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00:00The last time the Alien Enemies Act was invoked, it was used to detain and deport German, Japanese, Italian immigrants
00:10during World War XI.
00:13Good afternoon, everyone.
00:17Thank you all for joining us.
00:19First, I want to thank my partner in this, Senator Hirono, for her leadership in this work to repeal the
00:28outdated and dangerous Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
00:34The last time the Alien Enemies Act was invoked, it was used to detain and deport German, Japanese, Italian immigrants
00:44during World War XI.
00:47Oh, two.
00:48Sorry.
00:48One of the most shameful chapters of American history.
00:53Now, Stephen Miller and Donald Trump are preparing to dust off the law for their plan for mass deportation.
01:02This will be another moral stain on our country.
01:06The context in which Trump and Miller are raising the Alien Enemies Act is in what they say are their
01:16plans to target cartels and transnational criminal gangs.
01:20But it is not what the Alien Enemies Act does.
01:25The Alien Enemies Act targets people based on their nationality, not based on their behavior.
01:33When Trump and Miller tell you this is about stopping cartels, do not believe them.
01:40Do not.
01:42It doesn't allow them to target the Trandaigua.
01:46It allows them to target all Venezuelans.
01:50It does not allow them to target the Senegal cartel.
01:55Now, it allows them to target all Mexicans.
01:58This includes green cart holders.
02:02It includes people who are themselves a victim of the cartels and gangs.
02:07Now, invoking the Alien Enemies Act, the way Trump and Miller are planning to, is illegal.
02:15It's unconstitutional.
02:17It's a huge stretch under the law itself.
02:22But if there is one thing that we should have learned doing Trump's first term in office,
02:29is that things being illegal doesn't mean they are not going to happen.
02:34So, we need to be clear about what this will mean for human beings in this country.
02:41Thousands of families will have their lives upended because of Donald Trump's actions.
02:48Thousands of families will be separated from the ones they love and the country they love.
02:55And thousands of families will have their futures and dreams torn apart.
03:01It's crucial to understand this basic moral point.
03:06This will not happen because of anything they have done.
03:09It will happen because of where they are from.
03:13It is hard to imagine anything more un-American than that.
03:19The Trump administration's immigration policy is a threat to immigrants like criminals.
03:25America is too great to fall prey to Donald Trump's anti-immigrant agenda.
03:33We need to restore basic humanity to our immigration system.
03:38And that starts with repealing the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
03:44With Our Neighbors, Not Enemies Act.
03:48Together, we will end this xenophobic law once and for all.
03:53And now it is my honor to introduce my friend and co-conspirator, Senator Hirono.
03:59Thank you so much.
04:02Aloha, everyone.
04:04I want to thank Congresswoman Omar for her leadership on this and so many other issues that are important to
04:11our communities.
04:11And I'm glad to stand here, not just with her, but with my other colleagues from the House.
04:17We all know that President Trump is going after immigrants.
04:21He's made a very plague day after day.
04:24And as Bishop Buddy said in her recent sermon at the National Cathedral,
04:31refugees, families, and even children from immigrant communities are fearful of Trump's mass deportation plans.
04:40And I was told that workplaces and other places where immigrants gather,
04:46they're not gathering so much anymore because of this tremendous fear.
04:51Donald Trump will use his powers to invoke the archaic Alien Enemies Act,
05:01a law that has only been used three times in the history of our country during a time when we
05:07were at war.
05:08And as Congresswoman Orma noted, particularly for those of us of Asian extraction during World War II
05:16and the internment of Japanese Americans.
05:20And even though the Alien Enemies Act requires that our country be at war
05:26or that another country is actually invading our country,
05:30I think those are niceties that President Trump will ignore as he invokes the Asian Alien Enemies Act.
05:43So, you know, what he intends to do is scaring our communities because, frankly,
05:53anyone, any undocumented person can be accused of being part of a criminal gang and they will be deported without
05:59any due process.
06:01So let me read some of the things that President Trump has said.
06:05Recently, when asked about families with mixed immigration status,
06:11there are many mixed status families, but some are U.S. citizens, some are not, some are undocumented.
