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00:00:00I CAN CONFIRM THAT.
00:00:00FOR THE YOUNG WARRIORS, THE
00:00:07UP-AND-COMING OFFICERS IN THE CROWD HERE, AT SOME POINT YOU
00:00:10MIGHT BE TASKED WITH SOMETHING THAT FEELS IMPOSSIBLE. SOMETHING THAT SEEMS
00:00:14OVERWHELMING.
00:00:17MUCH LIKE THOSE AROUND YOU RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT, YOU WILL FIND A WAY
00:00:21THROUGH.
00:00:24JUST LIKE AS OF NOW AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IN PREPARATION,
00:00:28LOOKING TOWARDS HISTORY, HISTORY
00:00:32CAN HELP YOU DEVELOP. BUT I'M ALSO HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU COME HOME FROM
00:00:35THESE TOUGH MISSIONS, DON'T FORGET TO LOOK BACK AT HISTORY AS WELL.
00:00:41FOR ANY FRUSTRATION YOU MIGHT FEEL --
00:00:44>> LIVE COVERAGE FROM NEW YORK
00:00:48CITY, MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI, THE
00:00:51STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ARE
00:00:53HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE ON
00:00:58ICE ENFORCEMENT. LIVE, ON CSPAN3.
00:01:03>> THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US
00:01:10FOR THIS IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT AND CONVERSATION. I AM DELIGHTED THAT ALL OF YOU
00:01:13COULD JOIN US.
00:01:17I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO JOIN US
00:01:21TODAY.
00:01:26I WOULD LIKE TO THANK --
00:01:35[APPLAUSE]
00:01:41[INAUDIBLE]
00:01:52>> JUST WHEN YOU THINK IT CAN'T
00:01:56GET ANY WORSE, THE TRUMP
00:01:58ADMINISTRATION HAS FOUND A
00:02:01BRAND-NEW WAY TO HER CHILDREN.
00:02:07CUTTING OFF LEGAL SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS.
00:02:17A LOT OF THESE MINORS ARE UNACCOMPANIED AND ALONE AND
00:02:22ABANDONED BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS ARE DEPORTED.
00:02:31MOM AND DAD WERE SENT BACK.
00:02:34IN NEW YORK, NEARLY 1400
00:02:40CHILDREN WERE LEFT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES IN IMMIGRATION COURT.
00:02:48THINK OF A CHILD, ALL AGES, IN A
00:02:52COURTROOM BY THEMSELVES.
00:02:56TRYING TO PLEAD THEIR CASE.
00:03:01IN AN UNFAMILIAR COUNTRY.
00:03:06TRYING TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. IT IS PREPOSTEROUS.
00:03:11IT IS ILLEGAL.
00:03:15FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, --
00:03:30A BIPARTISAN LAW WAS SIGNED BY A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.
00:03:38THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WAY BACK IN 2008.
00:03:48UNACCOMPANIED MINORS WITHOUT LEGAL REPRESENTATION WERE MORE
00:03:52LIKELY TO BE ABUSED AND SENT BACK.
00:03:56THIS WAS ANOTHER POLICY THAT --
00:04:04WE DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT FOR A CHILD TO BE LEFT ALONE.
00:04:15THE POLICY, THE STATEMENTS OF
00:04:17OUR VALUES.
00:04:21JUST THROWN ONTO THE TRASH HEAP
00:04:25WITH OTHER LONG-STANDING NORMS.
00:04:30THE RESULT IS WE HAVE AN
00:04:34OPPORTUNITY -- WAS LEAVING A
00:04:52COUNTRY FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE.
00:04:57WHEN WE LOSE SIGHT OF OUR SHARED
00:04:59RESPONSIBILITY, AS HUMAN BEINGS,
00:05:03AS PARENTS, WE LOSE PART OF WHO
00:05:07WE ARE.
00:05:13I AM ANNOUNCING 7.25 MILLION
00:05:18DOLLARS IN ELEMENTARY LEGAL
00:05:20SERVICES. [APPLAUSE]
00:05:28GOING FORWARD, THESE CHILDREN WILL HAVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
00:05:35IT IS NOT LOST ON ANY OF US,
00:05:39THAT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY STANDS TALL IN OUR HARBOR.
00:05:44BRING ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR,
00:05:48YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO
00:05:50BE FREE.
00:05:54DESPITE THE LACK OF COMPASSION COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON, THAT
00:05:59MESSAGE STILL MEANS SOMETHING IN NEW YORK.
00:06:02WE TREAT ALL PEOPLE WITH
00:06:05DIGNITY, DECENCY, REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY GOT HERE.
00:06:10RECOGNIZE THEIR HUMANITY AND
00:06:13THEIR RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY THE LITTLE ONES.
00:06:21I HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE ON
00:06:26THE GROUND WHO ARE CONCERNED,
00:06:30VERY CONCERNED. I WANT TO REASSURE YOU WE ARE
00:06:34KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON IT.
00:06:37WE SIGNED ONE OF THE MOST
00:06:38COMPREHENSIVE LAWS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
00:06:44IT PROHIBITS LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:06:46AGENCIES FROM HAVING A FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH ICE.
00:06:52UNLESS A CRIME HAS BEEN
00:06:54COMMITTED, ICE CANNOT USE LOCAL
00:06:56COPS OR JAILS OR TECHNOLOGY FOR
00:07:03CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
00:07:11THAT LAW GOES INTO EFFECT IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. 13 DAYS.
00:07:19TO FULLY UNWANTED ANY AGREEMENTS YOU HAVE WITH ICE.
00:07:27AND IF THEY DID NOT COMPLY, THEY WILL FACE LEGAL ACTION.
00:07:34WE WILL FOCUS ON ONE THING,
00:07:36KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE, WE ALSO BAN
00:07:40ICE FROM -- PLACES OF WORSHIP,
00:07:46HOSPITALS, CHILDCARE CENTERS. POLLING PLACES.
00:07:53AND ALSO WE CHANGED THE LAW.
00:07:56THAT SAYS IF ICE AGENTS ABUSE
00:07:59THEIR POWER, WE WILL HOLD THEM
00:08:03ACCOUNTABLE.
