Civil Rights, Racial Equity, and Immigrant Advancement on September 25, 2026
2026-09-25

[0:49] GOOD MORNING.
[0:51] MY NAME IS MINYARD.
[0:53] CULPEPER DISTRICT SEVEN CITY
[0:55] COUNCIL.
[0:56] WHERE SOMEONE HAS BEEN AT LARGE
[1:00] THIS MORNING BUT I'M.
[1:02] DISTRICT SEVEN CITY COUNCILOR.
[1:03] CHAIR OF THE PERSON.
[1:05] CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON CIVIL
[1:07] RIGHTS.
[1:08] RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT
[1:10] ADVANCEMENT.
[1:11] TODAY IS SEPTEMBER.
[1:14] 25TH.
[1:14] AND THE EXACT TIME IS 1005.
[1:18] THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED.
[1:19] YEAH.
[1:20] IT'S ALSO BEING LIVE
[1:23] STREAMED@BOSTON.GOV BACKSLASH
[1:25] CITY COUNCIL DASH TV AND
[1:28] BROADCAST ON.
[1:29] XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT.
[1:32] RCN 82.
[1:33] AND FILES CHANNEL 964.
[1:36] WRITTEN COMMENTS.
[1:37] MAY BE SENT.
[1:38] TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AND.
[1:40] SEEK OUT CIVIL
[1:43] RIGHTS@BOSTON.GOV.
[1:43] AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE
[1:45] RECORD AND AVAILABLE.
[1:47] TO ALL COUNCILORS.
[1:48] PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL.
[1:50] BE TAKEN.
[1:50] AT THE END OF THIS HEARING.
[1:52] INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON
[1:54] IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY HAVE
[1:55] SIGNED UP.
[1:56] AND WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO
[1:58] TESTIFY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
[2:00] INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING IN
[2:03] PERSON, PLEASE.
[2:04] ADD YOUR.
[2:04] NAME.
[2:05] TO THE SIGN.
[2:05] UP SHEET.
[2:06] NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE
[2:08] CHAMBER.
[2:09] IF YOU'RE.
[2:09] LOOKING TO TESTIFY.
[2:11] VIRTUALLY, PLEASE.
[2:12] EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF
[2:13] LIAISON.
[2:14] MEGAN KAVANAUGH AND.
[2:16] MEGAN KAVANAUGH@BOSTON.GOV.
[2:19] FOR THE LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL
[2:21] BE ADDED.
[2:21] TO THE LIST.
[2:23] TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET
[2:24] NUMBER 0299.
[2:27] ORDER FOR A HEARING TO CONFRONT
[2:29] DETERMINATION.
[2:30] OF FEDERALLY PROTECTED STATUS
[2:31] FOR.
[2:32] ASIAN IMMIGRANTS AND.
[2:33] EXAMINE THE CITY OF US RESPONSE
[2:36] TO PROTECT AFFECTED RESIDENTS.
[2:39] THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY
[2:41] COUNCILORS MINYARD CULPEPER
[2:44] COUNCILOR JIM.
[2:44] HERE COUNCILOR RUTH THE.
[2:47] LOUIJEUNE IT WAS FAIR TO THE
[2:49] COMMITTEE.
[2:53] ON FEBRUARY.
[2:54] 4TH 2026.
[2:54] TODAY I AM JOINED BY MY
[2:56] COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR RUFUS.
[2:58] THE LEWIS JOHN.
[3:00] AND WILL.
[3:02] ACKNOWLEDGE THE LETTER FROM OUR
[3:05] PRESIDENT COUNCILOR GRAYDON.
[3:07] I'LL READ IT INTO THE.
[3:08] RECORD PER HER REQUEST.
[3:10] DEAR CHAIR CULPEPER, I REGRET
[3:13] THAT I.
[3:14] AM UNABLE.
[3:15] TO ATTEND THIS MORNING'S.
[3:16] HEARING AND DOCKET 0299 ORDER
[3:19] FOR A HEARING TO CONFRONT THE
[3:21] TERMINATION OF FEDERAL
[3:23] PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITIAN.
[3:24] IMMIGRANTS AND EXAMINE THE CITY
[3:26] OF BOSTON'S RESPONSE TO PROTECT
[3:28] AFFECTED RESIDENTS, THE
[3:30] POSSIBLE TERMINATION.
[3:31] OF FEDERAL PROTECTIVE STATUS
[3:33] FOR.
[3:34] HAITIAN NATIONALS.
[3:35] POSES PROFOUND RISKS FOR
[3:37] FAMILIES ACROSS BOSTON.
[3:39] AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A
[3:40] WELCOMING CITY WITH A LONG
[3:43] STANDING HAITIAN.
[3:44] COMMUNITY, I REMAIN COMMITTED.
[3:46] TO ENSURING THAT AFFECTED
[3:47] RESIDENTS RECEIVE THE SUPPORT,
[3:49] LEGAL PROTECTIONS AND
[3:51] COORDINATED SERVICES THEY
[3:52] DESERVE.
[3:53] WHILE I AM UNABLE TO ATTEND.
[3:55] TODAY'S HEARING.
[3:56] MEMBERS OF MY.
[3:57] TEAM WILL BE LISTENING INTO
[4:00] THIS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
[4:01] DISCUSSION AND I PLAN TO REVIEW
[4:04] THE RECORD AND KINDLY ASK THAT
[4:06] YOU READ.
[4:06] THIS LETTER INTO THE RECORD.
[4:08] THANK YOU.
[4:09] ELIZABETH BROOME, PRESIDENT
[4:11] OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
[4:17] DOCKET NUMBER 0299.
[4:21] UM AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
[4:24] I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES,
[4:26] MY COLLEAGUE.
[4:28] AND MY PANELISTS.
[4:31] ADVOCATES.
[4:32] COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND
[4:34] MEMBERS.
[4:34] OF THE PUBLIC WITH JOINING.
[4:36] US TODAY FOR THIS IMPORTANT
[4:37] FOLLOW UP HEARING.
[4:39] ON THE TERMINATION.
[4:41] OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.
[4:43] FOR HAITIAN NATIONALS.
[4:44] AND THE CITY'S RESPONSE.
[4:47] WE HAD OUR.
[4:47] FIRST HEARING ON THIS ISSUE.
[4:50] ON APRIL 9TH.
[4:51] AT THAT TIME.
[4:52] HAITIAN TPS REMAINED PROTECTED.
[4:54] BY THE FEDERAL COURTS.
[4:55] THE LITIGATION WAS BEFORE THE
[4:57] SUPREME COURT AND.
[4:58] MUCH OF OUR DISCUSSION FOCUSED
[5:01] ON PREPAREDNESS.
[5:02] WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF THOSE.
[5:04] PROTECTIONS WERE TERMINATED,
[5:06] HOW BOSTON RESIDENTS.
[5:07] COULD BE AFFECTED.
[5:08] AND WHETHER THE CITY WAS.
[5:10] PREPARED TO RESPOND.
[5:12] UNFORTUNATELY, THE
[5:14] CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED.
[5:15] DRAMATICALLY SINCE THEN.
[5:17] ON JUNE 25TH.
[5:18] THE SUPREME COURT.
[5:19] RULED AND THE LITIGATION.
[5:21] INVOLVING THE TERMINATION
[5:23] OF TPS FOR HAITI AND.
[5:25] SYRIA AND HAITIAN TPS.
[5:27] SEPARATE SUBSEQUENTLY.
[5:29] ENDED ON.
[5:30] JULY 27TH.
[5:31] WE ALSO HAVE A CLEARER
[5:33] PICTURE TODAY.
[5:34] OF THE SCALE.
[5:36] OF THE IMPACT IN BOSTON.
[5:37] THE ADMINISTRATION'S UPDATED
[5:39] AND.
[5:40] ANALYSIS ESTIMATES THAT
[5:43] APPROXIMATELY 5790.
[5:45] HAITIANS IN.
[5:46] BOSTON WERE PREVIOUSLY
[5:48] COVERED BY TPS, SIGNIFICANTLY
[5:51] MORE.
[5:51] THAN THE ESTIMATE WE DISCUSSED
[5:53] .
[5:53] AT OUR APRIL HEARING.
[5:54] THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ALSO
[5:56] IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY.
[5:59] 1800 CHILDREN AND MORE THAN
[6:01] 8300 OTHER ADULT FAMILY.
[6:03] AND HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS.
[6:05] WHO COULD BE AFFECTED BY THE
[6:06] DEPORTATION OF HAITIAN.
[6:08] NON-CITIZEN ADULTS.
[6:10] DEMONSTRATING THAT THE
[6:11] CONSEQUENCES EXTEND.
[6:13] FAR BEYOND INDIVIDUAL TPS
[6:16] HOLDERS.
[6:17] SO TODAY.
[6:18] I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
[6:19] HAS HAPPENED SINCE JULY 27TH.
[6:21] WHAT WE ARE SEEING ON THE
[6:23] GROUND AND WHETHER THE RESPONSE
[6:24] .
[6:25] MATCHES THE.
[6:26] SCALE OF THE NEED.
[6:27] WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
[6:28] HAPPENING TO RESIDENTS WHO LOST
[6:30] THEIR WORK.
[6:31] AUTHORIZATION, WHETHER PEOPLE
[6:33] ARE FINDING ALTERNATIVE FORMS
[6:36] OF IMMIGRATION RELIEF, WHETHER
[6:38] OUR.
[6:38] LEGAL SERVICE.
[6:39] PROVIDERS HAVE SUFFICIENT
[6:41] CAPACITY.
[6:42] AND WHAT ADDITIONAL.
[6:43] RESOURCES THE CITY AND THIS
[6:45] COUNCIL CAN PROVIDE.
[6:46] AND FINALLY, WE NEED TO HEAR
[6:49] DIRECTLY.
[6:49] FROM THE ORGANIZATION.
[6:51] SERVING BOSTON'S.
[6:52] HAITIAN COMMUNITY.
[6:54] OUR SECOND PANEL INCLUDES
[6:56] REPRESENTATIVES FROM MIRA, THE
[6:57] INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND
[7:00] DEMOCRACY.
[7:00] IN HAITI AND THE IMMIGRANT.
[7:02] FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE.
[7:04] THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
[7:05] CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT
[7:07] RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING.
[7:08] ON THE GROUND.
[7:10] WHERE THE CITY'S RESPONSE IS
[7:11] WORKING.
[7:12] AND WHERE.
[7:13] ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS
[7:14] NEEDED.
[7:15] WITH THAT, LET US GET STARTED
[7:17] AND I'D LIKE.
[7:18] TO.
[7:19] UM, ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVAL.
[7:21] OF ONE OF THE.
[7:23] CO-SPONSORS, COUNCILOR JULIAN
[7:26] MEJIA.
[7:27] I GIVE.
[7:28] EACH COUNCILOR SIX MINUTES
[7:30] FOR.
[7:30] THE OPENING STATEMENT AND
[7:31] THEN WE'LL TURN.
[7:32] TO OUR PANELISTS.
[7:33] OUR FIRST.
[7:35] SPEAKER.
[7:37] COUNCILOR BRUCE.
[7:37] THE LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR.
[7:39] YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES.
[7:40] GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
[7:41] BOUCHER MOON MERCY PASCAGOULA
[7:43] UM, THIS IS A TOPIC AND AN
[7:46] ISSUE THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN
[7:49] WORKING ON ENDLESSLY DAY AND
[7:51] NIGHT AND I MEAN THAT LITERALLY
[7:52] AND FIGURATIVELY.
[7:53] I WAS TALKING TO BRIAN
[7:55] CONCANNON, THE HEAD OF THE
[7:57] INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE DEMOCRACY
[7:58] IN HAITI ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, I
[8:00] FELL YESTERDAY HAD A LOT
[8:02] OF ISSUES GOING ON AND AT THE
[8:03] SAME TIME I GOT A CALL FROM A
[8:05] CONSTITUENT WHO WAS BEING
[8:07] REJECTED FROM SERVICES AT A
[8:09] LEGAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION.
[8:11] I GOT ON THE PHONE IN THE
[8:12] MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING WITH UM
[8:14] THE HEAD OF THE IMMIGRATION
[8:15] CLINIC THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT
[8:17] THAT WOMAN COULD TURN AROUND
[8:18] AND RECEIVE SERVICES.
[8:19] WE ARE IN A DIRE DIRE STRAITS
[8:22] UM, SINCE THE UH SUPREME COURT
[8:25] DECISION CAME OUT IN LATE IN
[8:27] LATE JUNE, UH, PEOPLE'S
[8:30] IMMIGRATION STATUS HAS
[8:31] TERMINATED, WHICH HAS LED TO
[8:32] THEIR INABILITY TO DO THINGS
[8:33] LIKE PAY THEIR RENT AND PAY
[8:36] MORTGAGES.
[8:37] SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE
[8:38] DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT
[8:39] HAVE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
[8:40] OUR OFFICE TO PUT ON FOOD
[8:43] PANTRIES.
[8:43] UM, OBVIOUSLY IFC WILL BE ON
[8:45] THE PANEL LATER.
[8:46] WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF JOINT
[8:47] LEGAL CLINICS WITH THEM AND WE
[8:49] STILL KNOW THAT THERE ARE NOT
[8:51] ENOUGH ATTORNEYS.
[8:52] UH, WE KNOW THAT THE STATE'S
[8:54] MACY HOTLINE IN PARTNERSHIP
[8:55] WITH MIRA HAS A SIX MONTH
[8:58] BACKLOG AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO
[9:00] NEED ATTORNEYS YESTERDAY, UM,
[9:02] THANKS TO A WONDERFUL COALITION
[9:04] OF PEOPLE.
[9:04] UH, THANKS TO OUR FEARLESS
[9:06] CONGRESSWOMAN AYANNA PRESSLEY,
[9:07] WE GOT A BILL PASSED OUT OF THE
[9:10] HOUSE AND IT WAS A BIPARTISAN
[9:12] BILL TO EXTEND TPS.
[9:14] THAT SAME EFFORT IS BEING DONE
[9:16] IN THE SENATE TODAY AS PART
[9:17] OF A NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
[9:19] ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE CITIES
[9:21] ARE CALLING MEMBERS OF THE
[9:23] SENATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
[9:25] SIGN ON AS CO-SPONSORS TO SB UH
[9:28] TO SENATE BILL 4814.
[9:31] THERE ARE ONLY THREE DEMOCRATIC
[9:34] SENATORS WHO HAVE NOT SIGNED ON
[9:35] TO THE BILL.
[9:36] SO LATER TODAY IF YOU WOULD
[9:37] LIKE TO JOIN US, WE WILL BE AT
[9:39] MIRROR MAKING PHONE CALLS TO
[9:41] THOSE SENATORS.
[9:42] UM, WE PASSED A RESOLUTION I
[9:44] BELIEVE A FEW WEEKS AGO AFTER
[9:45] IT WAS INITIALLY BLOCKED UH UH
[9:49] ALONGSIDE MYSELF AND
[9:51] CANCER COUNCIL PRESIDENT LUIZ
[9:52] BREADON CALLING A RESOLUTION TO
[9:54] STREAMLINE HOUSING ASSISTANCE
[9:55] FOR THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY
[9:57] TPS.
[9:58] UH NOT NOT SOLELY UM ASSISTANCE
[10:01] BUT A PLAN.
[10:03] UH, LOOKING AT THE REGS,
[10:04] LOOKING AT WHAT CAN OR WHAT
[10:06] NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED.
[10:08] AND I WANT TO THANK THE STATE
[10:09] FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN MAKING
[10:12] AND REVIEWING AND IN WORKING
[10:15] WITH UH IFRC IN OUR OFFICE AND
[10:18] IN THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
[10:19] STABILITY AND RECOGNIZING THAT
[10:21] THERE ARE ISSUES UH, THAT WE
[10:23] NEED TO UH, UPSTREAM ISSUES
[10:25] THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS NOW TO
[10:26] THE DOWNSTREAM ISSUES OF MORE
[10:28] AND MORE PEOPLE GOING INTO
[10:30] SHELTER.
[10:30] AND SO THESE ARE EXTREMELY AND
[10:33] INCREDIBLY HARD TIMES.
[10:35] UM, IT WEIGHS HEAVY ON SO MANY
[10:38] IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ON OUR
[10:40] BACKS.
[10:40] AND I JUST WANT TO THANK
[10:42] EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN FIGHTING.
[10:43] UH, TOGETHER WE HAVE A LOT
[10:45] OF WE'VE SEEN A DECLINE IN OUR
[10:47] BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF OUR
[10:48] STUDENT POPULATION OF OF TPS
[10:52] HOLDERS OF HAITIAN OF HAITIAN
[10:53] STUDENTS.
[10:53] THAT'S BEEN A PRECIPITOUS
[10:55] DECLINE EVEN AFTER LAST YEAR.
[10:57] WE'RE SEEING A CONTINUED
[10:58] DECLINE.
[10:59] WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER
[11:00] COUNTRIES EL SALVADOR STATUS
[11:01] RIGHT NOW FOR TPS IS MURKY.
[11:04] UH, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT
[11:06] WE HAVE TO DO COLLECTIVELY AND
[11:07] COLLABORATIVELY AND I AM SO
[11:09] GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE
[11:11] WHO ARE DOING THAT WORK
[11:12] TOGETHER IN HAITIAN CREOLE WE
[11:12] HAVE A SAYING MAY PALU MANY
[11:15] HANDS MAKE THE BURDEN LIGHT AND
[11:16] I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO
[11:17] HAS BEEN PART.