06:18Trump said he doesn't want to break up families,
06:21and the only way to keep them together is to send them all back, deport them all.
06:28He also said, when a conservative commentator said that Trump would, quote,
06:35declare a national emergency, unquote, and, quote, use military assets, end quote,
06:41to lead a mass deportation program, Trump replied, true.
06:48He is not fooling around.
06:50He will use whatever tools he has to deport immigrants.
06:56And by weaponizing this ancient law, as I said, just note this,
07:03any immigrant can be accused of association with gangs and cartels,
07:08and they will be deported without due process of law.
07:11So our Neighbors Not Enemies Act would repeal this xenophobic law
07:18and affirm that, as Bishop Buddy said,
07:22the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals.
07:26They pay taxes and are good neighbors.
07:30I'm proud to be a sponsor of this legislation in the Senate,
07:33and we will continue to fight back,
07:37even as our communities of immigrants remain in fear.
07:46Thank you, Senator.
07:49And now the gentlelady, Congresswoman Ayanna Pesley from Massachusetts.
08:04Good afternoon, everyone.
08:07Thank you, Congresswoman Omar and Senator Hirono, for convening us today.
08:10Thank you, Congresswoman Daley Ramirez, for your compassionate and effective leadership and partnerships
08:18on so many issues of consequence.
08:21And to my dear friend and mentor, Congresswoman Schakowsky.
08:26Today we take an important step toward protecting our immigrant neighbors
08:30by reintroducing the Neighbors Not Enemies Act,
08:34legislation to repeal the Alien Enemies Act of 1798,
08:37the last remaining relic of the deeply problematic Alien and Sedition Acts.
08:42This law, rooted in xenophobia and fear, has no place in our nation's statutes.
08:47Yet, its shadow looms large, granting unchecked power to detain or deport foreign nationals
08:54simply because of where they come from.
08:58This law was used during some of the darkest and most damning chapters in our nation's history,
09:03including the internment of Japanese, Italian, and German Americans during World War II.
09:07The need to repeal it is as urgent today as it was then.
09:13Donald Trump is wasting no time advancing the policy violence that he previewed in Project 2025.
09:22Playing out what we knew all along, that Project 2025 is simply Trump's agenda.
09:29Fierce executive actions have been rolled out,
09:33which are all about what they plan to do to the people of this country and not for them.
09:41He's wasting no time.
09:44He has pardoned violent insurrectionists.
09:47He has targeted our immigrant neighbors,
09:50attacked birthright citizenship, and so much more.
09:54And he has specifically threatened to weaponize the Alien Enemies Act and his plans for mass deportations,
10:01attacking immigrant communities under the guise of national security.
10:07We cannot allow this dangerous vision to become a reality.
10:11My district, the Massachusetts 7th, is a district that is dynamic and vibrant,
10:15also one of the most unequal in our country,
10:18and was amongst the hardest hit by the last Trump presidency.
10:21With nearly one-third of residents foreign-born,
10:24the fear and trauma caused felt in our communities is all too real.
10:28I've met constituents who've developed harrowing and heartbreaking plans,
10:32telling their children what to do if they come home from school
10:35and they are not there because they've been deported or detained.
10:40Elders who've been here for many years,
10:43carrying their medications around with them everywhere they go,
10:47terrified that they might be ripped away from their families and the only community they've known.
10:53Third graders, terrified they will come home to an empty house and never see their father again.
11:02This pain, fear, and uncertainty is the shameful reality for so many in our district.
11:08But let me be clear.
11:10We will never stop fighting to protect our immigrant neighbors, our workers, our families,
11:14and everyone who stands to be harmed by this new administration.
11:24I'm pausing because I'm recalling when Representative Omar and I stood at this very podium
11:33in the face of personal attacks,
11:37which questioned our right to call this country home.
11:41And yet here we are again.
11:46These are certainly unprecedented times,
11:49but we will meet them with unprecedented organizing,
11:53unprecedented mobilizing,
11:55unprecedented community,
11:57and above all else, unprecedented hope and love.