00:08:08MANY OF YOU SAW HORRIFIC VIDEO
00:08:09THAT WENT VIRAL SHOWING ICE
00:08:12AGENTS PEPPER SPRAY, SPRAYING A
00:08:2372-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN THE EYES.
00:08:31WAS SHE VIOLENT TOWARD THEM? NO.
00:08:35WAS SHE OBSTRUCTING THEM FROM MAKING AN ARREST? NO. WAS SHE ARMED?
00:08:41NO, NOT UNLESS YOU COUNT A SMART PHONE.
00:08:47SIMPLY EXERCISING HER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PROTEST. SHE WAS VICIOUSLY ATTACKED.
00:08:52HER EYES WERE LEFT BURNING FOR DAYS.
00:08:56IT SICKENS ME AS GOVERNOR OF THIS STATE.
00:09:03SHE IS WITH US TODAY, SHE WILL TELL HER STORY IN A MOMENT.
00:09:09WHAT HAPPENED TO HER IS EXACTLY WHY WE PASSED THE LAW.
00:09:14NO ONE HAS TO TOLERATE THIS.
00:09:15ICE AGENTS DON'T GET TO TRAMPLE
00:09:19ON YOUR RIGHTS WITH IMPUNITY.
00:09:20HERE IN NEW YORK, POWER NEVER
00:09:25JUSTIFIES ABUSE. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
00:09:29[APPLAUSE]
00:09:37YOU'LL HEAR FROM OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL IN JUST A MINUTE, MORE ABOUT OUR EFFORTS.
00:09:41BEFORE THAT, I WANT TO TURN IT
00:09:44OVER TO MY PARTNER IN THIS EFFORT, KEEPING NEW YORKERS
00:09:48SAFE, PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF
00:09:51INDIVIDUALS, AND HOLDING THOSE
00:09:55-- I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR MAYOR, ZOHRAN MAMDANI. [APPLAUSE]
00:10:09>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
00:10:13I WANT TO THANK GOVERNOR HOGLE,
00:10:16FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN PROTECTING
00:10:20NEW YORK'S IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES FROM MOUNTING ATTACKS THAT THREATEN THEIR ABILITY TO LIVE
00:10:24FREELY AND SAFELY.
00:10:24I WANT TO COMMEND THE ATTORNEY
00:10:28GENERAL FOR HER ONGOING EFFORTS TO COMBAT THESE INJUSTICES WITH
00:10:32THE FULL FORCE OF OUR STATE LEGAL POWER.
00:10:36I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE
00:10:38HAVE LEADERS HERE BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE CITY AND STATE
00:10:42GOVERNMENT.
00:10:43WE HAVE A RESIDENT CEO, WE HAVE
00:10:46OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE NEW
00:10:49YORK IMMIGRANT COALITION.
00:10:56AND WE HAVE PARTNERS HERE, SO
00:11:03MANY DIFFERENT LEADERS WHO HAVE MADE THIS ISSUE A PRIORITY.
00:11:13WE ARE TOGETHER TODAY, TO SPEAK
00:11:16OUT AGAINST A GRAVE INJUSTICE.
00:11:19THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S REFUSAL
00:11:20TO RENEW ITS CONTRACT WITH THE
00:11:23CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND NEARLY
00:11:26100 SERVICES PROVIDERS, WITHHOLDING MORE THAN $65
00:11:31MILLION IN GRANTS. AS A DE FACTO CONSEQUENCE OF
00:11:35THIS DECISION, MORE THAN 25,000
00:11:39UNACCOMPANIED IMMIGRANT CHILDREN HAVE OTHER LEGAL REPRESENTATION
00:11:43ABRUPTLY ENDED, LEAVING THEM TO
00:11:47NAVIGATE A BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM ALONE.
00:11:50FOR THOSE CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN DETENTION CENTERS WITHOUT
00:11:54ACCESS TO THEIR LAWYERS, THIS
00:11:55MEANS THERE IS NO LONGER ANYONE TASKED WITH ENSURING THEY ARE
00:12:00HEALTHY, SAFE, OR PROTECTED.
00:12:04THAT IS A BETRAYAL OF SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN
00:12:08OUR CITY.
00:12:10AND IT IS AN INSULT TO THE VERY
00:12:14IDEALS UPON WHICH OUR NATION WAS BUILT.
00:12:17AS A RESULT OF THIS DECISION,
00:12:20CHILDREN WHO HAVE FLED VIOLENCE,
00:12:24TRAFFICKING, WAR AND ABUSE WILL WALK INTO COURTROOMS ALONE.
00:12:29CHILDREN.
00:12:32MANY OF THEM HAD NO OTHER OPTION
00:12:34BUT TO TRAVEL HERE BY THEMSELVES , THOUSANDS OF MILES.
00:12:38WHEN THEY MADE IT TO OUR CITY,
00:12:41THEY THOUGHT THE WORST WOULD BE BEHIND THEM AND THAT THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
00:12:45BUT NOW THEY WILL STAND ALONE
00:12:47AGAIN AS THEY FACE ATTACKS FROM
00:12:52A ENTRAINED GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY FROM ACROSS THE AISLE, WHOSE
00:12:56SOLE AGENDA IS TO DEPORT THEM BACK TO THE PLACE THEY ENDURED SO MUCH TO ESCAPE.
00:13:00SOME OF THESE CHILDREN ARE TEENAGERS. SOME ARE 10 YEARS OLD.
00:13:04SOME ARE FIVE YEARS OLD. SOME ARE EVEN YOUNGER.
00:13:09MANY DO NOT EVEN YET SPEAK THE
00:13:12LANGUAGE THEY NEED TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
00:13:14EVEN IF THEY DO, THESE ARE CHILDREN WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT.
00:13:20THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE
00:13:20THE COURTROOM, HOW TO FILL OUT
00:13:24AN ASYLUM APPLICATION, HOW TO PLEAD THEIR CASE.
00:13:31THE CONSEQUENCES THEY WILL FACE SIMPLY FOR COMING TO THIS COUNTRY IN SEARCH OF A BETTER
00:13:35LIFE WILL BE SEVERE.
00:13:40WITHOUT LEGAL REPRESENTATION, FEWER THAN 1% OF IMMIGRANT
00:13:43CHILDREN ARE GRANTED -- THE
00:13:49FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL TELL YOU THEY HAVE FULFILLED THEIR
00:13:53CONTRACT.
