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Council Member Áviles criticizes mayor's actions on sanctuary city status
0:51:16
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Council Member Alexa Áviles delivers remarks strongly criticizing Mayor Adams' executive order allowing ICE operations on Rikers Island, viewing it as a violation of New York City's sanctuary city protections. She accuses the mayor of bowing to the Trump administration and expresses her support for Resolution 836 to take legal action against the administration.
- Áviles frames the issue as an attack on immigrant communities from both federal and local levels.
- She suggests the mayor is acting above the law and democracy, prioritizing his own interests over the safety of working-class New Yorkers.
- The council member emphasizes the council's responsibility to stand against the executive order, representing the people rather than wealthy interests.
Alexa Áviles
0:51:16
Today, our immigrant communities are under attack, not just by a federal administration trying to force an unconstitutional and violent mass deportation agenda on us from above.
0:51:28
No.
0:51:28
Our sanctuary city status is under attack once again by our mayor who thinks of himself as above the legal system, above democracy, and above protecting the safety of working class New Yorkers.
0:51:40
Mayor Adams is attempting to enact an executive order to use the city's resources to establish ICE operations on Rikers Island, flouting a decade of precedent and violating our sanctuary city protections.
0:51:53
Sending the first deputy mayor to do his bidding keeps the mayor squarely in the quid pro quo area.
0:52:00
It is clear that this mayor is bowing down to the Trump administration to keep his end of his deplorable deal to trade immigrant New Yorkers to save his own hide.
0:52:09
We, as a council and representatives of the people of New York, not the wealthiest wannabe dictators of this country, have a responsibility to stand up against this destructive executive order, and I am proudly voting in favor of resolution eight thirty six.