[11:19] OF OF OF.
[11:20] MAKING THAT BURDEN LIGHT
[11:21] OUTLINED AND SAYING YOU KNOW, I
[11:23] LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE
[11:24] WORK OF MOYA.
[11:25] UH, TWO WEEKS AGO I RECEIVED A
[11:26] TEXT MESSAGE FROM A TPS
[11:29] RECIPIENT WHO TOLD ME THAT HER
[11:31] CHILD WAS HAVING SUICIDAL
[11:33] IDEATIONS AND THAT SHE HAD HIT
[11:34] THE END OF HER ROAD BECAUSE
[11:38] OF THE LACK OF EMPLOYMENT AND
[11:39] BECAUSE OF HER AND BECAUSE SHE
[11:42] DIDN'T KNOW HOW SHE WAS GOING
[11:43] TO PAY HER MORTGAGES.
[11:44] WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
[11:45] ARE PUTTING ALL OF THE
[11:46] RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE
[11:47] AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THE MENTAL
[11:48] HEALTH ISSUES AND THE HOUSING
[11:50] NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
[11:51] THANK YOU.
[11:54] THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
[11:55] COUNCILOR.
[11:56] MY HERE YOU HAVE.
[11:58] SIX MINUTES.
[12:00] WOW, YOU'RE VERY GENEROUS.
[12:03] COUNCILOR CHAIR.
[12:04] NORMALLY OPENING REMARKS ONLY
[12:06] TWO.
[12:06] YOU WANT ME TO TAKE?
[12:07] YEAH.
[12:07] YEAH, I WANT TO YEAH I WANT TO
[12:09] TAKE TO UM I ALSO WANT TO BE
[12:12] MINDFUL THAT WE'RE HERE TO
[12:14] LISTEN AND SO I AM A GRATEFUL,
[12:16] UH, TO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
[12:18] HER STEADFAST LEADERSHIP, UM,
[12:21] AND COMMITMENT.
[12:21] UH, I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO
[12:23] SEE MY PEOPLE SUFFER, RIGHT?
[12:27] AND SOMETIMES WE HOLD THESE
[12:30] THINGS SO MUCH MORE.
[12:32] AT OUR HEART.
[12:33] WHEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR LOVED
[12:36] ONES.
[12:36] AND I THINK THIS ADVOCACY IN
[12:39] REGARDS TO WHAT THE CITY CAN DO
[12:42] IN TERMS OF INCREASING OUR
[12:44] SUPPORT SERVICES, IT'S NOT JUST
[12:46] A CONVERSATION FOR THE SAKE
[12:47] OF HAVING ONE.
[12:47] IT'S REALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT
[12:48] THIS MOMENT IS GOING TO REQUIRE
[12:50] US TO POUR OUR DOLLARS INTO UH,
[12:54] FUNDING UH, WHATEVER IT TAKES
[12:56] TO UM TO ENSURE THAT THE SAFETY
[13:00] NET I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY
[13:02] AROUND SOME OF THE MUTUAL AID I
[13:03] WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF WE'VE
[13:05] GOTTEN A LOT OF CALLS FROM OUR
[13:06] OFFICE IN REGARDS TO UM, FOLKS
[13:10] NOW AFRAID TO GO TO THE FOOD
[13:11] PANTRY SO ASKING FOR SUPPORT
[13:14] FOR DELIVERY DRIVERS.
[13:16] WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT
[13:17] OF CALLS FROM FOLKS WHO NOW AS
[13:19] A RESULT OF THIS UM, ARE
[13:22] FEELING THE CRUNCH NOT JUST
[13:24] WITH HOUSING BUT ALSO WITH
[13:27] WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO
[13:29] YOU KNOW, NOW THEY'RE LOSING
[13:30] THEIR JOBS TO SO UH, THEY CAN'T
[13:32] COLLECT UNEMPLOYMENT AND SO
[13:34] WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
[13:36] UM, AND SO WHAT OUR OFFICE DID
[13:38] IN FEBRUARY IN PREPARATION FOR
[13:40] THIS UM, EARLIER WE HIRED
[13:43] SOMEONE SPECIFICALLY JUST TO
[13:44] HELP US, UH, TO BE THE HAITIAN
[13:46] LIAISON TO HELP US, YOU KNOW,
[13:48] GET READY FOR THIS.
[13:50] BUT IT NEVER CAME.
[13:51] AND NOW THAT IT IS HERE, UM,
[13:55] NOW WE ALSO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
[13:56] HOW WE SUPPLEMENT THAT WORK,
[13:59] UM, FROM OUR OFFICE SO THAT WE
[14:00] HAVE SOMEONE IN DIRECT
[14:02] COMMUNICATION.
[14:02] SO I THINK THAT THIS IS
[14:04] STAFFING FUNDING AND THEN
[14:07] COORDINATION AND I'LL JUST END
[14:09] WITH I ALWAYS SAY THAT BOSTON
[14:10] IS RESOURCE RICH BUT
[14:11] COORDINATION FOR THIS IS REALLY
[14:13] AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK
[14:15] AT ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS AND I'M
[14:16] GLAD THAT MOYA IS HERE.
[14:17] BUT THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS
[14:19] THAT INTERFACE THERE'S HOUSING.
[14:22] UM I WOULD HAVE YOU KNOW THEY
[14:24] THEY THEY PLAY A ROLE IN THIS.
[14:26] RIGHT.
[14:26] AND I THINK THAT, UM, THERE IS
[14:28] AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALSO
[14:30] BE INVOLVED IN THIS
[14:31] CONVERSATION FOR OUR LEGAL
[14:31] DEPARTMENT.
[14:32] SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR, UM, FROM
[14:35] YOU, UH, COURTNEY, HOW MOYA IS
[14:38] INTERACTING AND INTERFACING
[14:39] WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AS
[14:41] IT RELATES TO THIS SO THAT
[14:42] YOU'RE NOT THE SOLE, UM, YOU
[14:45] KNOW, PERSON CARRYING THIS.
[14:46] SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO
[14:48] DIGGING IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
[14:50] THANK YOU.
[14:50] THANK YOU, CONCILOR MEJIA UH.
[14:52] AT THIS TIME.
[14:53] I'D LIKE.
[14:54] TO NOW.
[14:55] INTRODUCE TODAY'S
[14:57] ADMINISTRATION PANELIST.
[14:58] COURTNEY WHITE, UH, INTERIM
[15:01] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE.
[15:02] MAYOR'S OFFICE.
[15:04] OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT.
[15:05] UH, MR MARONEY, YOU YOU MAY AS
[15:07] WELL SAY THAT NOW THAT YOU'RE
[15:08] THERE, YOU CAN SAY THAT EVEN
[15:10] THOUGH YOU'LL BE ON THE SECOND
[15:11] PANEL, YOU CAN STAY THERE.
[15:14] THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM AT THE
[15:16] TABLE.
[15:18] COURTNEY, YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES.
[15:20] I WILL, UM, TRY TO GO FAST.
[15:23] UM, BUT THANK YOU, COUNCILORS.
[15:24] FOR CALLING THIS HEARING
[15:25] TODAY.
[15:25] THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING SOME
[15:27] OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE
[15:28] REALLY BEEN SEEING IN OUR
[15:30] COMMUNITIES THROUGH OUR
[15:30] CONSTITUENT SERVICES TEAM,
[15:32] THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH
[15:33] .
[15:34] AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE
[15:35] PANELISTS A LOT OF WHAT THEY'RE
[15:36] SEEING ON THE GROUND.
[15:37] UM, SO AS COUNCILOR CULPEPPER
[15:39] SAID, MY NAME IS COURTNEY
[15:40] WHITE.
[15:40] I AM THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE
[15:42] DIRECTOR FOR MOY.
[15:43] UM UM I WAS PREVIOUSLY OUR
[15:45] DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUENT
[15:46] SERVICES.
[15:47] SO INTERFACING REALLY.
[15:48] CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNITY
[15:49] PARTNERS AND OUR CONSTITUENTS.
[15:51] UM, I WANTED TO DO A VERY QUICK
[15:53] BACKGROUND ON TEMPORARY
[15:54] PROTECTED STATUS FOR FOLKS WHO
[15:56] MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR.
[15:57] SO IT IS A FORM OF TEMPORARY
[15:59] STATUS.
[15:59] IT'S A HUMANITARIAN IMMIGRATION
[16:01] STATUS GRANTED BY THE
[16:02] DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[16:03] .
[16:04] UM, IT IT ALLOWS FOR FOLKS TO
[16:06] GENERALLY NOT BE DEPORTED UM,
[16:08] ALLOWED TO WORK BUT DOES NOT
[16:09] PROVIDE A DIRECT PATHWAY TO
[16:11] PERMANENT RESIDENCY.
[16:13] UM AND AS COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[16:15] ALLUDED TO, UM, YOU KNOW,
[16:17] PARTICULARLY WITH THE SITUATION
[16:18] WITH EL SALVADOR TYPICALLY UM
[16:20] 60 DAYS BEFORE A STATUS IS DUE
[16:23] TO EXPIRE, UH, A HOMELAND
[16:24] SECURITY SECRETARY MUST
[16:25] DETERMINE WHETHER TO RENEW IT,
[16:28] DESIGNATE A RE DESIGNATE FOR
[16:29] EXPANDED TO INCLUDE NEW
[16:30] ARRIVALS FROM THE COUNTRY OR
[16:32] TERMINATE IT.
[16:35] UM SO JUST ZONING A ZOOMING IN
[16:38] ON TPS FOR HAITI AND BOSTON IN
[16:40] PARTICULAR.
[16:42] UM IT WAS FIRST DESIGNATED IN
[16:44] JANUARY 2010 FOLLOWING THE
[16:45] DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE.
[16:47] UM THEN RE DESIGNATED
[16:48] SUBSEQUENTLY AND BLESS YOU UH
[16:50] 2011 2021 2022 AND 2024 SO
[16:54] REALLY SHOWING THE NEED FOR
[16:56] CONTINUED PROTECTIONS FOR THIS
[16:58] COMMUNITY UM UNFORTUNATELY
[17:00] ENDED UH, IN JULY FOLLOWING A
[17:02] U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION AND
[17:04] LIFTING OF COURT PAUSES.
[17:06] UM AND WE ESTIMATE THAT AROUND
[17:07] 55,000 HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN
[17:09] GREATER BOSTON ARE IMPACTED.
[17:11] UM, AND AS WE WERE TALKING
[17:13] ABOUT BEFORE, HAITIANS IN
[17:14] BOSTON ARE THE THIRD LARGEST
[17:15] FOREIGN BORN GROUP IN THE CITY.
[17:17] UM, WE ESTIMATE THAT THERE ARE
[17:19] AROUND 15,851 IN IN THE BOSTON
[17:23] AREA WITH 5700 BEING
[17:26] NON-CITIZENS.
[17:28] UM AND AS COUNCILOR CULPEPER UM
[17:31] MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO HAVE A
[17:33] LITTLE BIT OF UM SOME DIFFERENT
[17:34] STATISTICS THAN WE LAST
[17:35] PRESENTED.
[17:36] UM, THAT IS BECAUSE THE DATA
[17:38] WAS NOT QUITE AVAILABLE WHEN WE
[17:39] FIRST PRESENTED.
[17:40] SO AS YOU CAN SEE UM THE NUMBER
[17:42] HAS DEFINITELY GROWN.
[17:44] THERE ABOUT 5790 HAITIANS IN
[17:47] BOSTON WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY
[17:48] COVERED BY TEMPORARY PROTECTED
[17:50] STATUS.
[17:52] UM AND YOU'LL SEE ALSO A
[17:53] POPULATION OF 1302 FOR EL
[17:56] SALVADOR UM AS WELL AS NUMBERS
[17:58] FOR UKRAINE, VENEZUELA AND
[17:59] HONDURAS.
[18:02] UM SO A BIT OF AN UPDATE ON
[18:04] WHERE LITIGATION STANDS.
[18:06] UM, SO JUST GOING QUICKLY
[18:08] THROUGH THIS UM, IN NOVEMBER
[18:09] OF LAST YEAR THE FEDERAL
[18:10] ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED THAT
[18:12] HAITI'S TPS DESIGNATION AND
[18:14] BENEFITS WOULD TERMINATE ON
[18:15] FEBRUARY 3RD.
[18:16] UM, THERE WERE SOME COURT UH,
[18:18] CASES TO ATTEMPT TO STAY THIS
[18:20] DECISION.
[18:21] UM, AND IT WENT UP ALL THE WAY
[18:23] TO THE SUPREME COURT.
[18:24] UM, AND ON JUNE 25TH THE
[18:26] SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THE
[18:27] IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT
[18:29] PREVENTS JUDGES FROM SECOND
[18:30] GUESSING OR BLOCKING GOVERNMENT
[18:32] DECISIONS TO GRANT, EXTEND OR
[18:34] END A COUNTRY'S TPS DESIGNATION
[18:36] .
[18:37] UM, SO WHAT THAT DID WAS IT
[18:38] LIFTED BLOCKS IN PLACE BY THE
[18:40] LOWER COURT AND PAVED THE WAY
[18:41] FOR THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION
[18:43] TO TERMINATE TPS.
[18:44] AND WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED
[18:45] ABOUT THE BROADER IMPLICATIONS
[18:46] AND IMPACT HERE BECAUSE IT SET
[18:48] A PRECEDENT FOR TERMINATION
[18:49] OF OTHER FORTHCOMING
[18:51] DESIGNATIONS, UH, BECAUSE
[18:52] FUTURE LEGAL CHALLENGES WILL,
[18:53] UM, BECOME DIFFICULT.
[18:55] SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, EL
[18:57] SALVADOR IS, UM UP FOR
[18:59] TERMINATION.
[18:59] THE DESIGNATION EXPIRED ON
[19:02] SEPTEMBER 9TH, BUT PROTECTIONS
[19:03] AND WORK PERMITS ARE STILL IN
[19:04] PLACE.
[19:05] UM, AND THEN WE'RE REALLY
[19:06] CONCERNED FOR SUDAN, UKRAINE,
[19:08] UM, AND LEBANON IN PARTICULAR.
[19:13] UM AND IN CONGRESS UM, VERY
[19:15] QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW I AM UH
[19:17] ,RUNNING SHORT ON TIME.
[19:18] I'M JUST GOING TO UM, YOU KNOW
[19:21] ,REFERENCE WHAT UH,
[19:22] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE WAS
[19:23] MENTIONING UM THAT THERE.
[19:25] YES.
[19:25] AND I'LL GIVE YOU EXTRA
[19:26] TIME.
[19:26] OH.
[19:27] THANK YOU.
[19:28] UM, SO WHAT WE WERE SEEING IS,
[19:31] UM WE DID HAVE A REP UM,
[19:33] CONGRESSWOMAN AYANNA PRESSLEY,
[19:35] UH, DISCHARGE POSITION THAT
[19:37] WENT THROUGH UM AND NOW WE ARE
[19:39] WAITING TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN
[19:41] IN THE SENATE.
[19:41] UM, AND WE ARE HOPING THAT THE
[19:43] SENATE BILL WILL PASS.
[19:44] WE'RE WAITING I THINK THERE ARE
[19:46] 3438 FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED ON
[19:49] AND WE ARE WAITING FOR A
[19:50] MAJORITY OF 60.
[19:52] UM, SO I'LL GET TO NOW WHAT
[19:54] EVERYONE I THINK IS HOPING TO
[19:56] HEAR THE MOST ABOUT UM SO THESE
[19:58] ARE UM THE ANTICIPATED
[20:00] COMMUNITY IMPACTS AND SOME
[20:02] OF THESE WERE ALREADY SEEN IN
[20:03] OUR COMMUNITIES.
[20:04] SO HOUSING INSECURITY, FAMILIES
[20:06] FACING EVICTION AND RETURNING
[20:07] TO SHELTER.
[20:08] LOSS OF ACCESS TO SAFETY NET
[20:11] PROGRAMS SUCH AS HOME BASE.
[20:12] UM WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT
[20:14] NOTARIAL FRAUD AND SCAMS.
[20:15] PEOPLE TAKING UM ADVANTAGE
[20:17] OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEING
[20:18] REALLY FEARFUL AND SCARED ABOUT
[20:20] THEIR STATUS BENEFITS ON
[20:22] ENROLLMENT, FAMILIES LOSING
[20:23] ACCESS TO THEIR BENEFITS.
[20:25] UM AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE STILL
[20:26] ELIGIBLE UH, WITH THE NEW
[20:28] PUBLIC CHARGE UH RULE SEEING A
[20:29] CHILLING EFFECT OF PEOPLE
[20:31] EITHER NOT ENROLLING OR ON
[20:32] ENROLLING.
[20:33] UM, AS THE COUNSELOR ALLUDED TO
[20:35] INCREASED LEVELS OF ANXIETY,
[20:36] FEAR AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
[20:39] EDUCATIONAL DISRUPTION.
[20:41] SO WE'RE SEEING INCREASED
[20:42] ABSENTEEISM UM, AS WELL AS
[20:43] ANXIETY DUE TO LOOMING THREAT
[20:45] OF PARENTAL DEPORTATION.
[20:46] AND THEN OF COURSE UM,
[20:48] IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
[20:49] OF PEOPLE WITH NO STATUS
[20:50] LEADING TO FAMILY SEPARATIONS.