00:13:59TAKE ONE ORGANIZATION WHOSE
00:14:02FOUNDER, A RETIRED ICE AGENT,
00:14:08RESIGNED DUE TO SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS. MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THIS.
00:14:13THE REFUSAL TO RENEW THIS
00:14:15CONTRACT WITH PROVIDERS WHO
00:14:18SPECIALIZE IN THIS WORK IS
00:14:19NOTHING LESS THAN -- HER
00:14:24CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS FIVE YEARS OLD.
00:14:27THERE ARE SOME ON THE RIGHT WHO DELIGHT IN THAT.
00:14:30WHAT COULD BE LESS AMERICAN THAN
00:14:33DEPRIVING THOSE A FUNDAMENTAL
00:14:38RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS? WHAT IS MORE ANTITHETICAL TO OUR
00:14:42VALUES?
00:14:47ICE OPERATES IN NEW YORK, TERRORIZING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES.
00:14:52BREAKING DOWN DOORS, SEPARATING CHILDREN FROM PARENTS, CASTING
00:14:55THEM INTO THIS NIGHTMARE.
00:15:00MANY OF THESE CHILDREN WILL APPEAR IN COURT HOUSES RIGHT
00:15:03HERE IN OUR CITY, ALONE, AS A
00:15:07RESULT OF THIS. I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE
00:15:11GOVERNOR FOR HER QUICK AND
00:15:13DECISIVE WORK.
00:15:19THIS INFUSION OF FUNDS FOR LEGAL
00:15:22SERVICES PROVIDERS WILL MAKE AN
00:15:24ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE FOR THE
00:15:29THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN NEW YORK.
00:15:36251 OF WHOM ARE CURRENTLY IN DETENTION.
00:15:38NOTHING WILL UNDO THE CRUELTY AND INJUSTICE THESE CHILDREN HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED.
00:15:46BUT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO
00:15:48EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO
00:15:51PROTECT NEW YORKERS FROM BEING TARGETED BY ICE, WE CAN SUPPORT
00:15:55ALL OF OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING HAITIANS IN NEW
00:15:58YORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN LEFT --
00:16:04BECAUSE HERE IN NEW YORK, WE
00:16:06RECOGNIZE NEW YORKERS.
00:16:11IN FEBRUARY I SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IN PART BY
00:16:16MANDATING A CITYWIDE -- TO
00:16:19GOVERN INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CITY AGENCIES AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION
00:16:23AND OUR CITY BUDGET ALLOCATED
00:16:27MILLIONS FOR IMMIGRATION LEGAL
00:16:29SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN AND INCREASED OUR
00:16:32OVERALL INVESTMENT IN LEGAL SERVICES.
00:16:37ALL OF IT BASELINE, BRINGING OUR
00:16:38TOTAL INVESTMENT TO $15 MILLION.
00:16:46NEW YORKERS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO BE CONNECTED
00:16:49WITH AN ATTORNEY OR HELP THROUGH
00:16:55OUR LEGAL SUPPORT HOTLINE.
00:16:57YOU CAN ALSO CALL 311 AND ASK
00:17:00FOR IMMIGRATION LEGAL.
00:17:03WE ARE PROVIDING FREE LEGAL CONSULTATIONS AS WELL AS
00:17:06CRITICAL RESOURCES FOR CITY
00:17:11EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES. NEW YORK CITY AND NEW YORK STATE WILL NOT SIT IDLY BY.
00:17:17WE WILL CONFRONT THESE HORRORS
00:17:21WITH THE ACTION AND SOLIDARITY IT DEMANDS.
00:17:24IN DOING SO, WE WILL SHOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE
00:17:28REJECT -- ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO
00:17:33SAY THANK YOU TO THE GOVERNOR WHOSE ACTIVE LEADERSHIP, THANK
00:17:36YOU TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO CONTINUES TO USE EVERY SINGLE
00:17:40TOOL AT HER DISPOSAL AND THANK
00:17:43YOU TO MY PARTNERS IN GOVERNMENT AT EVERY SINGLE LEVEL.
00:17:50YOU'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR YEARS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LIVE UP TO
00:17:53THOSE VALUES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:17:56I CANNOT BE MORE PROUD TO STAND ALONGSIDE YOU AS MAYOR OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU.
00:18:00[APPLAUSE]
00:18:03WITH THAT, I HAVE THE HONOR AND
00:18:07PRIVILEGE OF CALLING ON OUR STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL. [APPLAUSE]
00:18:16>> PROTOCOL HAS ALREADY BEEN
00:18:20ESTABLISHED.
00:18:24LET ME TELL YOU A PERSONAL STORY.
00:18:30I REPRESENTED AN UNACCOMPANIED MINOR, HER NAME WAS KELLY.
00:18:35SHE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT PARENTS.
00:18:40I REPRESENTED HIM IN FAMILY
00:18:43COURT.
00:18:47THE BEST WAY TO DEMONSTRATE --
00:18:51WAS TO REPRESENT -- THE PETITION
00:18:55WAS GRANTED.
00:19:03THEY HAVE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE.
00:19:07THEY ARE MARRIED AND THEY LIVE IN BROOKLYN.
00:19:12CONTRIBUTE INTO OUR ECONOMY, SHE NOW HAS STATUS.
00:19:18I REMEMBER IN FAMILY COURT THAT DAY.
00:19:23A NUMBER OF THEM WERE WITHOUT ATTORNEYS.
00:19:28SOME WERE SO SMALL THAT WHEN THEY SAT IN THE COURTROOM, THEIR FEET DID NOT TOUCH THE FLOOR.
00:19:38MOST OF THEM WERE ALONE. NO PARENTS.
00:19:42NO GUARDIANS. NO LAWYERS.
00:19:48THAT CANNOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
00:19:51IT IS UP TO OUR STATE, OUR CITY
00:19:57TO NOT SIT IDLY BY AND ALLOW
00:20:00THEIR RIGHTS TO BE VIOLATED -- I
00:20:13AM GLAD TO SEE SO MANY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES.
00:20:15WE CAN AND MUST DO BETTER.
00:20:22I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE MAYOR.