12:01While we continue legislating,
12:04sharing resources to protect our neighbors,
12:06governing cooperatively,
12:07Dr. King reminds us that our most powerful weapon is organizing.
12:13And we will stay organized.
12:15And we will remain vigilant.
12:18We must pass the Neighbors, Not Enemies Act.
12:23Our bill will protect the rights and due process of our immigrant neighbors,
12:26affirming just that,
12:27that they are our neighbors,
12:31not our enemies.
12:34We must pass this bill without delay.
12:37And now I'll bring to the podium,
12:39Congresswoman Delia Ramirez.
12:47Thank you, Congresswoman Presley.
12:53I've been pausing a lot
12:57over the last few months,
12:59over the last few weeks,
12:59and certainly over the last few days.
13:04I'm Delia Catalina Ramirez.
13:06But more importantly,
13:07I'm the daughter of two Guatemalan immigrants,
13:12Luis and Maria Ramirez.
13:14I am a citizen by birthright.
13:19And I'm the congresista of a welcoming state
13:21and a district that understands that America can only be great
13:25because of its diversity.
13:29Even before the start of this administration,
13:33Holman and President Trump declared war on so many of the members of our communities,
13:37so many of our family members,
13:39so many of our friends,
13:40the people we work with,
13:42and the people we worship with.
13:44They've declared war on our neighbors.
13:48During the first 48 hours of his administration,
13:53Trump signed the barrage of executive orders
13:55that abuse the power of government
13:57to criminalize immigrants,
13:59to end asylum,
14:00and to punish those who provide services and refuge.
14:05And no, let me be loud and clear.
14:08Executive orders do not
14:10and cannot change the law,
14:12especially the Constitution.
14:15But Congress can.
14:17We have the power and the obligation
14:19to change the laws that allows this administration
14:22to treat the people we love as our enemies.
14:26We know that so many of our immigration laws are outdated.
14:29We haven't had comprehensive immigration reform of any kind
14:33in the last 40 years.
14:35And we hear people say,
14:37do it the legal way.
14:40Do it the legal way.
14:43I've not met one undocumented person
14:45that would say to me,
14:46that they would prefer to be here without documentation.
14:49They would also like the legal way.
14:53And yet,
14:55yesterday,
14:56we canceled CBP.
14:59Thousands and thousands
15:01women and children
15:03who have been on the Mexico side
15:05desperately
15:06counting down on the day
15:08that their appointment
15:09to finally come to our port
15:11and get considered for asylum.
15:15They got a notification on their phone that said,
15:17your appointment has been canceled.
15:20You will no longer be able to be considered
15:23to seek asylum in this country.
15:28So hypocrisy is leading in this moment.
15:32Dissonance is leading in this moment with that administration.
15:35Certainly not with us.
15:36We hear deport just the criminals,
15:39but our cruel laws paint every immigrant,
15:42even dreamers,
15:44even children,
15:45even farm workers,
15:46health care workers,
15:47students as criminals.
15:49We hear,
15:50well,
15:50they're not refugees,
15:51but our ineffective laws
15:53do not respond to the modern threats
15:55endangering the lives of so many people
15:57looking for refuge.
15:58And it's evident
15:59that our current laws
16:00don't meet the moment
16:01and it's time to change them.
16:04Congress must put an end
16:05to the outdated immigration laws,
16:08strengthen protections,
16:10and close the policy loopholes
16:11that continue to be exploited
16:13by this administration
16:14that are causing harm to our neighbors.
16:18But friends,
16:19for me,
16:20they're not my neighbors.
16:22They're my uncle.
16:24For me,
16:25they're not my neighbors.
16:26They're my cousin.
16:28On Monday night,
16:30I sat at a dinner table.
16:33My uncle to the left,
16:35my cousin to the right.
16:38Mija,
16:38what do I do?
16:40I'm 69 years old.
16:43I've spent almost 40 years in this nation
16:45and I put four boys through college.
16:49I've spent thousands of dollars
16:52to do it the legal way.