[20:52] UM WE ALSO SAW IN OHIO UM, YOU
[20:54] KNOW, WE'RE SEEING THAT UH,
[20:56] INDIVIDUALS ARE REPORTING TO
[20:58] THEIR ICE CHECK INS, UM, AND
[20:59] THEY'RE HAVING THEIR PASSPORTS
[21:00] CONFISCATED AND ARE BEING
[21:01] FORCED TO WEAR ANKLE MONITORS.
[21:03] AND WE WITNESSED THE TRAGIC
[21:04] DEATH THE OTHER WEEK OF, UM THE
[21:07] COLLEGE STUDENT IN OHIO, PIERRE
[21:09] UM BELL, WHO DIED BY SUICIDE
[21:11] BECAUSE HE WAS BULLIED AND FELT
[21:13] ASHAMED OF HAVING TO WEAR THAT
[21:14] ANKLE MONITOR.
[21:16] UH, WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT
[21:17] THE IMPACTS ON THE FAMILIES,
[21:19] UM, AND THE CHILDREN THAT MIGHT
[21:20] BE LEFT BEHIND THAT KNOW THE
[21:21] UNITED STATES AS THEIR HOME.
[21:23] UM, SO OF THE 1800 CHILDREN AND
[21:26] OTHER ADULT FAMILY MEMBERS THAT
[21:27] WOULD BE IMPACTED, 75% OF THOSE
[21:29] CHILDREN ARE U.S. CITIZENS.
[21:31] AND WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED THAT
[21:32] THESE FAMILIES WILL BE FORCED
[21:33] TO MAKE THAT CHALLENGING
[21:35] DECISION WHETHER TO, UH, RETURN
[21:37] TO HAITI TOGETHER OR SEPARATE.
[21:40] UM, AND SO THESE ARE THE
[21:42] COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT WE'VE BEEN
[21:43] IDENTIFYING AND UNDERNEATH AS
[21:45] BULLETS ARE THE RESPONSES THAT
[21:46] UM, MOYA ALONG WITH OTHER CITY
[21:48] DEPARTMENTS HAVE HAD.
[21:49] SO WE'RE REALLY SEEING A NEED
[21:50] FOR BROAD BASED COMMUNITY
[21:52] SUPPORT.
[21:53] UM, SO ALONGSIDE
[21:54] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, MAYOR WU
[21:55] LED OVER 100 MAYORS AND LOCAL
[21:58] OFFICIALS IN URGING THE US
[21:59] SENATE TO PASS UM SENATE BILL
[22:01] FOR A 4814 AND EXTEND TEMPORARY
[22:04] PROTECTED STATUS.
[22:05] WE'RE ALSO SHOWING OUR SUPPORT
[22:06] AND PRESENCE AT RALLIES IN
[22:08] SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.
[22:09] WE'RE SIGNING ON TO AMICUS
[22:11] BRIEFS AND WE'RE ALSO ENSURING
[22:12] THAT WE'RE HAVING ONGOING
[22:13] DIALOG WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS
[22:15] SUCH AS THE MIA COALITION, UM
[22:17] AND FC.
[22:18] WE'RE SEEING THE NEED FOR QUICK
[22:19] AND ACCURATE UM AND LANGUAGE
[22:21] ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION.
[22:22] SO WE CREATED A KNOW YOUR
[22:24] RIGHTS UM DISSEMINATION
[22:25] CAMPAIGN.
[22:26] YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE
[22:28] BOSTON.GOV/BELONGING TO RECEIVE
[22:29] ALL OF THESE MATERIALS FOR YOUR
[22:31] COMMUNITIES IN HAITIAN CREOLE.
[22:32] AND WE ALSO HOSTED IN
[22:34] COLLABORATION WITH THE MIRROR
[22:36] COALITION A FAMILY PREPAREDNESS
[22:37] WEBINAR FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
[22:39] SO HOW CAN SERVICE PROVIDERS
[22:40] HAVE THAT REALLY CHALLENGING
[22:41] CONVERSATION WITH FAMILIES
[22:43] ABOUT PREPARING FOR YOUR
[22:44] FUTURE?
[22:45] UM WE'RE SEEING EMERGENCY
[22:46] SHELTER AND SAFETY NET BENEFITS
[22:48] ACCESS CHALLENGES AS I
[22:49] MENTIONED.
[22:50] SO WE ARE HAVING ONGOING
[22:51] CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN OUR
[22:53] OFFICE, THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
[22:54] UM AND THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
[22:56] OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE
[22:57] COMMUNITIES.
[22:58] AND THEN WE'RE ALSO
[22:59] COLLABORATING WITH THE HEALTH
[23:01] COMMISSION ON A HEALTH BENEFITS
[23:02] AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
[23:04] UM, IN MOST IMPORTANTLY
[23:07] ENFORCEMENT RELATED LEGAL
[23:08] SUPPORT.
[23:08] SO WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL TO
[23:10] THE COUNCIL FOR THE AMENDMENTS
[23:11] THAT YOU ALL FILED, UM, THAT
[23:12] HAVE ENABLED US TO CONTINUE A
[23:14] FIFTH ROUND OF OUR IMMIGRATION
[23:15] LEGAL ACCESS GRANTS.
[23:16] WE TRIED TO GET THOSE OUT AS
[23:18] SOON AND EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
[23:20] SO WE ANTICIPATE UM WE ARE
[23:21] CURRENTLY REVIEWING
[23:23] APPLICATIONS AND ANTICIPATE
[23:24] GETTING FUNDING OUT TO
[23:25] COMMUNITY IN NOVEMBER.
[23:27] WE CONTINUE TO OFFER OUR TWICE
[23:28] MONTHLY FREE IMMIGRATION
[23:30] CONSULTATIONS.
[23:31] UM AND WE ARE REALLY WORKING
[23:33] HARD TO STRENGTHEN LEGAL
[23:34] REFERRAL NETWORKS AND
[23:35] PARTNERSHIPS SO THAT AS THE
[23:36] COUNSELOR SAID, RIGHT, WE CAN
[23:38] HAVE THESE WARM HANDOFFS.
[23:39] WE CAN HELP TROUBLESHOOT AND
[23:41] WORK CLOSELY ALONGSIDE OUR
[23:42] LEGAL AID PROVIDERS TO MAKE
[23:43] SURE THAT FOLKS WHO ARE
[23:44] REACHING OUT TO OUR OFFICE GET
[23:46] THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
[23:48] UM AND THEN LASTLY OTHER
[23:49] SUPPORT.
[23:50] SO UM, WHEN ONGOING LITIGATION
[23:51] WAS HAPPENING AND EMPLOYERS
[23:52] WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR
[23:54] RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
[23:56] WE HOSTED UM IN COLLABORATION
[23:57] WITH THE STATE AND EMPLOYER
[23:58] FOCUSED WEBINAR.
[23:59] WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING
[24:01] ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A PATHWAY
[24:02] FOR INCOME GENERATION.
[24:03] UM WE PROVIDED TRAINING AND
[24:05] GUIDANCE FOR CITY STAFF WHILE
[24:06] LITIGATION WAS PENDING TO MAKE
[24:08] SURE THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS
[24:09] WERE PROVIDING ACCURATE
[24:10] INFORMATION AND COULD POINT UM
[24:12] THEIR CONSTITUENTS TO ADEQUATE
[24:14] RESOURCES.
[24:14] AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR
[24:16] ONGOING CONSTITUENT SUPPORT.
[24:17] UM, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE
[24:18] HAITIAN CREOLE SPEAKERS ON
[24:20] STAFF TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN
[24:21] ANSWER UM AND HAVE THESE
[24:23] CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS IN A
[24:24] LANGUAGE THEY UNDERSTAND.
[24:26] AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR
[24:27] WEAVING WILL BE MENTAL HEALTH
[24:29] GRANTS THAT WILL BE COMING OUT
[24:31] AS WELL IN EARLY NOVEMBER.
[24:32] AGAIN WITH THE INTENTION
[24:34] OF MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN UM,
[24:36] SUPPORT OUR MOST VULNERABLE
[24:38] RESIDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT
[24:39] THEY HAVE ACCESS TO CULTURALLY
[24:41] RESPONSIVE, UM, MENTAL HEALTH
[24:43] SUPPORTS.
[24:45] UM I THINK THAT IS THE END
[24:46] OF MY PRESENTATION FOR NOW BUT
[24:48] HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
[24:49] THAT YOU ALL HAVE AND THANK YOU
[24:51] FOR THE ADDITIONAL TIME.
[24:52] THANK YOU.
[24:53] THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
[24:55] LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES.
[24:58] UM THANK YOU.
[24:59] COURTNEY FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
[25:00] I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO
[25:01] HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT WE NEED
[25:03] TO CONTINUE TO DO WITH THE
[25:04] OFFICE OF HOUSING STABILITY
[25:04] AROUND THE ISSUES THAT YOU
[25:05] MENTIONED AND BEEN HAVING CALLS
[25:07] ON WHEN IT COMES TO WRAPPING
[25:08] WHEN IT COMES ON BASE.
[25:09] I WANT TO CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT
[25:11] I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE IF
[25:12] THERE AND I THINK EMILY CALLED
[25:13] YOUR OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT THIS
[25:15] BUT HOW WE CAN BE MORE EMBEDDED
[25:17] EMBEDDED IN THE MENTAL HEALTH
[25:18] WORK.
[25:18] THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
[25:20] THAT ARE ALSO LEADING IN THE
[25:21] WORK.
[25:21] I KNOW UNITED WAY'S ALSO
[25:22] PUTTING TOGETHER AND HAS ARE ON
[25:24] CALLS UM EVERY OTHER WEEK
[25:25] TALKING ABOUT THIS BUT REALLY
[25:26] MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PLUGGING
[25:28] IN AND GETTING UM CONNECTING
[25:30] WITH WITH FOLKS WHO NEED MENTAL
[25:32] HEALTH SUPPORT.
[25:33] I THINK THAT COULD PROBABLY BE
[25:34] DONE UM, BETTER.
[25:37] AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT
[25:39] OF INSURANCE ISSUES THAT
[25:40] PROVIDERS WHO WANT TO DO THE
[25:42] GOOD WORK.
[25:42] SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE UM
[25:44] FUNDING MECHANISMS MECHANISMS
[25:46] THERE.
[25:47] I KNOW THAT AT ONE POINT THERE
[25:48] WAS THE WEAVING WELL-BEING.
[25:49] YES.
[25:49] GRANTS ARE THOSE STILL UH BUT
[25:52] ARE THOSE STILL HAPPENING IN
[25:53] LIFE?
[25:55] I GUESS.
[25:56] OH, THERE WE GO.
[25:57] THANK YOU.
[25:57] COUNCILOR.
[25:58] UM, SO THOSE ARE THE THE GRANTS
[25:59] THAT I WAS MENTIONING.
[26:00] THOSE ARE CURRENTLY OPEN FOR
[26:02] APPLICATIONS THROUGH NEXT WEEK
[26:03] .
[26:04] SO I'M HAPPY TO SEND TO YOUR
[26:05] TEAMS UM, THAT OUTREACH
[26:07] MATERIAL IF THERE ARE FOLKS
[26:08] THAT YOU DO WANT TO SEND IT TO.
[26:09] I'M HAPPY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS
[26:10] WITH ORGANIZATIONS WHO MIGHT BE
[26:12] INTERESTED IN APPLYING.
[26:13] AND WHO CAN APPLY IN LIKE A
[26:14] MENTAL HEALTH FOR EXAMPLE LIKE
[26:16] CONSORTIUM CAN THEY APPLY FOR
[26:18] IT?
[26:18] SO OUR FOCUS IS ON.
[26:19] NON-CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH.
[26:21] UM JUST FEELING THAT REALLY
[26:23] WHAT OUR OFFICE.
[26:23] IS.
[26:24] TRYING TO DO IS FILL THAT GAP
[26:25] KNOWING THAT THERE IS EXISTING
[26:26] FUNDING FOR REALLY CLINICAL
[26:27] SUPPORT SO THAT.
[26:28] FUNDING FROM UM.
[26:30] PRIVATE AGENCIES.
[26:31] SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY
[26:32] CLOSELY WITH UM FOR EXAMPLE
[26:33] BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD WE'VE
[26:35] BEEN REFERRING ORGANIZATIONS TO
[26:37] THEM.
[26:38] UM ONE OF THOUGH THAT IS ONE
[26:40] OF THEIR PRIORITIES.
[26:41] AND WE ALSO.
[26:41] WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE
[26:42] UNITED WAY BOSTON FOUNDATION TO
[26:44] MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING THAT
[26:46] WE'RE DOING AT THE CITY IS
[26:48] COMPLEMENTARY AND WE'RE NOT
[26:49] OVERLAPPING.
[26:49] SO THEY'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON
[26:51] THE MUTUAL AID ASPECT.
[26:52] AND SO OUR AREA OF FOCUS IS
[26:53] REALLY THE MENTAL HEALTH AND
[26:55] THE LEGAL AID.
[26:55] UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO CONNECT
[26:57] YOU UM WITH WITH OUR CONTACTS
[26:59] THERE AS WELL.
[27:00] THANK YOU.
[27:00] YEAH.
[27:00] AND I'M GLAD THAT THE WORK THAT
[27:02] WE DID UM IN BACK IN FEBRUARY
[27:04] MARCH WITH THE UNITE BRINGING
[27:05] THE UNITED WAY TOGETHER WITH
[27:06] THE BOSTON FOUNDATION TO MAKE
[27:08] BECAUSE WE SAW THIS COMING DOWN
[27:09] THE PIKE BUT THERE'S STILL NOT
[27:11] ENOUGH INCOMING FUNDS EVEN FOR
[27:13] THOSE LARGE INSTITUTIONS TO DO
[27:14] ALL OF THIS WORK.
[27:15] UM, I WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH
[27:17] THE MENTAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM
[27:19] AND THEY'RE WHO I SEND WHEN I
[27:21] GET THESE TEXT MESSAGES WHEN I
[27:23] GET THAT DIRECT OUTREACH.
[27:24] BUT THEY HAVE FUNDING ISSUES SO
[27:26] THEY CAN PROBABLY TALK ABOUT
[27:27] HOW TO SUPPORT THEM AS THEY'RE
[27:30] AS THEY'RE SERVING A VERY
[27:31] VULNERABLE POPULATION.
[27:32] UM, I THINK THOSE ARE JUST THE
[27:34] THINGS THAT I WANTED TO.
[27:35] UPLIFT.
[27:35] HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH.
[27:37] UH.
[27:38] CONTINUED SUPPORT IN OUR
[27:39] SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
[27:40] WE'RE A LOT LIKE AS I SAID
[27:41] EARLIER, WE CONTINUE TO LOSE,
[27:42] UM, HAITIAN STUDENTS, UM, IN
[27:45] OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
[27:49] CONTINUED OUR WORK AND ADVOCACY
[27:52] ALONGSIDE DOCTOR GABBARD JUST.
[27:53] WALKED IN.
[27:54] FOR SENATE BILL FOR 814.
[27:56] UM, WE ARE ONLY THREE DEMOCRATS
[27:59] SHY OF HAVING ALL DEMOCRATS UM
[28:02] ON BOARD FOR THE BILL.
[28:03] AND THEN SO IT'S THERE'S BEEN A
[28:05] LOT OF PROGRESS IN THE LAST
[28:07] MONTH.
[28:07] UM, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THE
[28:09] JUST THE THINGS THAT I WANTED
[28:10] TO CONTINUE UPLIFTING AND UM,
[28:12] THE CONTINUING NEED FOR LEGAL
[28:14] RESOURCES.
[28:15] I WILL SAY HAS THERE BEEN
[28:16] PROGRESS MADE ON THOSE EVERY
[28:17] TWO CALLS?
[28:17] ONE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE
[28:18] KEPT PIECE OF FEEDBACK THAT
[28:19] I'VE GIVEN IS LIKE HAVING THEM
[28:21] IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, UM, OR
[28:23] HAVING TRANSLATORS.
[28:24] IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
[28:25] DOING ABLE TO DO LONGER PERIODS
[28:28] OF TIME LIKE WHAT DOES THE
[28:29] HANDOFF ARE THERE WARM HANDOFFS
[28:31] FROM THERE?
[28:32] UM, SO ARE THE IS THAT THE THE
[28:34] IMMIGRATION CONSULTATIONS?
[28:35] YES.
[28:36] SO UM WE HAVE OUR ACCESS TO OUR
[28:39] LANGUAGE LINE.
[28:39] SO THOSE ARE THOSE HAVE ALWAYS
[28:40] BEEN COMPLETELY UM UH
[28:43] MULTILINGUAL.
[28:44] SO WE DO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN
[28:45] WE'RE CONNECTING WITH SOMEONE
[28:46] THAT WE CONFIRM WHAT LANGUAGE
[28:47] THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH
[28:48] THE ATTORNEY IN.
[28:49] UM, WE HAVE TRIED REALLY HARD
[28:50] TO GET MORE HAITIAN CREOLE
[28:52] SPEAKERS AND, UM, WE WOULD LOVE
[28:54] TO HELP BUILD UP THE PIPELINE
[28:55] OF THOSE FOLKS.
[28:56] SO IF YOU DO KNOW ANYONE THAT
[28:57] IS INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING
[28:59] BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT
[29:00] HELPS IN THAT EXCHANGE.
[29:02] UM.