00:20:30THE 150 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS
00:20:32APPROPRIATED -- THEY INITIALLY
00:20:39SAID THEY WERE GOING TO RE-APPROPRIATE THOSE FUNDS.
00:20:45BUT NOW THERE ARE REPORTS --
00:20:53IN 2015, THE CITY COUNCIL --
00:20:58HEARD MY CRY AND DECIDED TO --
00:21:02THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.
00:21:04I WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNOR FOR
00:21:08LEADERSHIP, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR HIS LEADERSHIP.
00:21:11I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES.
00:21:14NO CHILD SHOULD BE ALONE IN A COURTROOM.
00:21:17WE HAVE A DUTY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
00:21:22THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY.
00:21:26I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF.
00:21:33I ALSO WANT TO THANK GABBY --
00:21:44MUCH TO OUR NATION.
00:21:52AS A WOMAN OF FAITH, IT WAS THE RIGHT THING.
00:21:57THANK YOU.
00:22:01[APPLAUSE]
00:22:02>> PLEASE WELCOME TO THE PODIUM,
00:22:08THE CEO OF -- >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:22:13THANK YOU ATTORNEY GENERAL
00:22:14JAMES, MAYOR MAMDANI.
00:22:19WITH YOUR DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP IN PROTECTING ALL NEW
00:22:24YORKERS, ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE NEW YORKERS,
00:22:28CHILDREN, FOR MANY, IT IS
00:22:30UNIMAGINABLE THAT RIGHT NOW, CHILDREN ARE NAVIGATING COMPLEX
00:22:36SYSTEMS --
00:22:43FOR DECADES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS RECOGNIZED THAT
00:22:46THESE CHILDREN LIKE ANY OTHER, NEED A HELPING HAND.
00:22:50UNFORTUNATELY, THE TRUMP
00:22:51ADMINISTRATION MADE THE INHUMANE
00:22:55DECISION TO LEAVE UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN IN THE DARK, BY ENDING
00:23:00LONG-STANDING LEGAL SERVICES FEDERAL FUNDING.
00:23:04THE COOL DECISION TO END THESE
00:23:05PROGRAMS IS TO PURPOSELY DISRUPT
00:23:10A NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT
00:23:13HAVE SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE
00:23:15NECESSARY, TO SERVE THE VULNERABLE POPULATION.
00:23:20WHETHER IT BE EXPLAINING THE POINT -- COMPLEXITIES OF THE
00:23:23LEGAL SYSTEM TO CHILDREN, OR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TRAUMA
00:23:27THEY ARE FACING -- UNDERSTAND
00:23:35THAT THESE CASES ARE MUCH DEEPER THAN WHAT IS WRITTEN ON PAPER.
00:23:39WE ARE GRATEFUL TO GOVERNOR
00:23:42HOGLE, FOR ONCE AGAIN DEMONSTRATING HER COMMITMENT TO
00:23:45PROTECT CHILDREN.
00:23:47WHEN SHE SAYS CHILDREN, SHE MEANS ALL CHILDREN.
00:23:51BY INVESTING IN NEW YORK STATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HIGH
00:23:56QUALITY -- GOVERNOR HOGLE IS
00:24:01TELLING ALL NEW YORKERS AND THE
00:24:05NATION, THAT WE MUST TAKE
00:24:07CONCRETE ACTIONS, TO PROTECT THESE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
00:24:12I AM PROUD TO LEAD A COURT OF ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONALS
00:24:15WHO HAVE DEDICATED -- WHOSE
00:24:18DEDICATED PURPOSE IS FINDING
00:24:21LEGAL RECOURSE FOR THESE YOUTHS
00:24:25TO LIVE, THRIVE AND GROW IN THE GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK.
00:24:30WE CALL ON ALL GOVERNORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TO FOLLOW GOVERNOR
00:24:34HOGLE'S LEADERSHIP -- FOR
00:24:42SERVICES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES.
00:24:45NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO
00:24:49INTRODUCE MY PARTNER IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
00:24:53[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
00:25:00I AM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE NEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION.
00:25:04I WOULD LIKE TO THANK -- START BY THANKING THE LEADERSHIP WE SEE ON THIS STAGE.
00:25:08GOVERNOR HOGLE, MAYOR MAMDANI,
00:25:12OUR PARTNERS IN GOVERNMENT WHO STAND BEHIND US.
00:25:16I LOVE OUR PARTNERS WHO ARE ON STAGE.
00:25:18A LOT OF THIS WORK DID NOT
00:25:21HAPPEN ON ITS OWN. THIS YEAR WE SAW HISTORIC
00:25:24INVESTMENTS AND NEW INVESTMENT
00:25:28IN IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES
00:25:30FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.
00:25:34WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO IN
00:25:36THIS MOMENT, TO COMBAT TRUMPS
00:25:39HORRIFIC POLICIES AGAINST OUR
00:25:43COMMUNITIES.
00:25:44JUST LAST WEEK, -- SHOWED UP TO
00:25:49IMMIGRATION COURT AND THE JUDGE SAID YOU HAVE TO FIND A LAWYER
00:25:54AND THE CHILD SAID HOW DO I DO THAT AND THE JUDGE SAID IT IS
00:25:56NOT UP TO ME STOP A CHILD ASKING
00:26:02A DEPORTATION JUDGE TO HELP THEM
00:26:06IN FILLING OUT THE ASYLUM APPLICATION. THAT IS THE WORLD WE ARE IN.
00:26:11IT IS BEYOND HORRIFIC, THAT WE
00:26:15HAVE THIS MOMENT.
00:26:17THERE ARE CERTAIN VALUES -- AND
00:26:22APPARENTLY THE WHITE HOUSE HAS NO VALUES.
00:26:26THEY ARE TURNING THEIR BACKS ON
00:26:29IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY.
00:26:33THE STATE AND CITY OF NEW YORK WILL CONTINUE TO STAND UP AND SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS.
00:26:38WE HAVE SEEN THE HORRORS OF THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
00:26:42INCREASED IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN OUR STREETS. YOU'RE SEEING ICE OPERATE
00:26:47FLAWLESSLY IN THE PAST YEAR AND SEVEN MONTHS.
00:26:52WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS
00:26:58GET THE TOOLS WE NEED FROM THE
00:27:01STATE THANKS TO OUR LEGISLATIVE
00:27:07MEMBERS WHO STAND BEHIND US,
00:27:11LINDA NOW HAS RECOURSE.