16:55To come and find
16:57that there is no pathway for me
16:59because I entered unauthorized
17:01over three decades ago
17:04seeking refuge.
17:06Mija,
17:07can I go to work tomorrow?
17:08Because I have to pay the mortgage.
17:12My 25-year-old cousin
17:13who works at a child care center
17:15said to me,
17:17Delia,
17:17can I go to work tomorrow?
17:20friends,
17:21it's not just our neighbors,
17:23it's our family,
17:24it's the children.
17:25It is the fabric of this nation
17:27that's under attack
17:28in this moment.
17:30And what keeps me strong
17:32and hopeful
17:34is the woman
17:35that I get to stand with
17:36here right now.
17:38Thank you to partners
17:40like Congresswoman Omar
17:41and Senator Hirono
17:42in this fight for our neighbors.
17:44I'm proud to join you
17:46in repealing the outdated
17:48Alien Enemies Act of 1798
17:51because there's nothing great
17:53about an America
17:54that refuses to provide
17:56refuge to the persecuted,
17:58rest to the tired,
17:59and safety to those in danger.
18:02Together in the streets
18:03and in Congress,
18:04we can build an America of hope,
18:06an America of justice,
18:07an America of love,
18:09resisting the destruction
18:11of fear and hate.
18:12And let me close
18:13by saying to you,
18:15they may think
18:16that no church
18:16is sacred enough.
18:18They may think
18:19that no school
18:19is precious enough,
18:21that no hospital
18:22is critical enough
18:23to stop the persecution
18:25of our neighbors.
18:27But we know better.
18:28Our communities
18:29are precious
18:30and our coalition
18:31is ready to organize,
18:32to be in the streets
18:34informing our community
18:35about their
18:36constitutional rights.
18:38And we're also ready
18:39to fight like hell
18:40for the people we love.
18:45And with that,
18:47let me introduce to you
18:48a friend,
18:49a mentor,
18:50who has been organizing
18:51for far longer
18:52than I've been alive.
18:53The one,
18:54the only,
18:55Jan Schakowsky.
18:56That's a compliment,
18:57a very big compliment.
18:58Jan Schakowsky.
19:00That's so true.
19:02Okay.
19:05So I'm Congresswoman
19:06Jan Schakowsky.
19:07I represent
19:08the 9th Congressional District
19:09in Illinois.
19:13There we go.
19:15Okay.
19:16Delia is from Illinois
19:18as well.
19:20And there are so many people
19:25right now in Chicago
19:28who are so afraid.
19:31You know,
19:32the president
19:33had said
19:34he wants to target
19:35Chicago.
19:36He wants to target
19:38Illinois.
19:40And I guess
19:41that's been
19:42slightly postponed,
19:44but the fear
19:45remains.
19:46Now,
19:47my district
19:48is one of
19:50the most
19:51diverse
19:51in
19:52anywhere.
19:55And we
19:57embrace
19:57our
19:59immigrant neighbors
20:00that make
20:01our district
20:02so much stronger.
20:04We,
20:05and I'm so proud
20:06to join
20:07the neighbors,
20:09not enemies,
20:11piece of legislation.
20:12It's time
20:13that we do that.
20:14But I want
20:15to tell you
20:16some examples
20:17of the fear.
20:19So,
20:19there was a
20:20Know Your Rights
20:23workshop
20:23that I present,
20:26that I was at
20:26in my district.
20:29And among the things
20:31that people
20:31were warned
20:32to do,
20:34don't open
20:35your doors.
20:36Make sure
20:37that you know
20:39where the family is,
20:40or maybe
20:42it's time
20:42for you
20:43to identify
20:46a neighbor,
20:47a friend
20:49who will
20:50take your
20:50children
20:52if you
20:53get deported.
20:54Imagine that.
20:56The cruelty
20:57of that,
20:58that you
20:59should line
21:00up somebody
21:01who will
21:01take care
21:02of your
21:03children.
21:05My
21:06high school
21:07in Rogers
21:09Park,
21:10Illinois,
21:12Sullivan
21:13High School.