[29:03] I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE OUR LIST
[29:04] OF HAITIAN SPEAKS HAITIAN
[29:06] CREOLE SPEAKING ATTORNEYS.
[29:08] SO IF I MEAN I'M WE'RE HAPPY TO
[29:09] SEND YOU IF THERE MAY BE OR
[29:11] MISSING 1 OR 2 WHO BUT IT'S
[29:12] ALSO TIME CONSUMING FOR THEM
[29:13] BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO THE PEOPLE
[29:14] WHO I SEND EMERGENCY LEGAL
[29:16] ISSUES TO IN ADDITION TO OTHER
[29:18] ATTORNEYS.
[29:18] SO IT JUST UH BUT I REMEMBER
[29:19] PASTOR KIKI HIGHLIGHTING
[29:21] LANGUAGE ISSUES AND THE AMOUNT
[29:23] OF.
[29:23] TIME YES, THE 15 MINUTES IS
[29:25] REALLY SHORT AND UM, NEEDING TO
[29:29] DO MORE WARM HANDOFFS AND I
[29:31] THINK WE I'M JUST GOING TO SAY
[29:32] THIS FOR EVERYONE RIGHT.
[29:33] YESTERDAY WAS AN EXAMPLE LIKE
[29:34] WE DEFINITELY WHEN IT COMES TO
[29:35] LEGAL ISSUES NEED TO HOLD
[29:37] PEOPLE'S HANDS SO THAT THEY
[29:38] HAVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
[29:41] LAST WEEK WE'RE IN A FIGHT
[29:42] CALLING ALL SORTS OF ATTORNEYS
[29:44] SOMEONE WAS THEY HAD TO APPEAL
[29:46] THEIR CASE.
[29:47] IT WAS A THEY CALLED THEIR
[29:48] OFFICE ON A WEDNESDAY AND THAT
[29:49] THURSDAY WAS THE DEADLINE FOR
[29:50] THE APPEAL.
[29:51] AND SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE
[29:53] SURE THAT WE'RE FINDING
[29:54] SOLUTIONS.
[29:55] SO NO I APPRECIATE THAT AND
[29:56] THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR
[29:57] LEGAL ACCESS UM PROJECT MANAGER
[29:59] IS REALLY WORKING CLOSELY WITH
[30:00] THE ATTORNEYS ON IS MAKING SURE
[30:02] WE HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING
[30:03] OF WHAT SOMEONE'S NEXT STEPS
[30:04] ARE AND HOW WE CAN KIND
[30:06] OF GUIDE THEM IN THAT PROCESS.
[30:08] UM, THE LENGTH OF TIME IS A BIT
[30:09] CHALLENGING AS YOU SAID, RIGHT?
[30:11] UM, THE SAME POOL WHO IS
[30:13] PROVIDING THESE PRO-BONO
[30:13] SERVICES IS ALSO PROVIDING UM
[30:15] LEGAL AID.
[30:17] UM BUT WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE
[30:18] THAT WE HAVE SOME ATTORNEYS
[30:19] THAT TYPICALLY GO A LITTLE BIT
[30:20] LONGER.
[30:21] UM, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
[30:22] WE ARE TRYING TO EXPLORE AND
[30:24] UNFORTUNATELY HAS BEEN A
[30:25] CHALLENGE JUST BECAUSE OF THE
[30:27] COMMITMENT.
[30:27] UM, I DID ALSO JUST WANT TO
[30:28] FLAG ON THE UM PART WE DO HAVE
[30:31] BIWEEKLY CALLS WITH UM SENIOR
[30:32] LEADERSHIP UM, INCLUDING.
[30:35] FROM THE.
[30:35] LEGAL TEAM UM THEIR SOCIAL WORK
[30:37] DEPARTMENT POLICY AND SO ON AND
[30:39] SO FORTH TO REALLY SEE HOW OUR
[30:41] OFFICES CAN COMPLEMENT ONE
[30:42] ANOTHER.
[30:43] UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
[30:45] IS CONTINUING UM, AND WE'RE
[30:46] MAKING SURE THAT WE ELEVATE
[30:48] CONCERNS ACROSS BOTH TEAMS.
[30:51] UM AND THEN LASTLY WHEN WE DO
[30:53] AWARD OUR MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS
[30:55] WE ARE PLANNING TO CREATE KIND
[30:56] OF A REFERRAL BASED SYSTEM, UM,
[30:59] TO LET FOLKS KNOW WHAT
[31:01] ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT BE OPEN FOR
[31:02] REFERRALS.
[31:02] AND SO I'M HAPPY TO TO CONNECT
[31:04] WITH YOU ALL.
[31:05] UM, ONCE THAT IS AVAILABLE
[31:07] LATER THIS YEAR.
[31:07] THANK YOU.
[31:08] YEAH.
[31:11] HERE, HERE.
[31:13] YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES.
[31:17] THANK YOU.
[31:18] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
[31:20] AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THE
[31:22] WORK THAT'S COMING OUT OF MOYA.
[31:24] SO I'M REALLY, UH, GRATEFUL AND
[31:28] ,UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW
[31:30] QUESTIONS.
[31:30] I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW MANY
[31:32] ORGANIZATIONS YOU KNOW, THROUGH
[31:34] SOME OF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
[31:35] .
[31:36] ARE WE FUNDING AND SUPPORTING?
[31:40] UM, SO FOR THE LEGAL AID GRANT
[31:41] I CAN GET YOU THE.
[31:43] THE.
[31:43] FINAL NUMBER FROM LAST YEAR BUT
[31:45] I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND 20 ISH
[31:46] .
[31:46] UM, AND THOSE ARE VARYING POTS
[31:48] OF FUNDING.
[31:49] SO WE WERE FUNDING UM
[31:50] ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE DOING
[31:51] BOTH INFORMATION UM SHARING
[31:53] LIKE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS COURT
[31:55] ACCOMPANIMENT AS WELL AS
[31:57] REPRESENTATION UM FOR LAST
[31:59] YEAR'S UM WE EVEN WHILE BEING
[32:00] MENTAL HEALTH WORKER IT WAS
[32:01] AROUND 30.
[32:02] ORGANIZATIONS AND WE.
[32:04] ANTICIPATE WITH THE FUNDING
[32:05] THAT WE HAVE WHICH IS ABOUT
[32:07] EQUAL THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
[32:08] FUND AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT.
[32:10] OF ORGANIZATIONS THIS YEAR.
[32:11] AND WHAT.
[32:11] ABOUT SAFETY NET LIKE FOOD
[32:14] ACCESS.
[32:14] UH.
[32:15] STIPENDS FOR HOUSING?
[32:16] YEAH.
[32:17] SO LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE OUR
[32:19] ,UM, MUTUAL AID GRANTS.
[32:21] UM.
[32:22] AND.
[32:22] THIS YEAR IN CONSULTATION WITH
[32:24] ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE UNITED
[32:25] WAY TBF THAT IS REALLY UM THE
[32:28] WORK THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO
[32:29] UPLIFT AND SO WE DECIDED TO
[32:31] ENSURE THAT WE COULD REALLY
[32:32] ROBUSTLY FUND THE LEGAL AID
[32:34] WORK WHICH THEY ARE NOT UM,
[32:36] ABLE TO FUND AT THIS TIME THE
[32:37] MENTAL HEALTH WORK.
[32:38] SO REALLY WORKING TOGETHER IN
[32:40] PARTNERSHIP TO UM DETERMINE
[32:42] WHERE THEIR FUNDING IS BEST
[32:43] PLACE AND WHERE OUR FUNDING IS
[32:44] BEST PLACED.
[32:45] THAT'S GOOD.
[32:46] AND WHAT ABOUT THE BOSTON
[32:47] PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION?
[32:49] THAT'S A CITY RESOURCE
[32:53] ESPECIALLY AROUND MENTAL HEALTH
[32:55] AND WELLNESS OR WHAT DOES THAT
[32:56] LOOK LIKE IN TERMS
[32:57] OF PARTNERSHIP?
[32:57] YEAH.
[32:58] SO I ACTUALLY UM OUR OFFICE
[33:00] HAS A MONTHLY MEETING WITH
[33:01] THEIR UM, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
[33:03] DEPARTMENT.
[33:04] UM, SOME FOLKS THAT ARE FOCUS
[33:05] SPECIFICALLY ON UH, WORK IN THE
[33:07] COMMUNITY.
[33:08] UM, AND SO WE REGULARLY
[33:10] COALESCE AROUND CONCERNS THAT
[33:11] THEY'RE SEEING CONCERNS THAT
[33:12] WE'RE SEEING UM, AND
[33:14] BRAINSTORMING TOGETHER.
[33:15] SO THEY ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A
[33:17] RESOURCE GUIDE FOR US, UM, THAT
[33:19] WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE THAT
[33:20] THEY HAVE MADE AVAILABLE AND
[33:21] WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM THIS
[33:22] YEAR AS A COMPLEMENT TO OUR
[33:24] WEAVING WELL-BEING PROGRAM.
[33:25] HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO TRAIN UP
[33:28] FOLKS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN
[33:30] ALSO DELIVER MENTAL HEALTH
[33:31] SERVICES?
[33:32] SO THAT'S KIND OF A SEPARATE
[33:33] PROJECT ASIDE FROM GRANT
[33:35] FUNDING THAT WE'RE PURSUING
[33:36] WITH THEM.
[33:38] AND WHAT UM, ROLE IF ANY IN ON
[33:42] ANY TYPE OF COMMUNICATION WITH
[33:46] UM THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
[33:47] DEVELOPMENT LIKE GIVEN THE FACT
[33:49] THAT SO MANY FOLKS ARE LOSING
[33:51] THEIR STATUS AND ARE ABLE TO
[33:52] WORK.
[33:53] WHAT IF ANY CONVERSATIONS HAVE
[33:55] BEEN THAT YOU.
[33:56] I'VE BEEN HAVING.
[33:57] WITH OUR CITY ENFORCE
[33:59] DEVELOPMENT?
[34:00] YES.
[34:00] SO UM.
[34:01] THOSE ARE THAT'S UH, ANOTHER
[34:02] ONE OF THE MAIN.
[34:03] DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN
[34:04] FOCUSED UM.
[34:05] ON PARTNERING WITH PARTICULARLY
[34:07] ON WORKERS RIGHTS.
[34:08] SO AGAIN, I THINK OUR OFFICE
[34:10] TAKES THIS STANDPOINT WE WANT
[34:11] TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW
[34:12] THEIR.
[34:13] RIGHTS AND THEN ALSO HAVE
[34:14] ACCESS TO RESOURCES.
[34:15] SO REALLY CONNECTING WITH THE
[34:16] WORKER EMPOWERMENT CABINET AND
[34:18] MAKING SURE THAT WORKERS KNOW
[34:19] THEIR RIGHTS, MAKING SURE THAT
[34:21] EMPLOYERS KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND
[34:22] RESPONSIBILITIES.
[34:23] UM AND.
[34:24] THEN EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
[34:25] SUCH AS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS
[34:26] PATHWAYS FOR FOLKS.
[34:28] SO THOSE ARE ONGOING
[34:29] CONVERSATIONS.
[34:30] ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
[34:31] THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP BECAUSE I
[34:32] KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE
[34:33] NEIGHBORHOODS JOBS TRUST WE'VE
[34:35] BEEN ABLE TO BE CREATIVE IN
[34:38] TERMS OF SOME WORKFORCE
[34:39] DEVELOPMENT STIPENDS THAT WE'VE
[34:40] BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE TO FOLKS,
[34:42] UM, AND PROGRAMING.
[34:45] YEAH.
[34:46] SO UM OUR OFFICE
[34:47] UNFORTUNATELY.
[34:47] CANNOT PROVIDE STIPENDS JUST
[34:48] BECAUSE OF THE OPERATING BUDGET
[34:50] FUND, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO
[34:51] FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN
[34:53] PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS
[34:56] TO ENHANCE ACCESS AND AWARENESS
[34:57] OF WORKER OWNED COOPERATIVES.
[34:58] HOW CAN FOLKS BE WORKER OWNERS
[35:01] ?
[35:01] UM, SO THAT IS ANOTHER AREA
[35:03] THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH BOTH
[35:04] COMMUNITY AND DEPARTMENT ON.
[35:06] UM I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT NOW
[35:09] UM JUST TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
[35:11] YEAH, SURE.
[35:12] ONE IS UH, SPECIFICALLY AROUND
[35:14] THE RETURN ON THOSE INVESTMENTS
[35:15] LIKE SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS
[35:17] THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
[35:18] YOU MENTIONED I THINK 30 OR SO,
[35:20] UM, IN THE LEGAL SPACE AND AND
[35:24] ALSO IN MENTAL HEALTH HIGH
[35:26] LEVEL, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE
[35:29] OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,
[35:30] CAPACITY BUILDING, ONGOING
[35:31] COMMUNICATION DO YOU HAVE WITH
[35:32] THESE ORGANIZATIONS?
[35:35] AND WHEN YOU HEAR WHAT YOU WHAT
[35:38] THEY HAVE TO SHARE, HOW ARE YOU
[35:40] ADAPTING KIND OF YOUR SERVICE
[35:42] DELIVERABLES AND RFP?
[35:44] SURE.
[35:45] UM SO FOR RETURN ON.
[35:46] INVESTMENT, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY
[35:48] IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THOSE
[35:50] FINAL REPORTS FROM THIS PAST
[35:51] FISCAL.
[35:52] YEAR FROM THE ORGANIZATION.
[35:53] SO WE'RE HAPPY TO GET BACK TO
[35:55] YOU WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME MORE
[35:56] HIGH LEVEL DETAILS.
[35:57] ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
[35:59] UM.
[35:59] BUT I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE
[36:01] REALLY CLOSELY WORK WITH OUR
[36:03] ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT
[36:05] THEY UM, HAVE SUPPORT BOTH
[36:06] THROUGH THE.
[36:07] GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS.
[36:08] UM, WE.
[36:09] KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR.
[36:10] ORGANIZATIONS ARE.
[36:11] NEWER OR MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE
[36:12] A UM A GRANT DEVELOPMENT PERSON
[36:15] SO REALLY PROVIDING THAT
[36:16] TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
[36:16] SO THAT WAY.
[36:17] WE'RE NOT OVERLOOKING REALLY.
[36:19] STRONG APPLICATIONS JUST
[36:20] BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT
[36:21] THAT GRANT WRITING CAPACITY.
[36:23] SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE
[36:24] OFFER AT THE BEGINNING TO MAKE
[36:25] SURE THAT FOLKS WHO ARE REALLY
[36:27] GOOD FITS FOR THE APPLICATION
[36:28] CAN ACTUALLY APPLY.
[36:29] UM, AND THEN MYSELF AND MY
[36:31] COLLEAGUE HANNAH HAVE
[36:32] CONVERSATIONS WITH
[36:33] ORGANIZATIONS.
[36:34] TO KICK.
[36:35] OFF THEIR THEIR GRANT
[36:35] PERIOD.
[36:36] SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW
[36:37] THAT WE'RE HERE FOR THEM
[36:39] THROUGHOUT THE GRANT PERIOD IF
[36:40] THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
[36:42] UM AND THEN WE.
[36:43] ALWAYS DO A RETROSPECTIVE.
[36:44] SO I ACTUALLY MAYBE TWO MONTHS
[36:46] AGO OR A MONTH AGO MET WITH THE
[36:48] ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVED
[36:49] WELL-BEING FUNDING.
[36:50] ASK THEM WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED?
[36:52] WHAT COULD BE BETTER?
[36:53] WHAT CAN WE IMPROVE?
[36:54] UM AND SO WE USED A LOT OF THAT
[36:56] FEEDBACK TO INFORM THIS
[36:57] UPCOMING CYCLE OF THE GRANT.
[36:59] AND WITH THAT INFORMATION.
[37:01] UM, SO I UM I HAVE THAT.
[37:03] INFORMATION IN MY OWN NOTES BUT
[37:05] I WOULD SAY UM.
[37:05] AND JUST IN TERMS OF.
[37:06] WEAVING MORE BEANS IMPACTS ON.
[37:08] OUR WEBSITE, UM.
[37:10] WE RIGOROUSLY UH, EVALUATED THE
[37:11] FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE
[37:13] PROGRAM.
[37:13] SO I'M.
[37:13] PROUD TO SAY THIS IS THE
[37:14] SIXTH YEAR UM.
[37:15] AND YOU CAN FIND THE REPORTS
[37:16] ABOUT THE COMMUNITY IMPACTS HOW
[37:18] IT IMPACTED WELL-BEING,
[37:20] BELONGING, COMMUNITY
[37:21] EMPOWERMENT, JUST HAVING A
[37:22] PLACE TO GO WHERE SOMEONE
[37:23] SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE AND
[37:24] UNDERSTANDS YOUR CULTURE.
[37:25] SO I'M HAPPY TO TO SHARE THOSE
[37:26] THREE.
[37:27] REPORTS AS WELL WITH YOU ALL.
[37:28] I'M HAPPY I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT
[37:30] AND YOU KNOW BECAUSE I'M GOING
[37:31] TO HAVE TO BE LEAVING EARLY.
[37:32] I JUST I WANTED TO JUST ALSO
[37:34] NOTE THAT UM, PASTOR HAMA SO.
[37:37] UH WE WORKED A FEW YEARS AGO ON
[37:40] UH ON A WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR
[37:42] RECENT ARRIVALS SPECIFICALLY TO
[37:44] HELP YOUNG PEOPLE ACCLIMATE TO
[37:46] THE CULTURE.