00:27:14SHE IS ABLE TO HOLD ICE ACCOUNTABLE.
00:27:18THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE BEFORE. NOW IT IS.
00:27:21ALL THE PROTECTION THAT WAS PASSED THIS YEAR, KICKING ICE
00:27:24OUT OF OUR CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, MOSQUES AND SYNAGOGUES.
00:27:30THESE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT
00:27:35HAVE BEEN THOUGHT OF AS A REMEDY.
00:27:38WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE IN ALBANY
00:27:41GETTING DRAGGED OFF INTO A NICE
00:27:45VEHICLE. WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE BEING ASSAULTED.
00:27:52PROTECTIONS ARE NOT SOLELY FOR THE IMMIGRANT NEW YORKERS.
00:27:54THESE ARE FOR ALL OF US.
00:27:58WE BENEFIT FROM THE PROTECTIONS.
00:28:01WE SEE THE WAYS IN WHICH THIS ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO OPERATE.
00:28:07AND WE ARE ALL LESS OFF FOR IT.
00:28:08THANKS TO THE GOVERNOR AND OUR
00:28:13ATTORNEY GENERAL AND OUR MAYOR,
00:28:16WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO FIGHT BACK. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
00:28:20I WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR.
00:28:23THEY HAVE BEEN CRITICAL, SHOWING
00:28:28UP AT THE RIGHT TIME. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
00:28:32I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF
00:28:33INTRODUCING SOMEONE -- STANDING
00:28:38UP FOR HER NEIGHBORS.
00:28:40SOMEONE WHO HAS TAKEN IMMENSE
00:28:49ISSUE, WITH THE WAY IN WHICH THIS ADMINISTRATION IS OPERATING.
00:28:55I WANT YOU TO JOIN US IN
00:28:59WELCOMING TO THE MICROPHONE, LINDA WOLF. [APPLAUSE]
00:29:03>> HI.
00:29:08GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:29:13I AM LINDA WOLF, A BORN AND BRED NEW YORKER.
00:29:19I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
00:29:22RECKLESS BEHAVIOR OF THIS
00:29:27ADMINISTRATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION.
00:29:28AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I WAS BEAR
00:29:34MACED BY ICE ON A PUBLIC STREET
00:29:40IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON
00:29:43BECAUSE I HAD THE COMMON SENSE TO SPEAK MY MIND.
00:29:55THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:30:00YOUR LEADERSHIP KEEPS SOME OF US
00:30:04SAFE, ALL OF US HOPEFULLY.
00:30:13ONCE IT CAME TO MYAND THANK YOUS
00:30:24OF OUR RIGHTS, THAT WE HAVE
00:30:26RIGHTS, AND MY EXPERIENCE WAS I
00:30:32DID NOT HAVE RIGHTS, AND I DID
00:30:37NOT HAVE THE CONSTITUTION.
00:30:41AND, AGAIN, THANK YOU, MAYOR
00:30:46MAMDANI, GOVERNOR HOCHUL, FOR
00:30:49GIVING ME THE SPACE. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO FACE
00:30:53PHYSICAL HARM LIKE I DID JUST FOR SPEAKING OUT.
00:30:57AND I WAS SPEAKING OUT THAT DAY,
00:31:02BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE,
00:31:06MY FELLOW NEW YORKERS, THAT ARE
00:31:10BEING SNATCHED UP OFF THE STREETS.
00:31:14I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.
00:31:24THE TIMING IS PERFECT, BUT IT IS NOT ABOUT ME. IT'S ABOUT THE CHILDREN.
00:31:28IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:31:29FACING HARM AND DANGER AND NO RIGHTS.
00:31:35THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED.
00:31:39THEY ARE BEING CRIMINALIZED OFF THE STREET.
00:31:44AND THIS IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION.
00:31:47I.C.E. HAS COST THE LINE,
00:31:51PUTTING EVERYDAY PEOPLE AT RISK.
00:31:52PEOPLE ARE HORRIFIED.
00:32:04GOVERNOR HOCHUL, I REALLY
00:32:07APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:32:17AND, IT'S REALLY JUST COMMON SENSE TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS,
00:32:21BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE THEM, AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE BEING
00:32:25VIOLATED.
00:32:27NEW YORKERS HAVE OUR BACK ON THIS.
00:32:31IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND THAT WE COME TOGETHER.
00:32:34IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT COLOR YOU ARE. WE ARE A COMMUNITY.
00:32:40WE ARE NEW YORKERS. [APPLAUSE]
00:32:45>> I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE REMAIN
00:32:50SEATED. MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, PLEASE COME TO THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.
00:33:06>> HI.
00:33:10GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, DONNA, CHANNEL 7, IN THE BACK.
00:33:14I WANT TO PUT OUT WHAT -- I WANT
00:33:20TO TALK ABOUT WHY DHS PUT OUT,
00:33:22THESE PAPER GLOVES, THEY PLAN TO
00:33:26SAVE MONEY, WHEN THEY ARREST
00:33:30PEOPLE, THEY ARE EFFECTIVELY PAID.
00:33:36AND THE COUNTERMEASURES, I JUST WANT TO GET YOUR POSITION ON
00:33:38WHAT IS GOING ON, AND IF YOU
00:33:43WILL ALSO BE ROLLING OUT. GOV. HOCHUL: YEAH. I WILL COMMENT ON THAT.
00:33:51WE'LL SPEAK TO MY ATTORNEY IN A MOMENT.
00:33:53BUT THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF
00:33:58CIVIL RIGHTS. WHEN YOU BECAUSE THAT KIND OF
00:34:01PHYSICAL HARM, REGARDLESS.
00:34:08AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE THE NEW PROTECTIONS THAT ARE JUST ENACTED IN THE LAW, JUST
00:34:12BRAND-NEW, THAT SAYS YOU CANNOT
00:34:16INFRINGE ON SOMEONE'S RIGHTS, YOU CANNOT CAUSE THEM UNDUE HARM, AND YOU WILL BE HELD
00:34:20ACCOUNTABLE.
00:34:25>> IT APPEARED TO BE AN ARMED
00:34:31MAN. [INAUDIBLE]
00:34:35>> OUTRAGE?