21:14A book
21:15was written
21:16about Sullivan
21:16High School
21:17recently,
21:20about the
21:21diversity
21:22of that.
21:24It was the,
21:24what's the
21:25name of the
21:25bill?
21:26The,
21:28what was
21:28it?
21:30Refugee
21:30High.
21:31Refugee
21:32High.
21:33That's the
21:34book.
21:34Because from
21:35everywhere,
21:37intentionally,
21:38our community
21:39has asked
21:41for immigrants
21:42to come
21:44to our
21:44district
21:45and to
21:46be part
21:47of the
21:48growth
21:49and breadth
21:51of our
21:51district.
21:53So,
21:54the very
21:56idea now
21:57that so many
21:58people are
21:59afraid,
21:59what I heard
22:00today,
22:00is that
22:02there's about
22:03a 50%
22:04decrease
22:05on the street
22:06of people
22:07being out
22:07who are
22:08immigrants
22:09or partly
22:10immigrant
22:10people,
22:11that they
22:13are staying
22:14home from
22:15work.
22:15They are
22:16staying home
22:17with their
22:17children.
22:18They are
22:19trembling
22:20with fear
22:21what is going
22:23to happen.
22:24No.
22:25As Delia
22:26said,
22:26we're not
22:27going to
22:27just stand
22:28by.
22:30we are
22:31going to
22:31be fighting
22:32back.
22:33We're going
22:33to be
22:34sponsoring
22:35and fighting
22:36for the
22:37legislation
22:38that our
22:39senator and
22:40our congresswoman
22:41have put out
22:41for us.
22:43No.
22:44We are just
22:45not going
22:46to endorse
22:48the terror
22:49that people
22:51are,
22:51and live
22:52with it,
22:52the terror
22:53that people
22:53are feeling
22:54right now.
22:55So all
22:56of us
22:57who love
22:59our neighbors,
23:00who cherish
23:01our diversity,
23:03are going
23:04to be
23:04fighting
23:04all the way.
23:06They haven't
23:06seen anything
23:07yet.
23:08We are
23:09going to
23:10push back.
23:11And I
23:12think most
23:12Americans
23:13are with us.
23:15Let me
23:15say one
23:16other thing.
23:16We had
23:17a round
23:18table not
23:19too long
23:19ago,
23:20a couple
23:20months ago,
23:21with employers
23:22in the city
23:24of Chicago
23:24who were
23:26telling us
23:26how they
23:27need workers.
23:28And some
23:29of the people
23:30there also
23:30were the
23:31potential
23:31workers if
23:32they only
23:33had a
23:34work permit.
23:36We need
23:38these people
23:39in our city,
23:40in our
23:41country,
23:42because they
23:43are prepared
23:44to do
23:45the
23:47to work
23:49with all
23:50the
23:50employers
23:51who need
23:52them to
23:53be there.
23:54So far,
23:55we have not
23:56seen enough
23:57of these
23:58work permits,
23:59and I think
24:00that's the
24:01route that
24:01we should
24:02go.
24:03So thank
24:03you very
24:04much.
24:07thank you,
24:08Congresswoman.
24:10With that,
24:11we'll take
24:11questions if
24:12anybody has
24:12some.
24:31We are
24:36introducing it
24:37today.
24:37I'm looking
24:38forward to
24:38having
24:39conversations
24:39with folks
24:41afterwards.
24:43I have a
24:44couple of
24:45questions.
24:49The
24:50Senator.
24:50I'm sorry.
24:51The Senator
24:51was leaving
24:52and invoked
24:53Bishop Buddy
24:54from the
24:55prayer breakfast
24:56yesterday.
24:57She was
24:57talking about
24:58the justice
25:00and mercy
25:00that is
25:01expected
25:01from
25:02Christians.
25:03But her
25:04message was
25:05an ecumenical
25:06message of
25:07compassion.
25:09I have a
25:09question for
25:10you specifically
25:11as a Muslim.
25:12How did you
25:13feel about
25:14the exchange
25:14yesterday?
25:15And are
25:15members of
25:17the Muslim
25:17community
25:18afraid?