[37:47] MANY OF THEM HAVE EXPERIENCED
[37:48] TRAUMA JUST TO GET HERE.
[37:50] AND SO IT'S REALLY HARD FOR
[37:52] THEM TO ACCESS THE CURRICULUM
[37:54] WHEN THEY HAVE SO MUCH GOING
[37:55] ON.
[37:55] AND SO THEY CREATED AN
[37:57] AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM WHERE THEY
[37:59] WERE ABLE TO UM, PROVIDE NOT
[38:00] JUST ACADEMIC BUT ALSO
[38:02] EMOTIONAL UM AND MENTAL
[38:05] WELLBEING SUPPORT.
[38:05] SO I THINK THAT THE
[38:06] INTERSECTION IS THAT ESPECIALLY
[38:07] WITH OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
[38:10] UM, IS SOMETHING THAT I'M
[38:11] REALLY EXCITED AND INTERESTED
[38:12] IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT AND I
[38:13] JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
[38:14] I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD ANYONE
[38:15] HOSTAGE BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE
[38:16] OTHER SPEAKERS BUT THANK YOU
[38:17] FOR YOUR WORK.
[38:18] THANK YOU.
[38:19] COUNCILMEMBER HERE.
[38:20] UH, COURTNEY, I'VE GOT A FEW
[38:22] QUESTIONS OF THE 5790.
[38:26] FOLKS AND.
[38:28] WE KNOW THAT.
[38:29] UH, AFFECTED.
[38:31] BY THE TPS, WE KNOW HOW MANY
[38:34] LOST THEIR ACTUAL STATUS.
[38:37] UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER.
[38:39] IT IS.
[38:40] CHALLENGING.
[38:40] RIGHT, TO GET THAT
[38:42] INFORMATION.
[38:42] UM, JUST BECAUSE FOLKS MAY FEEL
[38:44] UNCOMFORTABLE.
[38:44] WITH.
[38:45] YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THAT
[38:46] INFORMATION, IT IS SOMETHING
[38:47] THAT IS NOT TYPICALLY, UM,
[38:49] TYPICALLY COLLECTED.
[38:52] SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HAVE
[38:53] ANOTHER STATUS OR.
[38:54] NO, UNFORTUNATELY.
[38:56] WE DON'T.
[38:56] BUT THAT IS WHY LEGAL
[38:57] REPRESENTATION AND ACCESS TO
[38:59] CONSULTATION IS SO IMPORTANT
[39:00] AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR.
[39:02] OFFICE ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW,
[39:04] COUNCILOR.
[39:04] LOUIJEUNE OFFICE AND.
[39:05] OTHER FOLKS WERE REALLY
[39:06] MAKING SURE IN THE LEAD UP TO
[39:08] THE POTENTIAL TERMINATION THAT
[39:09] PEOPLE.
[39:10] WERE.
[39:10] HAVING ACCESS TO AN ATTORNEY TO
[39:13] DETERMINE IF THERE WAS AN.
[39:14] ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY.
[39:15] FOR THEM.
[39:15] AND I'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER
[39:17] ABOUT.
[39:17] THE LACK.
[39:18] OF LEGAL COUNCILOR.
[39:19] HAVE YOU TALKED IT OUT TO THE
[39:21] BLACK.
[39:21] WOMEN'S ATTORNEY TO SEE IF THEY
[39:24] CAN HELP WITH.
[39:25] THE PRO BONO SERVICE?
[39:28] UM, WE HAVE NOT.
[39:29] HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY BUT I
[39:30] WOULD LOVE TO TO CONNECT WITH
[39:30] YOU AND YOUR.
[39:31] TEAM ABOUT THAT.
[39:32] AS BLACK LAWYERS.
[39:34] UH.
[39:35] THAT MAY BE HELPFUL.
[39:36] UH, AND.
[39:37] AND WE CAN TALK AND I CAN MAKE
[39:40] A.
[39:40] CONTACT AND JUST SEE BECAUSE.
[39:44] I THINK THEY MAY BE ABLE TO BE
[39:45] HELPFUL.
[39:47] YES, THAT WOULD.
[39:48] BE WONDERFUL.
[39:49] I THINK UM, IN OUR OFFICE IN
[39:50] PARTICULAR WE ARE LOOKING FOR
[39:52] FOLKS WITH.
[39:52] UM IMMIGRATION EXPERIENCE BUT
[39:54] THERE IS ALSO THE.
[39:55] STATEWIDE HABEAS PROJECT.
[39:56] UM, WHICH MAYBE SOME OTHER
[39:58] FOLKS CAN TALK ABOUT WHERE
[39:59] THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES.
[40:01] UM.
[40:01] FOR FOLKS WHO MAYBE DO NOT
[40:02] HAVE THE IMMIGRATION.
[40:04] EXPERIENCE TO ALSO CONTRIBUTE
[40:06] TO THE LEGAL.
[40:07] LANDSCAPE AND PREVENT.
[40:08] FOLKS UM, FROM GETTING UH,
[40:10] MOVED FROM ONE FACILITY, UM,
[40:12] OUTSIDE OF THE STATE.
[40:13] SO I THINK THERE ARE A FEW
[40:15] OPPORTUNITIES FOR ATTORNEYS
[40:16] OF ALL SHAPES AND ALL
[40:17] EXPERIENCES TO GET.
[40:18] PLUGGED IN TO THIS WORK.
[40:19] I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE A
[40:20] CONVERSATION.
[40:21] YESTERDAY I WAS TALKING WITH
[40:22] SOME FOLKS.
[40:22] ABOUT THE NUMBER UH.
[40:25] UM PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN DETAINED
[40:27] OR ARRESTED THEY MENTIONED THE
[40:29] NUMBER 40 CAME UP.
[40:30] DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA ON THE
[40:32] NUMBER.
[40:33] OF FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
[40:34] OR DETAINED.
[40:36] AND IF NOT YOU CAN YES.
[40:40] WE DON'T UM, I CAN.
[40:41] CERTAINLY TRY TO GET THAT
[40:42] INFORMATION FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE
[40:43] A.
[40:44] SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD OR.
[40:45] TIME FRAME THAT YOU'RE
[40:46] LOOKING FOR THAT WOULD HELP US
[40:48] KIND OF NARROW THAT.
[40:49] DOWN SINCE THE SUPREME COURT
[40:50] CASE.
[40:50] SINCE THE CASE.
[40:51] OKAY GREAT.
[40:52] WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE.
[40:53] UM YEAH YEAH.
[40:54] AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT
[40:56] INFORMATION.
[40:57] UH.
[40:58] ARE WE RECEIVING ANY
[41:01] INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
[41:02] ICE ACTIVITY IN BOSTON?
[41:04] UM, SO OUR OFFICE IS.
[41:06] REALLY, UM, CONNECTED WITH A
[41:08] LOT.
[41:08] OF THE, UM, ICE WATCH HUBS.
[41:11] SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
[41:13] AWARE WHEN THERE ARE, UM, YOU
[41:15] KNOW, WHEN THERE IS ICE
[41:16] ACTIVITY, UM, LOCALLY WE ARE
[41:19] SEEING PARTICULARLY AT OUR.
[41:20] UH, COURTHOUSES UM.
[41:21] PARTICULARLY IN.
[41:22] EAST BOSTON.
[41:22] SO THERE HAS.
[41:23] BEEN A LOT OF WORK UM DONE
[41:25] BY THE COMMUNITY THERE TO
[41:26] SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
[41:28] UM, WE'RE.
[41:29] SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITY
[41:30] KIND OF IN THE SUBURBS AS WE
[41:31] SAW THE OTHER.
[41:32] DAY IN NEW BEDFORD AS WELL.
[41:34] UM, PARTICULARLY SEEING IT UM.
[41:36] IT AT OUR COURTHOUSES.
[41:37] RIGHT.
[41:37] SO DOES THE CITY.
[41:38] HAVE SOME KIND OF MECHANISM
[41:40] TO TRACK.
[41:41] THE.
[41:41] ARREST OR DETENTIONS IN PLACE?
[41:44] UM, UNFORTUNATELY NOT AT THIS
[41:45] TIME.
[41:46] THAT INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE
[41:47] REALLY CHALLENGING AND.
[41:48] THAT'S WHY.
[41:49] YOU.
[41:49] KNOW, OF COURSE MAYOR WU, UM,
[41:50] PUT FORWARD THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
[41:52] FOR TRANSPARENCY TO ENSURE THAT
[41:55] WE COULD BE MAKING THESE BEST
[41:57] EFFORTS TO GET THAT INFORMATION
[41:58] FROM THE.
[41:59] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
[42:00] AND WHAT ARE THE BEST EFFORTS.
[42:01] TO DATE?
[42:02] UM, I CAN CERTAINLY GET
[42:03] INFORMATION ON THAT.
[42:04] THAT WOULD BE THE LEGAL
[42:05] DEPARTMENT THAT HAS BEEN
[42:07] FILING.
[42:07] THESE FOI REQUESTS, BUT WE.
[42:08] CAN CERTAINLY UM, CHECK.
[42:10] IN.
[42:10] WITH THEM IF.
[42:11] THERE'S NOT.
[42:11] SOME WAY OF TRACKING.
[42:12] THE ARREST.
[42:14] OR DETENTION.
[42:15] COURTNEY, YOU MAY WANT TO THINK
[42:16] ABOUT TRYING.
[42:17] TO.
[42:17] ESTABLISH SOME.
[42:18] WAY OF TRYING TO TRACK.
[42:20] THAT INFORMATION.
[42:23] SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE.
[42:24] SOME.
[42:24] IDEA, UM, THE.
[42:25] NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE.
[42:27] BEING ARRESTED OR DETAINED.
[42:32] YES, I APPRECIATE THAT.
[42:34] UM THANK YOU.
[42:35] THANK AND SO.
[42:38] IN JULY.
[42:39] 27TH.
[42:40] JULY 27TH THE PRESENTATION.
[42:44] UM, IDENTIFIES HOUSING.
[42:45] AND SECURITY.
[42:46] BENEFITS IN.
[42:48] ROOM.
[42:48] EDUCATION DISRUPTIONS.
[42:49] FAMILY SUPPORT.
[42:51] SCAMS INCREASE ACTIVITY.
[42:52] DO WE HAVE ANY DATA OR
[42:54] INFORMATION.
[42:55] ON WHAT THE CITY IS SEEING WITH
[42:57] REGARD TO THESE FINDINGS?
[43:01] UM WE DON'T HAVE ANY.
[43:02] SPECIFIC DATA.
[43:03] IT'S MORE.
[43:05] ANECDOTAL FROM WHAT WE'RE
[43:05] HEARING VIA CONSTITUENTS
[43:07] REACHING OUT TO OUR.
[43:08] UP TO OUR OFFICE TO.
[43:09] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE OFFICE TO
[43:10] OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE THEN
[43:12] REFERRING THEIR CONSTITUENTS TO
[43:14] US.
[43:14] BECAUSE OUR OFFICE.
[43:15] IS SO WELL KNOWN FOR OUR
[43:18] IMMIGRATION CONSULTATIONS.
[43:19] THAT IS PRIMARILY MOST OF THE
[43:21] REQUESTS THAT WE SEE.
[43:22] UM, I'M SURE DOCTOR GABEL AND
[43:24] MORRONE AND FOLKS.
[43:25] ON THE PANEL CAN SPEAK MORE TO
[43:27] THE NUMBERS OF WHAT THEY'RE
[43:28] SEEING ON THE FRONT LINES.
[43:30] UM, BUT WE.
[43:30] ARE SEEING A VAST PERCENTAGE
[43:32] OF OUR FOLKS REALLY IN NEED
[43:34] OF LEGAL.
[43:35] REPRESENTATION.
[43:36] UM, THAT CONSULTATION TO
[43:37] DETERMINE WHAT ALTERNATIVE
[43:38] PATHWAYS TO STATUS THEY MIGHT
[43:40] HAVE AND THEN THAT
[43:42] REPRESENTATION POTENTIALLY IN
[43:43] AN ASYLUM HEARING IN FRONT OF A
[43:45] JUDGE, UM.
[43:46] AND SO.
[43:46] ON AND SO FORTH.
[43:47] SO I WOULD SAY.
[43:49] ABOUT 25% OF THE CALLS.
[43:50] THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING
[43:52] RECENTLY HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY
[43:54] FROM UH, HAITIAN TPS HOLDERS.
[43:56] AND THAT'S WHY.
[43:57] WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO
[43:59] STRENGTHEN OUR REFERRAL NETWORK
[44:00] .
[44:01] SO THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE
[44:02] WHEN SOMEBODY WAS CALLING US
[44:04] AND SAID I HAVE UH I'M.
[44:06] FROM.
[44:06] HAITI, I HAVE TPS, WE KNOW
[44:08] EXACTLY WHERE TO.
[44:09] REFER THEM TO AND DO THAT.
[44:11] WARM HANDOFF.
[44:11] DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBER AND DATA
[44:13] ON HOW MANY PEOPLE THE TWICE
[44:16] MONTHLY.
[44:17] CONSULTATIONS ACTUALLY SERVE?
[44:20] YES WE CAN CERTAINLY.
[44:20] GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
[44:22] I'D SAY WE SERVE.
[44:24] PROBABLY FROM 35 TO.
[44:27] 40.
[44:27] INDIVIDUALS.
[44:28] UM EVERY TIME.
[44:30] WE DON'T NECESSARILY.
[44:31] DIG IN AND ALWAYS.
[44:33] ASK PEOPLE.
[44:34] WHICH COUNTRY ARE YOU FROM?
[44:35] RIGHT.
[44:36] UM WE TRY TO KEEP A SEMBLANCE
[44:38] OF CONFIDENTIALITY THERE.
[44:39] UM, SO I CAN SAY THAT ON
[44:41] AVERAGE WE SUPPORT AROUND 35 TO
[44:43] 40 FOLKS.
[44:44] PER CONSULTATION.
[44:45] COMPARED WITH DEMAND.
[44:47] THERE'S ALWAYS.
[44:48] GOING TO BE MORE MORE DEMAND
[44:49] THAN UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS
[44:51] SPACE.
[44:52] UM AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE YOU
[44:53] KNOW, THROUGH OUR.
[44:54] IMMIGRATION UM, OUR IMMIGRATION
[44:56] .
[44:56] GRANT, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT
[44:57] WE'RE PROVIDING GRANT FUNDING
[44:58] FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT ASPECTS
[45:00] .
[45:01] SO HOW DO WE SUPPORT
[45:02] ORGANIZATIONS.
[45:02] THAT ARE.
[45:03] DOING KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
[45:04] CAMPAIGNS.
[45:05] FAMILY PREPAREDNESS
[45:05] CAMPAIGNS?
[45:06] HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING
[45:07] ORGANIZATIONS TO MEET THAT NEED
[45:09] .
[45:09] FOR CONSULTATIONS?
[45:11] AND THEN THE.
[45:12] THIRD BUCKET OF REPRESENTATION
[45:14] .
[45:14] AND WHAT ABOUT WAIT TIMES.
[45:18] UH WAIT.
[45:18] TIMES FOR.
[45:19] CONSULTATIONS OR WAIT.
[45:21] TIMES FOR.
[45:22] SEEKING LEGAL ASSISTANCE?
[45:25] I THINK IT CAN VARY DEPENDING
[45:26] ON THE TYPE OF.
[45:27] ASSISTANCE THAT SOMEONE.
[45:28] IS.
[45:29] LOOKING FOR.
[45:29] UM, AS COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE SAID
[45:31] THAT THE HOTLINE UM CURRENTLY
[45:33] HAS A SIX.
[45:33] MONTH.
[45:34] WAITLIST FOR REALLY.
[45:35] URGENT UM.
[45:37] LIKE DEPORTATION TYPE CASES.
[45:39] OUR CONSULTATIONS UM.
[45:41] WE DO HAVE A LOT OF.
[45:43] UH ROOM.
[45:44] TYPICALLY SO PLEASE FEEL FREE
[45:45] TO CONNECT WITH US DIRECTLY IF
[45:47] THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
[45:48] IN NEED OF A CONSULTATION.
[45:49] UM, AND THEN WE WORK CLOSELY
[45:51] WITH OTHER PROVIDERS TO MAKE
[45:52] SURE THAT UM AGAIN, WE CAN TRY
[45:55] TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH A DIRECT
[45:56] REFERRAL.
[45:57] BUT IT.
[45:58] IS CHALLENGING.
[45:59] AND IN.
[45:59] YOUR PRESENTATION YOU TALKED
[46:00] A LITTLE.
[46:01] BIT.
[46:01] A LITTLE BIT.
[46:01] ABOUT HOUSING INSECURITY AND
[46:03] HOW MANY FAMILIES ARE WE AWARE
[46:06] OF THAT HAVE.
[46:06] ALREADY LOST HOUSING OR
[46:10] RETURNED TO SHELTER AS A RESULT
[46:11] OF.
[46:12] LOSING THEIR TPS?
[46:14] WE WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT
[46:15] NUMBER.
[46:15] UM.
[46:16] BECAUSE AGAIN I THINK.
[46:17] THE STATUS PIECE CAN BE A
[46:19] LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED AND
[46:20] FOLKS.
[46:21] ARE EXPERIENCING HOUSING
[46:23] INSECURITY FOR MANY DIFFERENT
[46:24] REASONS.
[46:24] UM.
[46:25] SO I DON'T KNOW UM IF THE
[46:27] STATE HAS.
