12/10/2025
On Monday, I testified to the NY City Council that they should adopt the following bills regarding our beloved immigrant community, the forever backbone of this city. 🗽🗽🗽 Most people probably think many of these laws are already in place, but they’re not and some agencies are shamefully taking advantage of that.
[The same forces that are stealing our public lands and polluting our poorest communities and all of us in the name of billions or trillions of dollars. It’s all !]
If you live in NYC, I encourage you to call your council member and tell them you support these measures:
◻️Intro 1412: This bill would bar federal immigration authorities from maintaining offices or quarters, for any purpose, on land over which the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) exercises jurisdiction, explicitly superseding any conflicting mayoral executive order.
◻️Intro 0214: Would allow individuals held by the New York PD, the DOC, and the Department of Probation to bring an action alleging a violation of the detainer laws in any court of competent jurisdiction.
◻️Intro 1268: Would require the commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) to develop signage that clearly describes immigrant legal protections, and clearly identify examples of nonpublic areas of city property and list the rights individuals may invoke when interacting with federal immigration authorities (in plain language and translated).
◻️Intro 1272: Would prohibit employers from using E-Verify or any other employment eligibility verification system to check the work authorization status of employees and job applicants who have not been offered employment, except when federally required.
Thank you and many others for bringing these bills forward, and ALL those that offered deeply powerful testimony about what we are doing to our fellow humans under this cruel administration.