00:34:38A.G. JAMES: OF COURSE WE ARE
00:34:42OUTRAGED. [INAUDIBLE]
00:34:50[APPLAUSE]
00:34:53>> HEY, GOVERNOR.
00:34:59I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD
00:35:01REFER TO THE QUESTIONS,
00:35:05FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF -- AND
00:35:10A THREAT.
00:35:14GOV. HOCHUL: I SPOKE YESTERDAY.
00:35:24I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE LOSS
00:35:26OF PROTECTIVE STATUS FOR
00:35:28THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS, WHO
00:35:31HAVE BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY, AND
00:35:34THEY HAVE EVERY LEGAL DOCUMENT,
00:35:37UNDER OUR WATCH, AND NOW HE'S
00:35:46LEAVING THEM UNDOCUMENTED. I TOLD HIM THAT IS WRONG.
00:35:49THE REASON WE ARE GOING TO THE HEALTH CARE FIGHT IS THANK GOD
00:35:52THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING THEIR JOBS, MANY OF THEM IN HEALTH CARE.
00:35:56I SAID, TAKING CARE OF OUR MOST
00:36:00VULNERABLE. SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN PATIENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO
00:36:04WORKED AT A HOME HEALTH CARE
00:36:07FACILITY, AND 200 PEOPLE TELL ME THEY NO LONGER CAN WORK, TAKING
00:36:11CARE OF SOCIETY'S MOST
00:36:14VULNERABLE, ELDERLY, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, WITH THE PERSON
00:36:17THAT THEY HAVE COME TO TRUST WITH THEIR LIVES?
00:36:21THEIR FAMILIES TRUST THEM TO CARE FOR THEIR LOVED ONES, AND THEY ARE NO LONGER SHOWING UP.
00:36:26WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE THEIR PLACE?
00:36:30I SAID THAT TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO IS TAKING THEIR PLACE?
00:36:45>> I WONDER IF ANYBODY WOULD ASK
00:36:52ABOUT SERVICES, TO CONSTANTLY
00:36:53REMIND YOU ON THE BASIS THAT --
00:37:00TO HOUR CENTRAL AMERICA OR
00:37:01MEXICO, CHILDREN OR TEENAGERS,
00:37:05TO THE UNITED STATES, ALL OF
00:37:09THESE LEADERS.
00:37:11GOV. HOCHUL: I REGRET THAT,
00:37:15BECAUSE THIS LAW HAS BEEN A PLACE FOR 20 YEARS.
00:37:19IT WAS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT BUSH. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG-STANDING POLICY IN OUR COUNTRY, TO SAY
00:37:22THAT WHEN A CHILD SHOWS UP ON OUR DOORSTEP, THAT WE AT LEAST
00:37:26GIVE THEM THE DIGNITY OF BEING
00:37:33HURT IN THE COURT OF LAW. SO I REJECT THAT.
00:37:37ALSO, I DO THINK IT IS --
00:37:41>> THE UNKNOWN STATUS, THE
00:37:51UNKNOWN STATUS?
00:37:52A.G. JAMES: AS I MENTIONED
00:37:57BEFORE, I REPRESENTED SO MANY,
00:38:02AND THEY WERE ALL UNACCOMPANIED MINORS.
00:38:04>> I'M WONDERING IF THE
00:38:09LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW,
00:38:12PREVENTING DEPARTMENTS FROM
00:38:14WORKING WITH I.C.E., IS THERE A
00:38:17MESSAGE YOU ARE SENDING WITHIN
00:38:22THEM TO THE WORKERS?
00:38:22GOV. HOCHUL: MY MESSAGE IS THAT
00:38:27WE WANT EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE STATE TO FOLLOW THE LAWS OF NEW
00:38:31YORK, AND THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DO NOT.
00:38:32AND, AGAIN, SOMEONE LIKE THAT,
00:38:37MISREPRESENT, WHICH IS A NICE
00:38:38WAY OF SAYING "LIES," ABOUT WHAT
00:38:42WE ARE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT.
00:38:44BECAUSE WE ARE NOT DISALLOWING
00:38:48COOPERATION WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME.
00:38:49WE WILL PROTECT IMMIGRANT
00:38:53COMMUNITIES AND LONG-STANDING
00:38:56NEW YORKERS AGAINST CRIMINALS.
00:39:00WE ALWAYS HAVE. WE ALWAYS WILL.
00:39:03SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO SAY THAT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT FIT INTO THEIR NARRATIVE.
00:39:08BUT THERE ARE ALL OF THESE
00:39:10REPORTS THAT I.C.E. PROVIDES FOR
00:39:15LAW ENFORCEMENT, $4 BILLION TO KEEP THE STATE SAFE, TO PROTECT
00:39:19OUR STREETS. $4 MILLION JUST FROM OUR SOURCE ALONE.
00:39:25I DO NOT THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO LOCAL POLICE
00:39:28DEPARTMENTS TO PROSECUTE INDIVIDUALS.
00:39:34THAT IS I.C.E.'S JOB.
00:39:40THAT'S AN $85 BILLION AGENCY. THEY HAVE THE MOST MONEY.
00:39:43WAY TOO MUCH MONEY.
00:39:49BUT THIS IS SIMPLY SAYING
00:39:58LOCAL MUNICIPALITY SHOULD BE FIGHTING LOCAL CRIMES GET IS ALL I'M SAYING, LOCAL COPS, LOCAL CRIMES.
00:40:02[APPLAUSE] >> IF I CAN JUST ADD ONE MORE
00:40:06THING TO THAT QUESTION.
00:40:12NEW YORKERS ARE HORRIFIED BY THE
00:40:15ACTIONS OF I.C.E.
00:40:18THESE ARE ACTIONS THAT ARE
00:40:21RIPPING APART THE VERY FABRIC OF
00:40:25COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY AND THE STATE.
00:40:27THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS TODAY WHERE YOU CAN FEEL THE ABSENCE
00:40:30OF THOSE, AND NOW NEW YORKERS
00:40:35WANT A LEADER, LIKE THE GOVERNOR
00:40:40THAT WE HAVE, WHO CAN LOOK AT THAT AND NAME IT FOR WHAT IT IS.