[46:27] THAT NUMBER.
[46:28] UM BUT THAT IS SOMETHING YEAH
[46:29] I.
[46:29] DIDN'T THINK SO.
[46:31] BY THAT WAY.
[46:31] YES.
[46:32] EXACTLY WHAT AND WHAT
[46:35] HAPPENS ONCE A FOREIGN TPS.
[46:37] HOLDER LOSES THEIR EMPLOYMENT?
[46:40] WHAT HAPPENS HOW.
[46:41] DO.
[46:42] WE SERVICE.
[46:42] THEM WITH LET'S SAY THEY.
[46:45] HAVE A RENT ISSUE.
[46:45] HOW DO WE.
[46:46] SERVICE THEM?
[46:47] DO WE SEND.
[46:48] THEM RIGHT TO HOUSING.
[46:49] SO OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN.
[46:50] PARTNERING WITH THE OFFICE OF.
[46:51] HOUSING TO MAKE SURE THAT
[46:53] FIRST.
[46:53] AND FOREMOST.
[46:54] THAT.
[46:54] THE PROCESS.
[46:55] THAT THE LANDLORD IS
[46:56] FOLLOWING IS.
[46:57] ACCURATE AND LEGAL.
[46:59] UM AND SO THAT IS THE FIRST
[47:00] STEP OF THE PROCESS FOR US
[47:01] MAKING SURE THAT SOMEONE IS.
[47:02] ACTUALLY UM LEGALLY BEING
[47:04] EVICTED AND THEN WE ARE TRYING
[47:06] TO WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE
[47:07] STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
[47:08] REDUCING ANY OF THOSE BARRIERS
[47:11] TO REENTRY INTO THE SHELTER
[47:12] SYSTEM.
[47:13] AND THAT.
[47:14] THOSE SUPPORTS ARE EXISTING
[47:15] FOR FOLKS.
[47:15] AND WHAT IF THEY'RE NO
[47:16] LONGER ELIGIBLE.
[47:17] FOR THE SAFETY NET PROGRAM?
[47:19] UM, ARE YOU REFERRING TO
[47:21] HOUSING?
[47:22] YES.
[47:23] SO YEAH.
[47:23] SO WE ARE UM FORTUNATELY, UM.
[47:26] MANY OF OUR HAITIAN COMMUNITY
[47:27] MEMBERS ARE STILL ELIGIBLE AS.
[47:29] CUBAN HAITIAN ENTRANTS AND.
[47:31] ARE ELIGIBLE TO ACCESS.
[47:32] DIFFERENT TYPES OF BENEFITS.
[47:33] SO THAT IS WHY WE'RE MAKING
[47:34] SURE WITH THE STATE THAT THERE
[47:36] IS A PATHWAY FOR.
[47:38] REENTRY INTO.
[47:38] THE SHELTER.
[47:39] SYSTEM AND THEN THAT
[47:40] SUPPORTIVE.
[47:41] SYSTEM FOR THEM.
[47:42] SO WHAT ARE YOU SPECIFICALLY
[47:43] ASKING.
[47:43] THE.
[47:44] STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT.
[47:45] THEY HAVE A GOOD UM,
[47:47] UNDERSTANDING OF THE.
[47:48] CHALLENGES THAT OUR.
[47:50] COMMUNITY MEMBERS MIGHT BE
[47:51] FACING AT THIS TIME AND MAKING
[47:53] SURE THAT, UM, THERE'S ADEQUATE
[47:55] STAFFING TO SUPPORT THEM THAT
[47:57] UM, THERE IS NOT UH, BURDENSOME
[48:00] PAPERWORK FOR REENTRY AND THAT
[48:02] THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE
[48:04] CHALLENGES THAT FOLKS MIGHT BE
[48:05] FACING AND THAT WE HAVE AN
[48:06] ADEQUATE.
[48:06] SHELTER SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THESE
[48:08] FAMILIES.
[48:08] AND SO HAVE WE.
[48:09] BEEN GIVEN ADDITIONAL
[48:10] RESOURCES FROM THE
[48:11] COMMONWEALTH.
[48:12] AS A RESULT OF.
[48:13] THE CONVERSATIONS.
[48:14] AND THE REAL NEED.
[48:17] ?
[48:17] NOT TO MY UNDERSTANDING.
[48:18] THAT COULD.
[48:19] BE A QUESTION POTENTIALLY
[48:20] FOR THE OFFICE.
[48:21] OF HOUSING UM.
[48:21] THAT THOSE.
[48:22] RESOURCES WOULD NOT.
[48:23] HAVE COME TO OUR.
[48:24] OFFICE REGARDLESS.
[48:25] CAN YOU CHECK.
[48:26] WITH SHEILA DILLON.
[48:28] AND JUST SEE EXACTLY NUMBER ONE
[48:32] WHAT.
[48:33] RESOURCES ARE.
[48:34] NEEDED AND NUMBER TWO, IF
[48:36] THEY'RE GETTING ADDITIONAL.
[48:37] RESOURCES FROM THE STATE.
[48:39] FOR HOUSING.
[48:40] RIGHT.
[48:42] THANK YOU.
[48:44] AND I THINK THAT'S.
[48:46] ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
[48:48] THANK YOU.
[48:49] THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
[48:51] UH SO WEATHER.
[48:53] OH GOOD MORNING COUNCIL WEBER
[48:54] I.
[48:55] LIKE TO.
[48:55] ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE
[48:56] OF COUNCIL.
[48:57] WHEREVER I DID NOT.
[48:58] SEE YOU.
[49:00] I STILL I GAVE.
[49:01] THE COUNCIL SIX MINUTES.
[49:03] FOR AN OPENING STATEMENT.
[49:04] COUNCIL HERE.
[49:06] UH, THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE TWO
[49:07] MINUTES.
[49:07] I'LL GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES.
[49:10] FOR OPENING STATEMENT AND IF
[49:11] YOU WANT.
[49:11] WITH QUESTIONS PLEASE.
[49:16] AND IF YOU WANT.
[49:17] SIX MINUTES FOR QUESTION.
[49:19] YOU CAN.
[49:19] HAVE SIX MINUTES FOR
[49:20] QUESTIONS.
[49:20] NO YOU.
[49:22] THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIR AND.
[49:24] I AM BEING AWFULLY LIBERAL
[49:25] TO YOU.
[49:26] OH YEAH AND.
[49:27] OKAY YOU'D LIKE ME TO KEEP THIS
[49:29] UH, IN THE BACK OF MY MIND.
[49:30] UH, NEXT IF RULES ARE REVERSED.
[49:33] YEAH, WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.
[49:37] UM UH I GUESS SO I MAYBE I'M
[49:41] SURE SOMEBODY ASKED US ALREADY
[49:43] JUST YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR
[49:44] ADVICE FOR US WHEN WE GET A
[49:46] CALL?
[49:47] UM, YOU KNOW, FROM A FROM A
[49:49] FAMILY FROM SOMEBODY WHO'S YOU
[49:52] JUST WHO KNOWS SOMEBODY I LIVE
[49:55] .
[49:55] LIKE.
[49:56] YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD YOU
[49:57] GIVEN YOUR, YOU KNOW, UH,
[50:01] EXPERIENCE AND WHAT YOU'RE
[50:02] SEEING ACROSS THE CITY IN THE
[50:03] COUNTRY.
[50:04] WHAT SHOULD WE DO WHEN WE GET
[50:06] THAT PHONE CALL FROM EITHER
[50:08] SOMEBODY WHO'S LOST THEIR
[50:09] STATUS OR OR SOMEBODY WHO JUST
[50:11] HAPPENS TO KNOW SOMEBODY WHO
[50:13] DID?
[50:14] UM, YEAH.
[50:16] UM.
[50:17] SO OUR OFFICE, UM, HAS THREE
[50:19] HAITIAN.
[50:20] CREOLE SPEAKERS ON STAFF
[50:21] SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO OUR
[50:23] CONSTITUENT.
[50:23] SERVICES WORK.
[50:24] UM, WE ALSO HAVE.
[50:26] FOUR ADDITIONAL FOLKS MYSELF
[50:28] INCLUDED THAT.
[50:29] SPEAK.
[50:29] SPANISH AND.
[50:30] SO WE'RE ALWAYS ABLE TO.
[50:31] PICK UP THE.
[50:32] PHONE.
[50:33] COME MEET SOMEONE IN PERSON
[50:34] ,HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
[50:36] I WAS JUST TROUBLESHOOTING UM,
[50:38] SOMEONE'S CASE YESTERDAY WHERE
[50:39] UNFORTUNATELY THEY WENT TO
[50:41] BURLINGTON FOR THEIR CHECK IN
[50:42] AND THEY WERE DETAINED.
[50:43] SO OUR OFFICE IS ALWAYS
[50:45] AVAILABLE.
[50:46] FOR CONSULTATION.
[50:47] UM, I KNOW WE HAD A REALLY
[50:48] LOVELY CONVERSATION A FEW
[50:50] MONTHS AGO WITH STAFF FROM YOUR
[50:52] TEAMS.
[50:52] UM.
[50:53] AROUND THOSE BEST.
[50:53] PRACTICES IN THOSE SUPPORTS.
[50:55] SO I.
[50:56] AM UH OUR TEAM.
[50:57] IS WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO
[50:58] HAVE THAT.
[50:58] CONVERSATION AGAIN.
[50:59] TO HELP YOU ALL YOU KNOW
[51:00] REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW TO.
[51:02] TRIAGE MAYBE THE CASE.
[51:03] AND THEN REFER IT OVER TO.
[51:04] US FOR FURTHER SUPPORT.
[51:05] UM, AND THEN I GUESS WHAT SO
[51:09] WHAT CAN WE TELL PEOPLE TO
[51:10] EXPECT SO THEY WILL REFER THEM
[51:12] TO YOU AND THEN UH, I GUESS
[51:15] LIKE WHAT ARE THIS KIND
[51:18] OF THINGS IN PLACE?
[51:19] UH, THE IS IS THERE ANY HOPE?
[51:22] YOU KNOW, I MEAN WHAT CAN
[51:25] PEOPLE EXPECT TO HAPPEN ONCE
[51:26] THEY'VE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH.
[51:28] THROUGH YOUR OFFICE?
[51:29] YEAH.
[51:30] SO WE REALLY TRIED TO UM,
[51:32] BOTH PROVIDE SOME HOPE BUT ALSO
[51:34] SET REALISTIC.
[51:35] EXPECTATIONS UM, FOR.
[51:36] INDIVIDUALS AND SO WE DO UM WE
[51:39] DO TRY.
[51:40] TO TRIAGE CASES AND.
[51:41] HAVE.
[51:41] A.
[51:41] REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING
[51:42] OF OKAY WHAT IS WHAT SUPPORT DO
[51:44] YOU NEED AT THIS TIME WHAT
[51:45] OTHER SUPPORTS YOU MAY BE NOT
[51:46] THINKING ABOUT THAT YOU ALSO
[51:48] NEED.
[51:48] HELP.
[51:48] WITH AND SO PRIMARILY YOU KNOW
[51:50] OUR OFFICE REALLY UM DOES MORE
[51:54] UH SPECIFIC SERVICES AROUND
[51:55] LEGAL.
[51:56] UM CASES.
[51:57] SO MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS ARE
[51:58] CONNECTED TO ADEQUATE.
[51:59] LEGAL SUPPORT UM AND THEN.
[52:01] ALSO IF IT IS AN ISSUE
[52:02] AROUND HOUSING WE HAVE REALLY
[52:04] WONDERFUL CONTACTS UM AT THE
[52:05] OFFICE OF HOUSING THAT WE CAN
[52:07] UM.
[52:07] REFER FOLKS TO WARMLY.
[52:09] SO WE ALWAYS.
[52:10] TRY TO HANDHOLD THE CASE A
[52:11] LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE.
[52:12] KNOW THAT THESE ARE REALLY
[52:13] SENSITIVE CONVERSATIONS.
[52:14] AND.
[52:14] CHALLENGING TIMES.
[52:15] UM.
[52:16] SO YOU KNOW.
[52:17] WE DO WE DO THAT TRIAGE ON THAT
[52:19] ASSESSMENT AND THEN DETERMINE
[52:20] WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE.
[52:21] TO TO SUPPORT.
[52:22] THEM WHETHER THAT'S OUR.
[52:23] OFFICE.
[52:24] AN EXTERNAL PARTNER UM OR
[52:25] ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT OKAY.
[52:28] AND THEN I GUESS UH IN TERMS
[52:31] OF.
[52:32] SORT OF.
[52:33] PLANNING I MY SENSE IS
[52:35] THERE'S SOME ASPECT OF THIS
[52:37] PLAN PLANNING FOR THE THE WORST
[52:41] UH AND YOU KNOW SO WHAT SHOULD
[52:43] PEOPLE BE DOING TO PREPARE IF
[52:46] THEY'RE YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE
[52:48] GOING TO BE DEPORTED OR YOU
[52:49] KNOW, DETAINED, WHAT DO YOU
[52:51] RECOMMEND WE.
[52:52] TELL PEOPLE?
[52:53] YEAH.
[52:54] SO UM THAT'S WHY A BIG.
[52:56] PART OF OUR WORK IS THAT.
[52:57] PREPAREDNESS PIECE.
[52:59] MAKING SURE, UM, FAMILIES.
[53:01] FEEL EQUIPPED TO HAVE THAT
[53:03] CONVERSATION WITH THEIR LOVED
[53:04] ONES, THEIR CHILDREN.
[53:05] AND MAKING A PLAN AND ALSO
[53:07] ENSURING THAT THEY KNOW THEIR.
[53:08] RIGHTS UM, AND ALSO MAKING SURE
[53:10] THAT THEY'VE CONNECTED.
[53:10] WITH AN ATTORNEY TO EXPLORE
[53:12] ALL AVAILABLE OPTIONS.
[53:13] SO THESE ARE THOSE ARE
[53:14] REALLY THE THREE.
[53:14] THINGS THAT WE DO.
[53:15] RECOMMEND FOLKS AS.
[53:16] THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING ALONG IN
[53:17] THIS JOURNEY MAKING SURE.
[53:19] HAVE YOU.
[53:19] TALKED TO AN ATTORNEY YET?
[53:20] IF NOT OKAY LET'S GET YOU SET
[53:22] UP WITH A CONSULTATION.
[53:23] HAVE YOU DO YOU KNOW YOUR
[53:24] RIGHTS?
[53:25] HERE'S A.
[53:25] RED CARD.
[53:26] HERE'S A.
[53:26] FLIER FROM MOYA.
[53:28] UM, I WAS SAYING BEFORE THAT WE
[53:29] HAVE, UH, MULTILINGUAL KNOW
[53:31] YOUR RIGHTS.
[53:31] RESOURCES ON.
[53:32] OUR WEBSITE AND WE'RE HAPPY
[53:33] TO SHARE PRINTED MATERIALS.
[53:35] WITH YOUR TEAM AS WELL TO
[53:36] GIVE OUT TO FOLKS.
[53:37] UM.
[53:37] AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE UM,
[53:39] FAMILY PLANNING DOCUMENTS.
[53:41] SO UM, DECIDING.
[53:43] IS A DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE
[53:44] A GUARDIAN.
[53:45] FOR YOUR CHILD?
[53:46] DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A
[53:47] CAREGIVER.
[53:47] FOR YOUR CHILD?
[53:48] UM, AND THEN REFERRING FOLKS.
[53:50] TO.
[53:50] THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAN
[53:51] HELP THEM NOTARIZE, COMPLETE
[53:53] AND FILL OUT THOSE DOCUMENTS.
[53:54] SO REALLY JUST.
[53:55] HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE.
[53:57] AND THEN YEAH, I GUESS SO JUST
[53:58] FOR THE FAMILY PLANNING ISSUE
[54:00] BECAUSE THAT'S SORT
[54:02] OF UNFORTUNATE.
[54:03] I THINK YOU KNOW PEOPLE HAVE TO
[54:05] PREPARE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
[54:06] THINGS TO MAKE SURE YOUR KIDS
[54:08] ARE TAKING CARE OF AND UM DO
[54:11] YOU NEED AN ATTORNEY FOR THAT
[54:13] TO OR DOES YOUR OFFICE DO THAT
[54:14] ?
[54:15] WHO TAKES CARE OF THE
[54:17] COMPLAINT?
[54:18] UH, WE DO NOT PROVIDE THAT
[54:19] SERVICE IN OUR OFFICE.
[54:21] UM, YOU CAN HAVE.
[54:22] UM WE.
[54:23] GENERALLY RECOMMEND THAT FOLKS,
[54:24] DEPENDING ON WHICH LEVEL OF.
[54:27] AUTHORIZATION THEY MAY NEED AN
[54:28] ATTORNEY.
[54:28] UM, IF THEY ARE TO GO TO LIKE
[54:30] FAMILY.
[54:30] COURT, FOR EXAMPLE.
[54:31] UM, BUT WE CONNECT TO UM
[54:34] INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING
[54:35] THAT TO HARVARD.
[54:37] THEY HAVE.
[54:37] A LEGAL AID CLINIC THAT'S
[54:38] SUPPORTING WITH THIS.
[54:39] UM, AS WELL AS ONE OF OUR
[54:40] PARTNERS ATHENS.
[54:41] YEAH.
[54:41] ALPHA AND UM, IN OUR.
[54:43] IMMIGRATION LEGAL.
