court and then $43.5 million for other immigration services. And I believe, I'm going to double check with the team here, but I believe this is a report from VIERA. Oh, great.
And then what's the number right now? What are we, what's the total number? We are currently, I believe, with the administration and city council funding, I believe across the city it's $120 million, if not a little more, maybe $123 million. Everybody in this room will probably include in their testimony today, and something we've all said as well, is multi-year funding, right? It's really hard to do the work without knowing if a program is going to be available the next year or not. You know, obviously we're all up here advocating for just the broadest, lowest barrier access to just dollars as soon as possible so that organizations can be as nimble as they need to be in a really, really unpredictable environment at the moment.
Council member, before we move on, I want to say this, and I can only speak on behalf of myself, not the administration, but I fully support your resolution standing firm against the anti-immigrant actions by the federal government. Thank you, council member, for doing that, and I encourage all New Yorkers to do the same.
When God and His Son, Jesus Yeshua the Christ, are pushed out of America, this is one of the results.
And worse will come...
Sounds like that's what you're hoping for.
This is an act of rebellion.
When God and His Son, Jesus Yeshua the Christ, are pushed out of America, this is one of the results.
And worse will come...
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I agree. It’s inevitable.
We need to restrict voting to property owners. Otherwise we get PsOS elected like this dingbat
Sounds like that’s what you’re hoping for.
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Why do you say that. It’s the truth.
Why is this animal in my country?
I could care less if they Bankrupt NYC.
It just just a Democrat “paradise”
operating like they want it to.
I however do not want to contribute
one single cent to them.
I’d rather pay to rescue all the
Americans that want to leave.
that too!
...and so it begins...The taxpayers of NYC are being asked to cough up $200 million to fight ICE. When are these poor souls going to say “Enough!”
She’s Nuts
The grift and thievery begins....
Un”freakin”believable! (shutter in disgust)
Tiffany scores poorly on the matrix.
So it sounds like NYC is willing to pay $200 million to be a detention facility for illegals...perfect!
I’m asking my local politicians to make our area a sanctuary from federal taxes. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Should make it easier for ICE to find them.
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