00:40:47THEY WANT A LEADER WHO LOOKS AT
00:40:47THE CRUELTY OF I.C.E. AND SEES
00:40:53THE DELIVERY OF AN EVEN GREATER
00:40:57EXPANSE IN NEW YORK STATE.
00:40:58I KNOW OTHER NEW YORKERS FEEL
00:41:02THE SAME, AND WE ARE ALL STANDING HERE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE
00:41:04IN THE VALUES AND IDEALS THAT MAKE US NEW YORK.
00:41:07AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE
00:41:10WILLING TO FEAR MONGER, EVEN IF IT MEANS TRAMPLING AMONG THOSE VERY IDEAS.
00:41:15AND WE WILL NOT LET THEM. [APPLAUSE]
00:41:17>> I WANTED TO FOLLOW-UP WITH
00:41:22THE MAYOR ABOUT THE CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT ABOUT HIS
00:41:26INTERACTIONS.
00:41:32I FEEL LIKE THE WAY YOU LET GO OF CITY WORKERS AND PUSH THEM
00:41:36FURTHER INTO THE SHADOWS, I WANTED TO KNOW WHY YOU FELT LIKE
00:41:40YOU HAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON A
00:41:43FRIDAY.
00:41:44MAYOR MAMDANI: LOOK, OUR
00:41:48PRIORITY IS ALWAYS THE SAFETY OF
00:41:50NEW YORKERS AND THEIR ABILITY TO
00:41:55OBTAIN THEIR LEGAL PATH. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HAITIAN
00:41:57NEW YORKERS THAT HAVE HAD TO,
00:42:00AND WE KNOW IF WE WERE TO ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO BE EMPLOYED
00:42:04BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THAT
00:42:11COULD JEOPARDIZE THEIR ABILITY TO RETAIN LEGAL STATUS. WE SEEN THAT BEFORE, WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL GO AFTER THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO OPERATE
00:42:15WITH WORK AUTHORIZATIONS BEYOND THE DATE THAT WAS PERMISSIBLE AND THEN HOLD THAT AGAINST THE
00:42:19PERSON.
00:42:24NOW, SOME OF THESE NEW YORKERS MIGHT BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR OTHER WAYS TO STAY HERE.
00:42:26WE DON'T EVER WANT TO MAKE A POLITICAL A POINT TO THE EXTENT
00:42:30OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS BEING ABLE TO STAY IN THE CITY.
00:42:32TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE WAITED
00:42:35UNTIL THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE SURE WE
00:42:39COULD PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT FOR AS LONG AS IT WAS TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE. AND WHEN I SPOKE TO THE
00:42:44PRESIDENT, AS THE GOVERNOR SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT, I MADE VERY CLEAR THAT WHAT WE ARE TALKING
00:42:49ABOUT IS PROTECTED STATUS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SUCH AN
00:42:52INTERVAL PART OF THE CITY -- AN
00:42:57IN PART OF THE CITY, AND I
00:43:05WILL ASK YOU TO FIND ANYONE IN
00:43:07NEW YORK CITY WHO CAN POST THE
00:43:11CONDITIONS IN HAITI TODAY AND
00:43:13SAY THAT IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT IT
00:43:17IS. AND TO LOOK AT THIS CITY AND STATE AND SAY YOU WANT TO TAX
00:43:20THESE NEW YORKERS OUT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE IMPOSED
00:43:23BY ALL OF US, AND ALL OF US
00:43:29ON THE STAGE. BUT THE PRESIDENT IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO
00:43:33EXPAND OR DEFER, TO BRING BACK
00:43:36TO THE LIVES OF THESE NEW YORKERS AS WELL AS THE VERY ECONOMIES, FAMILIES, AND
00:43:40NEIGHBORHOODS BUILT AROUND US. >> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP FOR THE MAYOR ON THAT QUESTION.
00:43:47GIVEN THAT A LOT OF NEW YORKERS
00:43:51UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS
00:43:52IMPORTANT TO YOU, THERE WAS A
00:43:58WOMAN REPRESENTING LITTLE HAITI
00:44:00THIS MORNING, TALKING ABOUT THE
00:44:04LEGALITY OF THE CITY FIRING CITY
00:44:09WORKERS, DUE PROCESS. HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO THAT?
00:44:14IS THE DECISION LOPSIDED? MAYOR MAMDANI: WE MADE THIS
00:44:18DECISION BECAUSE IT WAS FOLLOWING THE LEGAL GUIDANCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
00:44:21AND, AGAIN, THIS WAS NOT THE
00:44:24DECISION THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE. THIS WAS DEFERRED UNTIL THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT.
00:44:31TO MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF THESE NEW YORKERS WOULD HAVE IT HELD
00:44:34AGAINST THEM THAT THEY CONTINUE TO WORK AFTER THE AUTHORIZATION
00:44:38EXPIRED. WE ARE LOOKING TO PROVIDE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE DOZENS OF CITY EMPLOYEES THAT WORK AFFECTED BY
00:44:43THIS WITH ANY ASSISTANCE THAT WE CAN.
00:44:46WE KNOW THAT WHAT IS CREATED BY
00:44:51A FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION THAT IS WILLING TO DEPORT NEW YORKERS,
00:44:54AMERICANS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY BACK TO HOME COUNTRIES,
00:44:58WHERE THE CONDITIONS ARE JUST AS
00:45:03UNSTABLE AS THEY WERE WHEN CPS WAS ORIGINALLY GRANTED.
00:45:09THE CONSEQUENCES OF FEDERAL
00:45:12POLICIES ARE LIKELY -- I MET A
00:45:15HAITIAN WORKER ON SO MANY
00:45:17PLATFORMS, AND BEDSIDE -- IN
00:45:23BED-STUY, TELLING ME ABOUT THE ANXIETY SHE WAS LIVING WITH.
00:45:28HER HUSBAND IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. I'M SURE MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN
00:45:32THE VIDEO OF THE HAITIAN MAN COLLAPSING TO THE FLOOR.
00:45:38WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE FACT THAT HE HAS TO LEAVE THIS COUNTRY TO GO BACK.
00:45:42THESE ARE HORRIFIC DECISIONS BEING MADE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL,
00:45:45AND I'M PROUD TO STAND ALONGSIDE A GOVERNOR WHO IS WILLING TO PUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE
00:45:50INVESTMENTS, INTO THE VALUES.
