TESTIMONY
Testimony by Elisa Nankode: A Street Vendor's Appeal for Support
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3 min
Elisa Nankode, an Ecuadorian immigrant and street vendor, shares her testimony about the hardships she faced working on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Nankode narrates her experience of losing her products to law enforcement over a misunderstanding and pleads for help to continue her work in New York City amidst her struggles for a better life for her and her daughter.
Speaker 22
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One of the representatives.
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You you you still cafe.
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American
Speaker 43
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Good afternoon.
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My name is Elisa Nankode.
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I'm a Quadorian.
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I'm an immigrant.
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I was working in the Brooklyn Bridge, and now I'm suffering because I don't have undocumented.
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And I'm here with my daughter, and I was working Selian Braselts.
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And I have videos, and I have pictures of me doing that, of me working.
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But they took my product away from me, and they gave me a 255.
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But there was a map that said that I could sell there.
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But the officer said that I had abandoned my spot.
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I didn't abandon it.
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I was just taking a coffee because it was too cold.
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And when I saw the police officer, I went to my spot really quickly, and I tried to explain, but English is not I don't speak English.
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I don't speak Spanish, and I speak so much better.
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So could you please help me.
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I'm here with my daughter.
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I came here for the American dream.
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I came to New York State, and it you know, my country right now is in a really complicated situation, a safety situation.
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So please help me because I would like to keep work.
Speaker 1
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Thank you very much for your testimony today.
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We appreciate it.
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I also want to mention we've been joined by counsel number 1.
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Okay.
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We are gonna call on the next panel.