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Council Member Shahana Hanif states her questions for the administration

0:38:51

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Council Member Hanif expresses concern about the treatment of immigrant families during school transfers, and states questions she has for the administration when they testify.

She asks what the protocol is for school transfers of these families
She questions why parents were forced to sign papers they didn't understand and were offered trash bags
She says this adds to the dehumanization of newcomers, exacerbated by the mayor's rhetoric
She requests a response from the administration on the schooling situation for these children

Shahana Hanif

0:38:51

I won't be here for when the administration testifies, but I would like for them to respond to what the protocol is for when these transfers are taking place.

0:39:02

And why is it that these individuals, parents, of children in the school community were forced without an explanation to sign a paper that they did not understand.

0:39:15

And then offered trash bags.

0:39:18

I think that is adding to the dehumanization that these newcomers are already experiencing because of the wider rhetoric that our mayor has enforced.

0:39:29

But I'd like to make sure that that question is responded to.

0:39:33

And then finally, if you could just respond to the the schooling of your children right now, what is that looking like?

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