25:21Well, I
25:21was raised
25:22to have
25:23enormous
25:23respect for
25:24clergy.
25:25That is
25:26what you are
25:27raised with
25:28if you are
25:29raised with
25:29any faith.
25:30And it
25:31was evident
25:33to me
25:34that President
25:35Trump was
25:36not.
25:37in his
25:39disdain
25:40for her
25:42call
25:42for mercy,
25:45her
25:46statements
25:46about not
25:47seeing all
25:48immigrants,
25:49children and
25:51adults and
25:52families,
25:52not all of
25:54them being
25:55criminals,
25:55was very
25:56telling about
25:58the kind
25:58of heart
25:59that he
26:01has that
26:01a message
26:02like that
26:02would be
26:03offensive.
26:04all of
26:06our
26:06communities
26:06feel
26:07incredibly
26:07vulnerable,
26:09whether
26:10they are
26:11Muslim,
26:12whether they
26:13are
26:14immigrants,
26:15whether they
26:16are part
26:16of the
26:17LGBTQ
26:17community.
26:18Everybody
26:19feels,
26:21as the
26:22bishop
26:22said,
26:23very,
26:24very scared
26:25in this
26:25moment.
26:30So there's
26:31already
26:31a number
26:31of legal
26:32challenges
26:32to
26:33Trump's
26:33executive
26:34orders,
26:34especially
26:34the
26:35old
26:35great
26:35citizen
26:35one.
26:37Can you
26:37just speak
26:38to,
26:38do you
26:38support
26:39those
26:39legal
26:39challenges
26:39and,
26:40you know,
26:40obviously you guys are
26:41introducing this bill,
26:43but do you support
26:43those legal challenges
26:44outside of Congress?
26:46Well,
26:48I do believe
26:49his executive
26:51order to
26:52end birthright
26:55citizenship
26:56is illegal
26:57and unconstitutional
26:59and it should be
27:00challenged.
27:02I am really
27:03proud
27:04of
27:05folks around
27:07this country
27:08who responded
27:09so
27:12readily
27:14as many
27:15of us
27:15were trying
27:16to gasp
27:16just the
27:18onslaught
27:20of damage
27:21that we
27:22are
27:22anticipating
27:24that there
27:25are folks
27:25already
27:26ready
27:26to
27:28challenge
27:29these
27:29orders,
27:30especially
27:31ones that we
27:31know
27:32are illegal
27:33and
27:33unconstitutional.
27:35What this
27:36bill,
27:37whether it
27:38passes or not,
27:39why it's
27:39important
27:40for us
27:40to introduce
27:41is that
27:42because it
27:43is such
27:43an old,
27:45outdated
27:45piece of
27:46legislation
27:47that many
27:48people
27:48do not
27:49know
27:50that it
27:51still exists,
27:53at the time
27:54it was
27:55introduced
27:55there were
27:56four bills.
27:57It's the only
27:58one that's
27:59remaining
27:59and
28:00as the
28:01senator said
28:02it's only
28:03been
28:03utilized
28:04three times.
28:05So this
28:06is more
28:07also
28:07of an
28:08awareness
28:08campaign
28:09of just
28:10the dangers
28:11that lay
28:11ahead
28:12because
28:14the
28:15combination
28:15of the
28:16executive
28:17orders,
28:17the pieces
28:18of legislation
28:19that the
28:19Republicans
28:20are passing
28:21out of the
28:21House and the
28:22Senate that
28:22are going
28:23to be
28:23at the
28:24president's
28:25desk,
28:26the possibility
28:27of invoking
28:28the Alien Act,
28:29all of that
28:30really does
28:31provide the
28:32tools for him
28:33to cause
28:34mass damage
28:35to communities
28:38that we
28:39love
28:40and that
28:41love us
28:42and that
28:42love this
28:42country.
28:43Most people
28:45make the
28:46incredible
28:47journey
28:47to get to
28:48this country
28:49not because
28:49they hate
28:50this country,
28:51it's because
28:51they love
28:52this country.
