00:00Should illegal aliens receive taxpayer-funded unemployment benefits?
00:05It's not an area of my expertise either.
00:08My concern primarily is with the people that I work with.
00:11Your organization promoted a petition telling Governor Newsom to sign AB 2847.
00:17This is your organization, the National Day Labor's Organizing Network.
00:22AB 2847 will provide unemployment benefits to workers who are ineligible to receive unemployment insurance
00:28solely due to their immigration status.
00:30Mr. Krikorian, how many illegal aliens came into the country during the Biden administration?
00:35Our estimate is at least 8 million, maybe as many as 10.
00:39Maybe as many as 10.
00:40How many came into the country last year in 2025?
00:44We don't know yet, but it wasn't anything close to that.
00:47Not very many, so a substantial decrease in...
00:49Dramatic, 90-plus percent decrease at the border.
00:53Got it.
00:53Mr. Newman, is it a good thing that Mr. Trump, President Trump, secured the border?
00:58I think that Stephen Miller has squandered what used to be a signature issue for the president.
01:05I'm asking you, is it a good thing that our border is secure?
01:08I think our border has been secure for quite some time.
01:11Our border was secure during the Biden administration?
01:14Yes, sir.
01:15That is your testimony?
01:16That's my belief, yeah.
01:17It's my opinion.
01:18How many illegal aliens came into the country during the Biden administration?
01:23Whatever it was, it wasn't the number that Mark Krikorian just cited.
01:26You don't think it was 10 million?
01:27It came out of whole cloth.
01:29It could have been quite a bit higher.
01:31So would you agree that there are fewer illegal aliens entering the country now than there
01:36were entering during the Biden administration?
01:38That isn't an area of my expertise, so I wouldn't agree or disagree with that.
01:44You spend a lot of time in the immigration space.
01:46You can't tell me whether there are fewer illegal aliens coming into the country now than there
01:51were during the Biden administration?
01:53I can't, I mean, that is not something, that's an area of my expertise.
01:57I've been spending too much of my time defending civil rights of my neighbors in Los Angeles.
02:02I think most people who are awake can say that there are fewer illegal aliens coming into
02:03the country right now.
02:05It's astounding that you won't at least admit that.
02:09Should illegal aliens receive taxpayer-funded unemployment benefits?
02:15It's not an area of my expertise either.
02:18My concern primarily is with the people that I work with.
02:21I've promoted a petition telling Governor Newsom to sign AB 2847.
02:27This is your organization, the National Day Labor's Organizing Network.
02:32AB 2847 will provide unemployment benefits to workers who are ineligible to receive
02:37unemployment insurance solely due to their immigration status.
02:41Mr. Chairman, if I could answer your first question.
02:44I'm asking you, do you think that illegal aliens should receive taxpayer-funded
02:48unemployment benefits?
02:49Well, first off, I don't know what you mean by illegal aliens, but if you're talking about
02:52residents in the state of California, then the answer is yes.
02:55I'm asking people who entered our country illegally.
02:58People come here for all kinds of reasons and all kinds of ways.
03:01Without documentation.
03:03Residents in California.
03:05This is a really simple question.
03:06Should illegal aliens receive taxpayer-funded unemployment benefits?
03:10I think people in the state of California should receive benefits.
03:12So illegal aliens should receive taxpayer-funded unemployment benefits.
03:16Again, that's your word, and what I'm trying to get you to do, Congressman,
03:19Congressman, what I'm trying to get you to do is to stop throwing around humanizing rhetoric like this.
03:25You only got 503.
03:26I think it's worth pointing out because that's a crazy idea.
03:31Let me ask you another question.
03:33Your organization shut down the Manhattan Bridge during rush hour a couple years ago to demand
03:39that New York State set up a $500 million fund to give unemployment benefits to illegal aliens.
03:44Do you think that was a good thing to do?
03:46I don't know that my organization shut down anything, Congressman.
03:50I know that there was peaceful protestors.
03:51March in NYC shuts down Manhattan Bridge to call for a $500 million unemployment fund.
03:56The march was led by members of the few coalition, including the National Day Laborers Organizing Network.
04:03That is your organization, is it not?
04:04Yeah, that is.
04:05You're holding up a sheet of paper.
04:07I don't know where that's from.
04:08This is from your website.
04:09This is from the National Day Laborers Organizing Network website.
04:14Peaceful protesters do things when there's large crowds of people.
04:17Does that include shutting down one of the busiest bridges in the nation in order to push for a $500
04:24million fund
04:25to give taxpayer-funded unemployment benefits to illegal aliens?
04:28I think we should give taxpayer-
04:30You think that's a good thing for the country?
04:32I think we should allocate resources accordingly to people who are going to become citizens of this country eventually.
04:36What if there were emergency vehicles trying to cross those streets?
04:38As Mark McCrory acknowledges, it's inevitable.
04:40You realize that there are people commuting to work, and the people commuting to work were the ones who were
04:44paying the taxes
04:45to fund these benefits that you want to give to illegal aliens, right?
04:50Congressman, what is your beef with immigrants?
04:51I don't have any beef with immigrants.
04:53I'm asking you if you think it's appropriate to shut down one of the busiest bridges in America
04:57to give taxpayer-funded unemployment benefits to illegal aliens.
05:03Let me ask you this question.
05:04Do you think it's appropriate for people to protest for equal rights?
05:08Do you think that illegal aliens should receive cash payments from taxpayers?
05:13Were you against Congressman Lewis's effort?
05:16No, you're not going to ask the questions here.
05:18That's not how this works.
05:19I'm answering your question with a question.
05:21I've got another question for you.
05:23We're moving on.
05:24Should illegal aliens receive direct cash payments from taxpayers?
05:27I believe future citizens, Americans-in-waiting, should receive equal rights and they should
05:33receive benefits so we can integrate them into our society.
05:36A letter to Governor Cuomo advocating for immediate cash relief, cash payments to illegal aliens.
05:43I think that is way out of line, out of step with the rest of the country.
05:49And with that said, we're already 30 seconds over, so we're out of time here.
05:54But Congressman, you didn't even give me a chance to answer.
05:56And my time is up.
05:57No, sir, your time is up.
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