[54:44] ACCESS GRANT UM, THAT WE ARE UM
[54:46] I WAS MENTIONING WHAT SHOULD
[54:47] HOPEFULLY BE OUT TO THE
[54:49] COMMUNITY.
[54:49] THE FUNDING I SHOULD.
[54:51] SAY SHOULD.
[54:51] BE OUT TO THE.
[54:52] COMMUNITY IN NOVEMBER.
[54:52] THAT IS ALSO ONE OF THE
[54:54] COMPONENTS.
[54:54] SO MAKING SURE THAT OUR
[54:56] ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE DOING
[54:57] THAT PREPAREDNESS WORK.
[54:58] ALSO HAVE FUNDING.
[54:59] SO SO WE'LL HAVE A BETTER LIST
[55:00] ONE OF ADDITIONAL REFERRAL
[55:02] LOCATIONS ONCE THE FUNDING
[55:04] DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.
[55:05] OKAY.
[55:06] UM YEAH.
[55:07] SO I GUESS I I THINK WHAT I'VE
[55:11] BEEN TELLING PEOPLE IS LIKE
[55:12] THERE'S RE SCREENING FOR OTHER
[55:16] UH, YOU KNOW, AVENUES FOR SUE
[55:19] STATUS ESSENTIALLY UH BECAUSE
[55:21] SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER
[55:22] CLUE.
[55:22] EXACTLY.
[55:23] AND THEN FAMILY PLANNING IS
[55:25] THAT SO AM I MISSING ANYTHING?
[55:27] UM AND I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT
[55:29] FOLKS KNOW THEIR RIGHTS.
[55:30] RIGHT.
[55:30] IF THEY ARE IF I, UH IF THEY
[55:32] WERE TO ENCOUNTER ICE.
[55:33] UM, OUR OFFICE HAS LOTS OF RED
[55:35] CARDS.
[55:36] PLEASE COME, YOU KNOW, SEND
[55:37] YOUR TEAM UP.
[55:38] WE'RE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU COPIES
[55:39] OF THOSE.
[55:39] UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME MORE
[55:41] PRINTED MATERIALS THAT WE ARE
[55:42] WORKING ON DISSEMINATING IN THE
[55:43] COMING WEEKS.
[55:44] OKAY.
[55:45] UM OKAY.
[55:46] AND THEN SO IT COULD WHAT'S THE
[55:48] STRUCTURE OF THE HEARINGS OR DO
[55:50] I SEE MORONI UP THERE?
[55:53] UH THERE ARE.
[55:55] YEAH.
[55:55] YEAH, I MISS A MENTOR.
[55:57] WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE GOT.
[56:00] UH.
[56:01] THE FIRST SPOT ON THE PANEL.
[56:02] OKAY, I'M GOING TO START THE
[56:03] SECOND PANEL AS SOON AS YOU
[56:05] FINISH.
[56:05] NO, NO.
[56:05] IT'S GOOD.
[56:06] I MEAN, I THINK IT TAKES A LOT
[56:07] OF PARTNERSHIP.
[56:08] I'M GLAD TO SEE FOLLOW UP,
[56:10] MR MENTOR.
[56:10] YOU KNOW I DO.
[56:11] OKAY.
[56:12] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[56:13] UH, CHAIR, I HOPEFULLY TOOK
[56:15] LESS THAN THE SIX MINUTES AND
[56:17] WE CAN, YOU KNOW, REMINISCE ON
[56:19] THAT NEXT TIME THE RULES ARE
[56:21] REVERSED.
[56:21] SO THIS ONE THING, COURTNEY,
[56:23] CAN YOU SEND OUT SOME OF THOSE
[56:24] RED CARDS?
[56:26] I GUESS WE CAN CERTAINLY YES.
[56:27] WE'RE IN THE PROCESS
[56:28] OF ACTUALLY REORDERING A TON
[56:29] OF THEM.
[56:30] SO UM, PLEASE I CAN CONNECT
[56:31] WITH YOUR TEAMS TO DETERMINE
[56:33] WHICH LANGUAGES MIGHT BE THE
[56:35] MOST SUPPORTIVE.
[56:35] THANK YOU.
[56:37] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HAS.
[56:38] SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
[56:39] THANK YOU.
[56:40] UM, AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU,
[56:42] COURTNEY FOR UPLIFTING THE NAME
[56:44] OF PIERRE THOMAS BELL AND FOR
[56:46] UM, REALLY CENTERING HOW
[56:48] IMPORTANT MENTAL HEALTH IS IN
[56:49] THIS MOMENT.
[56:50] UM, IT REMINDED ME OF A HUGE
[56:53] TRAGEDY THAT WE HAD IN MARCH
[56:55] THE PASSING OF EMMANUEL DIMAS,
[56:57] UM, WHO WAS ARRESTED BY ICE
[56:59] RIGHT HERE IN DORCHESTER AND
[57:02] DIED OF A TOOTHACHE IN UM,
[57:04] ARIZONA.
[57:06] I'M WONDERING IF WE ARE SEEING
[57:07] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS
[57:09] WHEN SOMEONE IS DETAINED BY ICE
[57:11] IS THAT THEY NEED TO GET AN
[57:13] ATTORNEY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
[57:15] BUT ALSO THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE
[57:17] THAT THAT'S AN ATTORNEY WHO HAS
[57:18] EXPERIENCE NOT ONLY IN THE
[57:20] IMMIGRATION WORLD BUT THE
[57:21] CRIMINAL WORLD.
[57:22] WE CAN UNDERSTAND OR TRY TO
[57:24] STRATEGIZE ABOUT WHAT MAKES THE
[57:26] MOST SENSE.
[57:27] UM, ARE WE SEEING ATTORNEYS
[57:30] THAT HAVE THAT NEXUS
[57:33] OF CRIMINAL AND IMMIGRATION
[57:34] EXPERIENCE TO PROPERLY GIVE
[57:37] GUIDANCE TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT?
[57:40] OUR OFFICE DOES HAVE UM, ONE
[57:42] ATTORNEY ACTUALLY WHO DOES
[57:43] VOLUNTEER WITH US THAT HAS THAT
[57:46] PARTICULAR EXPERTISE AND WE ARE
[57:47] FOREVER GRATEFUL THAT SHE
[57:48] CONTINUES TO VOLUNTEER WITH US
[57:50] BECAUSE IT IS UM, A REAL
[57:51] CHALLENGE UM, JUST BECAUSE
[57:54] OF THE WAY THE FEDERAL
[57:55] GOVERNMENT DETERMINES WHAT A
[57:56] CRIMINAL CHARGES VERSUS AT THE
[57:57] LOCAL LEVEL.
[57:58] UM, SO WE WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY
[58:01] BEEN SEEKING MORE ATTORNEYS FOR
[58:03] OUR CONSULTATIONS THAT HAVE
[58:04] THAT NEXUS.
[58:05] UM, AND SO IF THERE ARE OTHER
[58:06] INDIVIDUALS WE WOULD LOVE TO
[58:08] GET CONNECTED TO THEM.
[58:09] UM, I THINK IN TERMS OF UM WE
[58:13] HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP
[58:14] FOR WITH CPCS THE CENTER FOR
[58:16] PUBLIC COMMITTEE SERVICES I
[58:18] THINK UM AND SO WE WE TRY TO
[58:21] WORK WITH THEM REALLY CLOSELY
[58:23] TO ENSURE THAT UM, THE
[58:24] IMMIGRATION SERVICES AND THE
[58:26] CRIMINAL UM LEGAL SERVICES ARE
[58:28] REALLY WELL COMBINED THERE.
[58:30] THANK YOU.
[58:31] UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY
[58:34] OFFSHOOTS TO THIS WORK AND SO
[58:35] SOMETIMES THINGS GET LOST.
[58:36] I REMEMBER ONE OF THE THINGS
[58:37] THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS
[58:40] UM, CONNECTING WITH LAW
[58:41] SCHOOLS.
[58:42] I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, MY ALMA
[58:43] MATER HARVARD, THEY HAVE UH,
[58:46] IMMIGRATION CLINIC IT'S AN
[58:47] IMMIGRATION REFUGEE CLINIC.
[58:48] BCC I BELIEVE ALSO HAS A CLINIC
[58:50] .
[58:51] HOW HAVE WE BEEN TAPPING INTO
[58:52] THOSE CLINICS TO ALSO BE
[58:54] OF ASSISTANCE OR WHERE ARE THEY
[58:55] IN TERMS OF FEELING LIKE THEY
[58:56] CAN SUPPORT THIS WORK?
[58:57] YEAH.
[58:58] SO WE ARE ACTUALLY IN PRIME
[59:00] SEASON FOR THOSE RECONNECTIONS
[59:02] SOMETIMES THE SUMMER TO BE
[59:04] HONEST CAN BE REALLY
[59:05] CHALLENGING BECAUSE THERE
[59:06] AREN'T AS MANY STUDENTS TO TAKE
[59:07] ON THESE CASES.
[59:08] UM WE HAVE FUNDED SOME OTHER
[59:10] ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PAST.
[59:12] UM THERE'S THE STUDENT CLIMATE
[59:13] CLINIC FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE
[59:15] THAT DOES A BIT OF ORGANIZING
[59:16] AND ASYLUM APPLICATION
[59:19] ASSISTANCE.
[59:19] UM, BUT IT CAN BE CHALLENGING,
[59:21] RIGHT?
[59:22] BECAUSE THE ASYLUM CASES TAKE
[59:24] SO LONG AND YOU KNOW, OFTEN
[59:26] THERE'S ONE TWO STUDENTS FOR
[59:28] ONE CASE.
[59:29] UM, AND SO I THINK THINKING
[59:30] ABOUT THOSE STRATEGIES, HOW DO
[59:32] WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN
[59:34] INVESTING IN LIKE THE GROWTH
[59:35] AND THE FUTURE OF ATTORNEYS
[59:36] THAT WANT TO GO INTO THAT
[59:38] REALLY CHALLENGING FIELD
[59:40] OF IMMIGRATION?
[59:40] RIGHT.
[59:41] UH, WE'RE.
[59:42] SEEING MORE OF AN IDEA THAN
[59:43] WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE GOING.
[59:44] EXACTLY.
[59:45] YEAH.
[59:45] AND SO OUR OFFICE IS ALSO
[59:46] TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT
[59:48] WE CAN PROMOTE DOJ
[59:50] ACCREDITATION AS WELL.
[59:51] AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER YES,
[59:52] ANOTHER.
[59:53] SOMETHING IFC'S DOING AS WELL.
[59:54] EXACTLY.
[59:55] UM SO HOW CAN WE SUPPORT
[59:57] MORE ORGANIZATIONS TO DO THAT
[59:58] WORK BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO
[59:59] REALLY WELL CULTURALLY PLACED
[1:00:00] TO DO THAT WORK UM, WITH OUR
[1:00:02] COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
[1:00:03] SO THAT IS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE
[1:00:04] ARE TRYING TO FUND AS WELL AND
[1:00:06] GRATEFUL TO THE MIRA COALITION
[1:00:07] THAT IS YOU KNOW, ALSO AN AREA
[1:00:09] OF WORK THAT THEY'RE
[1:00:10] SUPPORTING.
[1:00:11] SO IF FOLKS ASK ME WHO IS
[1:00:12] LEADING ON THE WORK OF MAKING
[1:00:13] SURE THAT OUR OUR LAW SCHOOLS
[1:00:15] ARE INTEGRATED INTO SORT
[1:00:17] OF THIS POT ENVIRONMENT
[1:00:19] OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE LAWYERS
[1:00:20] FOR FOLKS WHO NEED THEM OR
[1:00:22] LEGAL ACCESS.
[1:00:22] I CAN SAY THAT MOYA IS LEADING
[1:00:25] IN ON THAT CHARGE.
[1:00:26] I WOULD SAY PARTNERING WITH THE
[1:00:27] STATE ON THIS UM, THE STATE
[1:00:29] THROUGH THEIR PROJECT.
[1:00:30] THAT SUZANNE.
[1:00:31] YES, OF COURSE IS WORKING ON
[1:00:33] IT.
[1:00:33] YES.
[1:00:33] UM THEY'RE WORKING REALLY
[1:00:35] CLOSELY ON THE ICE CAP PROJECT
[1:00:37] IF YOU ALL HAVE HEARD OF THAT.
[1:00:39] SO UM, IF YOU ARE HEARING
[1:00:40] OF ANY CONSTITUENTS THAT UM,
[1:00:43] MAYBE WERE HURT WHEN THEY WERE
[1:00:44] DETAINED OR THEY HAD THEIR
[1:00:46] CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATED, UM, I
[1:00:47] BELIEVE THEY'RE PARTNERING WITH
[1:00:49] SUFFOLK THIS UPCOMING YEAR ON
[1:00:51] THAT PROJECT AND WE'RE
[1:00:52] PREVIOUSLY PARTNERING WITH
[1:00:53] NORTHEASTERN.
[1:00:54] THANK YOU.
[1:00:55] AND HAVE YOU BEEN PART OF THE
[1:00:57] COOPERATIVE WORK OR THE
[1:00:58] CONVERSATIONS AROUND
[1:00:59] COOPERATIVES?
[1:01:00] YES, YES OKAY.
[1:01:01] JUST WANTED TO UM MAKE SURE
[1:01:04] BECAUSE THAT'S I THINK IS AN
[1:01:05] IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO SORT
[1:01:06] OF LIKE HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT
[1:01:07] ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE
[1:01:08] HAPPENING, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO
[1:01:10] AND I KNOW THAT UM DOCTOR GOBBO
[1:01:12] AND UM AND IT WILL SPEAK TO
[1:01:14] THIS AND MAYBE MORRONE WILL
[1:01:15] SPEAK TO THIS TOO.
[1:01:17] UM.
[1:01:17] YOU KNOW.
[1:01:19] DURING TRUMP 1.0 WE HAD THE
[1:01:22] LEGAL UM DEFENSE FUNDS.
[1:01:24] WE HAD A LOT OF LAW FIRMS WHO
[1:01:27] WERE STEPPING UP TO PROVIDE
[1:01:29] SUPPORT.
[1:01:30] HOW WAS THAT ENGAGEMENT LOOKED
[1:01:31] LIKE WITH LAW FIRMS AND WHO HAS
[1:01:35] BEEN OWNING I KNOW IT'S BEEN
[1:01:37] AGAIN EVERYTHING HAS BEEN
[1:01:38] DIFFERENT THAN THERE HAVE BEEN.
[1:01:39] THERE HASN'T BEEN AS MANY.
[1:01:41] BUT WHO IS ALSO OWNING THAT
[1:01:43] WORK TO REACH OUT TO LAW FIRMS
[1:01:46] TO GET THEM TO DO SOME OF THESE
[1:01:48] CASES PRO BONO.
[1:01:49] YEAH.
[1:01:50] SO I WOULD SAY UM WE
[1:01:51] TYPICALLY REACH OUT TO THE PRO
[1:01:53] BONO ARMS TO TRY TO GET MORE
[1:01:54] SUPPORT IF WE'RE HOSTING A
[1:01:56] CLINIC, UM, FOR OUR FREE
[1:01:58] IMMIGRATION CONSULTATIONS AND
[1:01:59] THEN REALLY THE STATE UM, AND
[1:02:01] OUR COMMUNITY BASED
[1:02:02] ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN LEADING
[1:02:03] IN THAT WORK ON TAKING ON THOSE
[1:02:06] CASES BUT EVEN THOSE EVEN THE
[1:02:08] PRO BONO ARMS, EVEN THE UM, LOW
[1:02:11] BONO EVEN FULL PAYMENT UM,
[1:02:13] WE'RE SEEING WAITLISTS AT THE
[1:02:15] PRIVATE LEVEL AS WELL.
[1:02:16] YEAH.
[1:02:17] BECAUSE I.
[1:02:17] I'D LIKE.
[1:02:18] TO MOVE ON TO THE COMMUNITY
[1:02:21] PANEL IF YOU DON'T MIND.
[1:02:22] SURE, SURE.
[1:02:23] I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO A LITTLE
[1:02:25] BIT MORE WORK IN THAT SPACE.
[1:02:26] I HAVEN'T BEEN SEEING THOSE
[1:02:28] PRIVATE, UH, LIKE BIG LAW FIRM
[1:02:30] ATTORNEYS INVOLVED.
[1:02:31] SOMEONE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M
[1:02:33] WRONG, BUT I ALSO THINK, LIKE
[1:02:34] WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT
[1:02:35] ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN
[1:02:36] GET LAWYERS INVOLVED IN LEGAL
[1:02:39] ASSISTANCE.
[1:02:39] AND SO I'D LOVE FOR YOUR OFFICE
[1:02:41] TO SORT OF I'M PUTTING IN ON
[1:02:42] HOW TO OWN THAT WORK BECAUSE A
[1:02:43] LOT OF IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT UM,
[1:02:46] A LOT OF IT IS ABOUT
[1:02:47] COORDINATION.
[1:02:48] A LOT OF IT IS ABOUT OKAY, LIKE
[1:02:49] WE HAVE FOLKS WHO CAN UM AND
[1:02:52] WHO ARE ABLE AND LIKE A LOT
[1:02:53] OF THESE BIG LAW FIRMS ALSO
[1:02:55] HAVE IMMIGRATION LAWYERS WHO
[1:02:56] USUALLY ARE THE THEY'RE USUALLY
[1:02:59] DOING EMPLOYMENT BASED
[1:03:00] IMMIGRATION WORK BUT SHOULD
[1:03:02] HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKE ON 1
[1:03:04] OR 2 PRO BONO CASES AND WE
[1:03:06] SHOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO
[1:03:07] THAT.