28:54I have
28:55never
28:56spoken to
28:58an immigrant
28:59whether they
29:01are here
29:01legally like
29:02my family
29:03came or
29:05they came
29:05here and
29:06they are
29:06still
29:07undocumented.
29:08I have
29:09never seen
29:11an immigrant
29:12say I do
29:13not like
29:13this country,
29:14I do not
29:14love this
29:15country.
29:15We all
29:16love and
29:17appreciate
29:17the opportunity
29:18to have
29:19freedom and
29:20justice.
29:21We all
29:21love the
29:22opportunity
29:22to be in
29:23a country
29:24that allows
29:24us to
29:25have
29:25prosperity.
29:26We all
29:27love the
29:27country that
29:28allowed a
29:29refugee
29:31within less
29:32than three
29:33decades to
29:34become a
29:34member of
29:34Congress
29:36because I
29:36will be
29:37celebrating
29:37my 30th
29:38coming to
29:38America
29:40on March.
29:41We all
29:42love this
29:42country.
29:43Some of
29:44us might
29:44even love
29:44it more
29:45than the
29:45people who
29:45were born
29:46here.
29:48Yes,
29:49we sign
29:50up to
29:50serve in
29:50the
29:51military,
29:51we sign
29:52up to
29:53be active
29:55members of
29:57society.
29:59All of
29:59my siblings
30:01have been
30:02part of
30:04service work
30:05in all of
30:06the professions
30:07that they
30:07have chosen.
30:09That tells
30:10you my dad
30:11became a
30:12postal office
30:12worker and
30:14retired with
30:15a pension.
30:15He could
30:16have found
30:16any other
30:17job.
30:18He spoke
30:19seven
30:19languages.
30:21But he
30:22wanted to
30:22do that
30:23because that
30:23was somehow
30:25an opportunity
30:26to give
30:26back.
30:27I have
30:28teachers,
30:29doctors,
30:30nurses.
30:31That's who
30:32my family
30:33members are.
30:35So,
30:36no,
30:37we did not
30:38go through
30:39all that we
30:40had to come
30:40through to get
30:41to this country
30:42because we hate
30:43this country.
30:44We did all of
30:45that because we
30:46love this country.
30:48And the idea
30:49that these people
30:50only want to go
30:51after people
30:53that have
30:54committed a
30:55crime
30:57should be
30:58dispelled by
30:59the fact that
31:00he showed
31:00so much
31:01disdain
31:03for the
31:04pastor
31:04when she
31:05said not
31:06all immigrants
31:07are criminal
31:09because it
31:10shows that
31:10he does
31:11think
31:11all immigrants
31:13are criminal.
31:15He sold
31:16Bibles.
31:16He didn't
31:16read one.
31:18That's why
31:18he doesn't
31:19know his
31:19own favorite
31:20first.
31:21Anybody
31:21who reads
31:22their own
31:24religious
31:25book would
31:25at least
31:26have one
31:26favorite.
31:28Given the
31:29composition
31:30of Congress
31:31and the
31:32fact that
31:32it's under
31:33Republican
31:34control,
31:35do you
31:35think a lot
31:35of this
31:36type of
31:38opposition
31:39to some
31:39of Trump's
31:40immigration
31:40policies
31:41are going
31:41to fall
31:41on local
31:42governments
31:43who
31:45challenge
31:45some of
31:46these
31:46executive
31:47lawyers
31:47or
31:48lawyers
31:48that might
31:49be on
31:51the books
31:51soon?
31:52And if
31:53you can
31:53speak to
31:53maybe
31:53some of
31:54the things
31:54you're
31:55hearing
31:55back home
31:56in Minnesota
31:56from immigrant
31:58groups and
32:00how they
32:00feel about
32:01what Trump
32:02said at
32:02the inauguration.
32:04Yeah,
32:04I'll answer
32:06the latter
32:07part.
32:08About two
32:09weeks ago
32:10we convened
32:13nearly 100
32:15immigration
32:16lawyers,
32:17advocates,
32:18people who
32:18run
32:19organizations
32:20that do
32:21resettlement,
32:24and we
32:25talked about
32:25what our
32:26game plan
32:26was.
