PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson, Member of the Public, on New York for All Resolution and Immigration Enforcement
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Christopher Leon Johnson testifies in support of the New York for All resolution, emphasizing the need to protect non-violent immigrant workers from ICE cooperation. He calls for better education among nonprofit organizations about the distinction between violent and non-violent crimes in relation to potential deportation under a future Trump administration.
- Urges NYPD not to cooperate with ICE in arresting non-violent immigrants such as street vendors, food delivery workers, and day laborers
- Criticizes nonprofits for not properly educating their members about the difference between violent and non-violent crimes in relation to deportation risk
- Expresses support for the New York for All resolution and calls for more targeted education efforts by nonprofits receiving government funding
Christopher Leon Johnson
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Yeah.
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Hello.
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My name is Christopher Leon Johnson, and I'm here to support the resolution for New York for All.
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Yeah.
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We need to make sure that the NYPD doesn't cooperate with ICE to arrest the wrong migrants, like the ones that sell mangoes in the subways and the ones that deliver our food and medicine, like the Lipistas and the ones that be outside Home Depot or the Lowe's trying to make a living through day laboring.
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Now the issue I have here is that we have non profits like the, like make the room New York that oversees the the day laborers, the street vendor project, which is ran by Karina Kaufman Gutierrez that oversee the street vendors and, Liggy Golapa that oversee the listers, including the day laborers.
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They need to start telling those members, their members, that Trump will not have ICE to pork them because they're selling mangoes inside a subway.
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Trump is not going to pork them because they're selling, they're delivering, food or medicine, like capsule medicine on a sidewalk or something like the drive ride to eat bikes on the sidewalk.
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Trump is not going to port them because they they outside of Home Depot or Lowe's or, Harvard Freight.
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Trying to solicit I'm trying to get work.
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I work with people that hire these guys, to do work for the United Nations, but they're not gonna be deported because of that.
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They will be deported if they commit violent crimes.
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What the city council need to start doing, miss, missus, Vilas.
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I respect you even from this morning with the rally with with Brad Pender.
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You need to start telling these nonprofits to start educating their members about what's the difference from a violent crime and a nonviolent crime.
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Trump is getting inaugurated on the 20th, on 21st, or 22nd.
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None of them like, a member from the treatment of the project, you need to tell her you need to send an email to Kaufman to tell that lady that, well, she is not gonna be picked up by ICE on Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday or Friday because she was at a courthouse under Bragg or any of these state district attorneys.
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ICE will
Thinley Wangchuk
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not be the case.
UNKNOWN
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Thank you
Justin Srey
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for your testimony.
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Time has expired.
Christopher Leon Johnson
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Okay, please.
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But thank you for this, hearing.
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Education is needed.
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Violent crime versus nonviolent crimes.
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And I support near for all.
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These nonprofits need to start educating members, all of them that get government money.
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But what's the difference from a violent crime and a nonviolent crime?
UNKNOWN
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Trump
Christopher Leon Johnson
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will only deport these people wait, one second.
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Trump will only deport these people if they commit a violent crime.
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Thank you.
UNKNOWN
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Have a
Christopher Leon Johnson
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great day.
Alexa Aviles
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Thank you, Christopher.