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Council member Avilés thanks panel and emphasizes importance of immigrant testimony
4:50:27
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Council Member Alexa Avilés expresses gratitude to the panel for their contributions to New York City and emphasizes the importance of ground-level testimony in protecting immigrant rights. She acknowledges the challenges faced by immigrants and affirms the city's commitment to protecting their dignity.
- Avilés highlights the significance of immigrants' testimony in encouraging others to speak up
- She mentions the existence of both those who threaten immigrant rights and those who fight to protect them
- The council member emphasizes that everyone in the city deserves dignity
Alexa Avilés
4:50:27
So thank you to the entire panel.
4:50:31
Thank you for the work that you do for our city, for making it a great city, because it would not be great without any of you.
4:51:20
And I just said it is so important to have the testimony of people on the ground, both to model to others that they should be testifying and that they should know they have rights in this city.
4:51:36
And while there are a hateful band of individuals that are trying to take those away and sabotage our cities, there are many, many individuals that are in fact fighting to protect immigrant New Yorkers and all New Yorkers because everyone deserves dignity.
4:51:52
So Thank you.