32:28Many of
32:28us are
32:29really
32:29close.
32:30Like
32:31Congressman
32:31Deleu
32:32Ramirez
32:32said,
32:32many of
32:33us have
32:33family
32:33members
32:34that could
32:35be
32:35impacted.
32:36These are
32:36not just
32:37our
32:37neighbors.
32:39And I
32:40think going
32:42forward,
32:42many of
32:43us remember
32:44what it
32:44was like
32:45under the
32:45first Trump
32:46presidency.
32:47So before
32:48even these
32:49executive
32:49orders and
32:50pieces of
32:50legislation
32:51started to
32:52worry us,
32:53we knew
32:53what to
32:54expect.
32:54And that's
32:55why there
32:55is a
32:55game plan.
32:57I have
32:57been
32:58incredibly
32:58proud of
32:59the
32:59coordinated
33:00efforts of
33:01attorney
33:01generals
33:04across the
33:05country who
33:05are taking
33:06action in
33:07suing him
33:08in the
33:09courts.
33:09I've been
33:10incredibly
33:11proud of
33:12law enforcement,
33:14whether it's
33:14police chiefs
33:15of sheriffs
33:16saying they
33:17are not
33:17going to
33:19be part
33:20of rounding
33:22up innocent
33:23people who
33:24are just
33:25carrying on
33:25about their
33:26lives,
33:26trying to
33:27live the
33:27American
33:28dream and
33:29put them in
33:30detentions and
33:31allow you to
33:31deport them and
33:32rip them apart
33:33from the
33:34families and
33:34the communities
33:35that they have
33:35built in this
33:36country.
33:37And so
33:38obviously
33:39there's still
33:40the fear
33:40that we are
33:41seeing.
33:42People are
33:45trying to
33:46process all
33:47of it,
33:48but there
33:50is less
33:51of a
33:52crisis-like
33:53reaction
33:55because all
33:56of us know
33:57what to do,
33:58where to go,
33:59and how to
34:01resist the
34:03devastation that
34:04we know and
34:05knew and try
34:05to warn
34:06people was
34:08coming.
34:08I don't know
34:09if you want
34:09to do that.
34:11Sure.
34:12I'll just
34:12echo that and
34:13say that,
34:15again,
34:15Project 2025,
34:19a playbook for
34:20wholesale harm
34:23forecasted
34:24exactly for us
34:25what was to
34:25come.
34:26We have
34:27governed and
34:28lived under a
34:28Trump presidency.
34:29We have
34:30governed and
34:30lived under a
34:32pandemic.
34:33And so we
34:34have learned
34:35what kind of
34:36infrastructure and
34:38rapid response and
34:39fight-back tables and
34:41collaborative approaches
34:42we have to have
34:45in order to
34:46mitigate the
34:47harm.
34:48And, you know,
34:49on the heels of
34:51Dr. Martin Luther King,
34:52Jr., the observance
34:53nationally of his
34:53birthday, you know,
34:55Dr. King posed
34:56that urgent question
34:57in his final work,
34:58where do we go from
34:59here, chaos or
35:01community?
35:01And I feel
35:03resolved,
35:04emboldened,
35:05and encouraged
35:06that in the face
35:07of such fear and
35:08uncertainty,
35:09that people are
35:10choosing community.
35:11I'm not only
35:12heartened by the
35:13intentional
35:14cooperation by
35:16attorney generals
35:17and mayors and
35:18governors and
35:19school superintendents
35:20and our partners in
35:22state houses and
35:23city halls,
35:24but I'm encouraged
35:25by the outcry and
35:28the outpouring of
35:29commitment to make
35:30sure that they are
35:31sharing information
35:32about know your
35:33rights.
35:35Just regular
35:36everyday people who
35:38recognize that our
35:39freedoms and our
35:39destinies are tied and
35:41who see those that are
35:42most vulnerable to
35:43these attacks as their
35:44neighbors and not
35:46their enemies.
35:49That will be it.
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