00:45:54[APPLAUSE]
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00:46:14>> YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING LIVE COVERAGE. WE RETURN NOW TO OUR SCHEDULED PROGRAM. WE JOINED IT IN PROGRESS.
00:46:22>> -- MOTHERS, BABIES ON THE
00:46:27BACKS, THE WAY THAT THEY CARRIED THEM. WE COULD NOT SEE ANY TROOPS ON
00:46:30THE GROUND, EXCEPT FOR THE
00:46:35MARINES EVACUATING FROM THE SHIPS.
00:46:37WE LEFT THE EVENING OF THE 23RD
00:46:41OF DECEMBER, JUST ABOUT
00:46:44CHRISTMAS EVE, AND THEY HAD ASKED OUR CAPTAIN IF HE WOULD
00:46:49TAKE INDIVIDUALS, NORTH KOREAN
00:46:55CIVILIANS.
00:46:56THERE WAS NO TIME TO LOAD CARGO.
00:47:01AND HE WAS A RELIGIOUS MAN, QUITE UNLIKE ANY CAPTAIN I HAD EVER SERVED UNDER.
00:47:08HE'S THE FELLOW THAT THE
00:47:11CATHOLIC CHURCH IS NOW MOVING
00:47:13OVER THE NEXT 300, 400 YEARS,
00:47:20VERY COMPLICATED AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
00:47:23BUT HEY HAVE BEEN NOMINATED, A
00:47:25CAUSE OPENED BY THE CHURCH, AND
00:47:29HE SAID, WE WILL TAKE AS MANY AS WE CAN.
00:47:32THE SHIP WAS EMPTY EXCEPT FOR
00:47:34ABOUT 300, 400 TONS OF IT FUEL
00:47:38IN 55-GALLON DRUMS IN THE LOWER
00:47:44HOLD OF THE SHIP. WE SAID OK, WE WILL TAKE AS MANY AS WE CAN.
00:47:48WE HAD ONE GOING ON THE SHIP, A
00:47:51PISTOL KEPT LOCKED IN HIS SAFE,
00:47:55IN CASE ANY OF US MISBEHAVE. SO WE HAD NO ARMS AT ALL.
00:48:01LOOKING OUT OF THE SEA OF
00:48:06KOREANS, WE FIT AS MANY AS WE CAN ON BOARD.
00:48:09SO OVERNIGHT, ON THE 22ND OF
00:48:11DECEMBER THROUGH NOON OF THE
00:48:1423RD, EACH OF THE THREE MATES,
00:48:17THE DECK OFFICERS, MYSELF AND TWO OTHERS, WERE DOWN IN THE
00:48:22HOLD, MAKING THE KOREANS, AS WE
00:48:24BROUGHT THEM ABOARD, ON THE ROPE
00:48:27LADDERS AND ON HUGE WOODEN
00:48:31PLATFORMS THAT OUR CREW WILL COME AND THEY WOULD PUT 15 OR 20
00:48:35KOREANS ON THE LIFT THEM ABOARD
00:48:36WITH THE SHIP'S WIRES, AND SO WE
00:48:40HAD EACH DECK FILLED, AND WE
00:48:42WOULD PUT THE STEEL BEAMS IN
00:48:45PLACE, COVER THAT UP, AND THEN
00:48:50THERE WERE THREE DECKS. FIVE HOLES.
00:48:53SO YOU HAD 15 DECK AREAS THAT WERE ALL EMPTY EXCEPT FOR THE JET FUEL.
00:48:59AND ABOUT 24 TO 30 HOURS, WHEN
00:49:02ONE OF US MAKES ANY TOLL, WE
00:49:07LOADED THE PEOPLE. AND WE MADE THEM STAND, THESE
00:49:11KOREANS WHO WERE TRYING TO SALVAGE AS MUCH AS THEY COULD WITH THEIR BLANKETS AND HOME
00:49:15GOODS AND THEIR BABIES WOULD BE ON THEIR BACKS, AND THEY WOULD
00:49:19BE TOWING THE LITTLE ONES BY HAND.
00:49:21AND WE HAD THEM STAND, PUT THEM
00:49:23OVER INTO THE BRIDGE WING, AND
00:49:27WHEN WE COULD GET NO MORE AND, WE WOULD COVER THEM UP.
00:49:29NO FOOD, NO TOILETS, NOTHING,
00:49:33UNTIL WE HAD 14,000 OF THEM, AS
00:49:34MANY AS WE COULD PACK, INTO THESE 15 DECKS.
00:49:39AND WE HAD COVERED THE ENTIRE MAIN DECK.
00:49:42YOU WILL SEE PICTURES, AGAIN, IF YOU CAN GET A HOLD OF ONE OF THE
00:49:47BOOKLETS, A PICTURE OF OUR MAIN DECK.
00:49:52YOU CANNOT TELL. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS. >> THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
00:49:56I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF. WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
00:49:59I HAD AT LEAST 15 MORE QUESTIONS FOR EACH OF YOU. I'M SURE THE AUDIENCE HAS THE SAME.
00:50:03I HOPE THIS IS A CHANCE FOR YOU
00:50:05ALL TO MEET, SPEAK WITH THEM AFTERWARDS.
00:50:09PLEASE JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. GENTLEMEN, IT IS AN HONOR. [APPLAUSE]
00:50:18>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:50:23WE WILL ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO
00:50:24A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH ON THE
00:50:29KOREAN WAR, WHICH WAS A WAR, IN SPITE OF WHAT THE UNITED NATIONS
00:50:33HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT.
00:50:34IT WAS NOT JUST A POLICE ACTION,
00:50:40YOU KNOW,, YOU KNOW, IS A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE, I GUESS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR
00:50:43TAKING YOUR TIME.
00:50:44WE ARE GOING TO GO TO A BREAK,
00:50:48SO THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS OF OUR PANELISTS.
00:50:50BUT RIGHT NOW, IT IS NOW 2:30,
00:50:53AND YOU ALL ARE GOING TO TAKE
00:50:54ABOUT A 10-MINUTE BREAK, AND THEN PLEASE BE BACK IN YOUR
00:50:58SEATS IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
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