[1:03:07] WE SHOULD HAVE A LAWYER A
[1:03:08] LETTER IF NEEDED SIGNED BY THE
[1:03:10] MAYOR, SIGNED BY MYSELF.
[1:03:12] SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS TO TO
[1:03:13] ENCOURAGE THESE LAW FIRMS THAT
[1:03:14] MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
[1:03:17] TAKE ON MORE OF THESE CASES.
[1:03:19] THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
[1:03:22] COULD I JUST TEXT THE.
[1:03:24] PRESIDENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
[1:03:25] BLACK LAWYERS?
[1:03:26] THANK YOU.
[1:03:27] SHE'S WILLING TO HELP.
[1:03:28] I WONDER IF I'LL GIVE YOU HER.
[1:03:30] INFORMATION AFTER THE
[1:03:31] HEARING.
[1:03:31] I APPRECIATE.
[1:03:32] THAT AND CONTACT HER
[1:03:33] DIRECTLY.
[1:03:33] AND THEN THERE'S A WOMEN'S
[1:03:35] BLACK LAWYERS.
[1:03:36] I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM
[1:03:37] HER YET, BUT I CAN'T SAY.
[1:03:39] THEY WILL BE WILLING TO.
[1:03:40] HELP WHEN ARE ABLE.
[1:03:42] BUT, UH, I'M ASKING THEM FOR AT
[1:03:44] LEAST THE MASS BLACK BODIES
[1:03:45] HAVE SAID THAT.
[1:03:46] YEAH.
[1:03:46] AND I THINK THE MORE PEOPLE
[1:03:48] THAT ARE AWARE OF THIS RIGHT,
[1:03:49] THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HELP
[1:03:50] BUT MAYBE THEY KNOW SOMEONE IN
[1:03:51] THEIR NETWORK THAT THEY CAN
[1:03:53] PULL ON FOR THAT SUPPORT.
[1:03:54] THANK YOU COURTNEY YOU HAVE A
[1:03:56] LAST ANY FINAL?
[1:03:59] NO I DON'T THINK SO.
[1:04:00] I THINK JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR
[1:04:02] AGAIN FOR THIS HEARING THANKFUL
[1:04:03] THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR
[1:04:05] CONVERSATION AND YOUR
[1:04:05] QUESTIONS.
[1:04:06] A LOT OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT UM
[1:04:08] FOR OUR OFFICE IN THIS
[1:04:10] DIRECTION AND WE'RE GRATEFUL
[1:04:11] FOR ALL THE ADVOCACY AS WELL.
[1:04:13] UM, THIS REALLY TAKES US ALL
[1:04:15] WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE
[1:04:16] TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
[1:04:18] SUPPORTING OUR NOT JUST OUR
[1:04:20] HAITIAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS BUT
[1:04:21] ALL OF OUR IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS
[1:04:22] REALLY HOLISTICALLY.
[1:04:24] UM, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
[1:04:25] CONTINUING IN THAT WORK WITH
[1:04:26] YOU ALL.
[1:04:27] COURTNEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[1:04:27] THANK YOU.
[1:04:28] THIS TIME.
[1:04:30] I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE UH.
[1:04:33] TODAY'S COMMUNITY PANEL.
[1:04:35] I SEE MR MENTORS ALREADY THERE
[1:04:37] .
[1:04:38] UH, BRIAN CONCANNON.
[1:04:41] AND DOCTOR GUILBAULT.
[1:04:45] GOOD TO SEE YOU, DOCTOR.
[1:04:47] ABOUT THAT SMILE.
[1:04:49] YOU'RE ALWAYS SMILING.
[1:04:52] I NEED LIKE 10% OF HER ENERGY.
[1:04:55] GREAT.
[1:05:05] COURTNEY, THANK YOU.
[1:05:06] SO MUCH AND.
[1:05:07] BE IN TOUCH WITH ME.
[1:05:08] YES ABOUT THAT INFORMATION FROM
[1:05:11] THE MASS PIKE LAWYERS.
[1:05:17] THERE'S THAT SMILE AGAIN.
[1:05:21] THANK YOU.
[1:05:22] SO MUCH.
[1:05:22] UH.
[1:05:24] I'M GOING TO GIVE EACH OF YOU
[1:05:26] SIX MINUTES, MISTER MENTOR,
[1:05:27] SINCE YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR
[1:05:28] QUITE.
[1:05:29] A WHILE.
[1:05:30] WHY DON'T WE.
[1:05:30] START OFF WITH TWO?
[1:05:32] ALL RIGHT.
[1:05:33] THANK YOU.
[1:05:34] UM.
[1:05:34] THANK YOU.
[1:05:34] UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER THANK
[1:05:36] YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA,
[1:05:38] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, UM, AND
[1:05:41] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[1:05:41] FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
[1:05:42] TESTIFY.
[1:05:43] UH, MY NAME IS MY RUNNING
[1:05:45] MENTOR.
[1:05:45] I'M THE.
[1:05:46] POLITICAL DIRECTOR WITH THE
[1:05:47] MASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND
[1:05:48] REFUGEE ADVOCACY COALITION.
[1:05:50] MIA FOR SHORT.
[1:05:52] UM, MY BOSS, ME.
[1:05:54] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LIZ SWEET
[1:05:56] UM, TESTIFIED BEFORE.
[1:05:57] YOU TWO MONTHS AGO.
[1:05:59] ABOUT WHAT WE FEARED WOULD
[1:06:01] HAPPEN IF TEMPORARY PROTECTED
[1:06:02] STATUS FOR HAITIANS WAS
[1:06:05] TERMINATED.
[1:06:06] UM, AT THE TIME, MUCH OF OUR.
[1:06:08] TEST TESTIMONY FOCUSED ON.
[1:06:10] WHAT COULD HAPPEN PEOPLE
[1:06:12] LOSING THEIR JOBS.
[1:06:12] FAMILIES FACING.
[1:06:13] HOUSING INSTABILITY.
[1:06:15] UH, AN INCREASED DEMAND.
[1:06:16] FOR LEGAL.
[1:06:17] SERVICES, GREATER PRESSURE ON
[1:06:19] OUR SOCIAL SERVICE
[1:06:20] INFRASTRUCTURE.
[1:06:21] UH, AND THE POSSIBILITY
[1:06:23] OF INCREASED IMMIGRATION.
[1:06:24] ENFORCEMENT.
[1:06:25] TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
[1:06:27] WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THOSE
[1:06:28] CONCERNS BECOME REALITY.
[1:06:30] THE TERMINATION OF TPS HAS NOT
[1:06:33] SIMPLY, UM, HAS NOT SIMPLY BEEN
[1:06:35] A CHANGE IN IMMIGRATION.
[1:06:36] STATUS FOR MANY HAITIAN
[1:06:38] RESIDENTS IN BOSTON.
[1:06:39] IT HAS CREATED.
[1:06:41] A CHAIN OF REACTION
[1:06:42] AFFECTING EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING,
[1:06:45] FAMILY STABILITY.
[1:06:46] ACCESS TO LEGAL SERVICES.
[1:06:48] AND THEIR SENSE OF SAFETY.
[1:06:50] AND SECURITY.
[1:06:51] AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE
[1:06:53] SOMETHING THAT IS SOMETIMES
[1:06:55] LOST IN.
[1:06:55] DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IMMIGRATION
[1:06:57] STATUS.
[1:06:57] AND THAT IS THAT.
[1:06:59] THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS.
[1:07:01] AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT
[1:07:02] I'M A PROUD IMMIGRANT FROM
[1:07:03] GABON MYSELF.
[1:07:05] UM, AND IMMIGRANTS ARE PARENTS
[1:07:08] TAKING.
[1:07:08] CHILDREN UM, TO BOSTON SCHOOLS.
[1:07:10] THEY ARE HEALTH WORKERS.
[1:07:12] HOME HEALTH AIDE.
[1:07:13] SHOCKER WORKERS, CONSTRUCTION
[1:07:15] WORKERS, RESTAURANT WORKERS,
[1:07:17] BUSINESS.
[1:07:17] OWNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
[1:07:20] THEY HAVE BUILT LIVES HERE.
[1:07:22] THEY PAY TAXES.
[1:07:23] THEY PAY RENT.
[1:07:24] THEY CARE FOR THEIR.
[1:07:25] FAMILIES AND CONTRIBUTE.
[1:07:27] TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THEY
[1:07:28] CALL HOME.
[1:07:29] FOR MANY TPS.
[1:07:30] PROVIDER UH TPS PROVIDED.
[1:07:33] A LEGAL.
[1:07:34] ABILITY TO WORK.
[1:07:35] AND REMAIN IN THE UNITED.
[1:07:36] STATES WITH HAITI.
[1:07:37] CONTINUED TO FACE EXTRAORDINARY
[1:07:40] CONDITION.
[1:07:42] IN LATE 2024, MIRA AND A BROAD
[1:07:45] COALITION OF NONPROFIT.
[1:07:46] ORGANIZATION, STATE.
[1:07:47] PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEER.
[1:07:48] ATTORNEYS CAME.
[1:07:49] TOGETHER TO HELP MORE THAN.
[1:07:51] 4000 HAITIAN MEN, WOMEN AND
[1:07:54] CHILDREN.
[1:07:54] APPLY FOR TPS.
[1:07:56] WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE KNEW
[1:07:58] THAT TPS COULD MEAN WELL WHAT
[1:08:01] TPS COULD.
[1:08:01] MEAN FOR FAMILY.
[1:08:03] STABILITY A WORK PERMIT, THE.
[1:08:05] ABILITY TO PLAN FOR FUTURE.
[1:08:06] THE ABILITY.
[1:08:07] TO.
[1:08:08] CONTRIBUTE OPENLY ECONOMICALLY
[1:08:09] .
[1:08:10] TO OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY MANY
[1:08:13] OF THOSE SAME INDIVIDUALS ARE
[1:08:15] ONCE AGAIN TRYING TO NAVIGATE.
[1:08:17] A VERY COMPLICATED SYSTEM.
[1:08:19] WE ARE SEEING.
[1:08:20] A TREMENDOUS NEW UM, NEED.
[1:08:23] FOR IMMIGRATION.
[1:08:23] LEGAL ASSISTANCE AS.
[1:08:25] PEOPLE TRY.
[1:08:26] TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OPTIONS
[1:08:27] IF ANY REMAIN AVAILABLE TO.
[1:08:29] THEM AND TO THE LEGAL.
[1:08:31] SERVICES SYSTEM WAS ALREADY
[1:08:33] STRETCHED THIN.
[1:08:34] LEGAL PROVIDERS.
[1:08:36] ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS ARE
[1:08:37] WORKING TO SCREEN FORMER TPS
[1:08:40] HOLDERS TO DETERMINE.
[1:08:41] WHETHER THEY MAY.
[1:08:42] QUALIFY FOR ASYLUM.
[1:08:43] OR ANOTHER FORM OF IMMIGRATION
[1:08:45] RELIEF AND HELP FAMILIES
[1:08:47] UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR OPTIONS
[1:08:48] ARE.
[1:08:49] BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM.
[1:08:50] THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH ATTORNEYS.
[1:08:53] AND RESOURCES TO MEET.
[1:08:54] THE MOMENT AND WE HAVE
[1:08:55] HEARD.
[1:08:55] THAT ALREADY.
[1:08:56] AND EVEN WHEN SOMEONE UH MAY
[1:08:59] HAVE ANOTHER POTENTIAL
[1:09:01] IMMIGRATION OPTION, THERE IS
[1:09:02] OFTEN A.
[1:09:02] GAP BETWEEN LOSING TPS BASED
[1:09:05] WORK AUTHORIZATION.
[1:09:06] AND OBTAINING.
[1:09:08] AUTHORIZATION THROUGH ANOTHER
[1:09:09] PROCESS.
[1:09:10] THAT GAP ACTUALLY.
[1:09:11] MATTERS A PERSON.
[1:09:13] CAN HAVE A PENDING.
[1:09:15] IMMIGRATION CASE AND.
[1:09:16] STILL BE UNABLE TO.
[1:09:17] WORK LEGALLY.
[1:09:19] A PARENT CAN STILL HAVE
[1:09:21] MORTGAGE.
[1:09:21] OR RENT PAYMENT, CHILDCARE.
[1:09:23] COSTS, GROCERIES,
[1:09:24] TRANSPORTATION.
[1:09:25] EXPENSES AND MEDICAL BILLS EVEN
[1:09:27] WHEN THEIR ABILITY.
[1:09:28] TO EARN PAYCHECKS HAS SUDDENLY
[1:09:30] DISAPPEARED.
[1:09:32] THAT IS.
[1:09:33] WHERE IMMIGRATION.
[1:09:33] POLICY BECOMES HOUSING POLICY.
[1:09:36] IT BECOMES A.
[1:09:37] WORKFORCE ISSUE.
[1:09:38] IT BECOMES A.
[1:09:39] PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, A FAMILY
[1:09:41] STABILITY ISSUE.
[1:09:42] AND IT BECOMES A CITY ISSUE.
[1:09:45] WE ARE PARTICULARLY.
[1:09:46] CONCERNED ABOUT EMPLOYMENT
[1:09:48] BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE LOSES.
[1:09:50] TPS BASED WORK AUTHORIZATION.
[1:09:52] ,THE CONSEQUENCES DO NOT STOP
[1:09:54] WITH.
[1:09:55] THE WORKER OR THE FAMILY.
[1:09:57] EMPLOYERS LOSE EXPERIENCED
[1:09:58] EMPLOYEES.
[1:09:59] FAMILY FAMILIES LOSE INCOME.
[1:10:01] BUSINESSES LOSE WORKERS.
[1:10:03] THEY HAVE.
[1:10:04] INVESTED IN AND COMMUNITIES
[1:10:07] LOSE ECONOMIC STABILITY.
[1:10:09] WORKERS ARE SUDDENLY.
[1:10:11] PLACED IN VULNERABLE SITUATION
[1:10:12] MAY ALSO.
[1:10:13] BE AT GREATER RISK OF.
[1:10:15] UH WAGE THEFT, RETALIATION.
[1:10:18] DISCRIMINATION OR EVEN
[1:10:20] EXPLOITATION.
[1:10:20] THAT IS WHY WORKER PROTECTIONS.
[1:10:23] AND OUTREACH MUST.
[1:10:24] BE PART OF BOSTON'S RESPONSE.
[1:10:26] WE ALSO.
[1:10:27] NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE
[1:10:28] ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CONFUSION
[1:10:29] AND FEAR.
[1:10:31] THAT EXISTS IN IMMIGRANT
[1:10:33] COMMUNITIES.
[1:10:34] PEOPLE ARE ASKING VERY BASIC
[1:10:36] QUESTIONS.
[1:10:36] CAN I STILL WORK?
[1:10:38] CAN I KEEP.
[1:10:39] MY PARENTS IN MY APARTMENT?
[1:10:40] WHAT HAPPENS TO MY CHILDREN?
[1:10:42] WHAT HAPPENS IF I STOP IF I'M
[1:10:45] STOPPED BY IMMIGRATION?
[1:10:46] DO I.
[1:10:47] QUALIFY FOR ANOTHER FORM
[1:10:48] OF IMMIGRATION RELIEF?
[1:10:49] WHERE CAN I FIND THEM?
[1:10:50] ATTORNEY WHO CAN.
[1:10:52] I TRUST.
[1:10:54] FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER HAD
[1:10:57] TO NAVIGATE THE IMMIGRATION.
[1:10:58] SYSTEM BEFORE, THESE QUESTIONS
[1:11:00] CAN BE.
[1:11:01] OVERWHELMING AND FOR.
[1:11:03] HAITIAN FAMILIES.
[1:11:03] LANGUAGE ACCESS AND TRUSTED.
[1:11:05] COMMUNITY BASED.
[1:11:06] OUTREACH ARE PARTICULARLY
[1:11:09] IMPORTANT.
[1:11:10] WE BELIEVE BOSTON.
[1:11:11] CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE.
[1:11:12] IN MEETING AND MEETING THIS
[1:11:14] MOMENT.
[1:11:15] FIRST, THE CITY SHOULD INVEST.
[1:11:19] IN IMMIGRATION.
[1:11:19] LEGAL SERVICES.
[1:11:21] WE NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
[1:11:22] FOR ORGANIZATIONS.
[1:11:23] PROVIDING IMMIGRATION CONSULT
[1:11:25] CONSULTATION.
[1:11:26] LEGAL SCREENINGS, APPLICATIONS,
[1:11:28] REPRESENTATION.
[1:11:29] AND REFERRALS.
[1:11:30] FOR FORMER.
[1:11:31] TPS HOLDERS.
[1:11:33] I WOULD.
[1:11:34] SAY THAT.
[1:11:34] THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS
[1:11:35] ACCESS.
[1:11:36] TO COUNCILOR INITIATIVE.
[1:11:37] OR MACIE FOR SHORT, MIRA HAS
[1:11:39] SERVED.
[1:11:40] OVER 180 HAITIAN INDIVIDUALS
[1:11:43] AND CURRENTLY WE.
[1:11:44] HAVE 308 CASES.
[1:11:46] ON A.
[1:11:47] WAITING LIST.
[1:11:49] SECOND, BOSTON.
[1:11:50] SHOULD STRENGTHEN ITS
[1:11:51] INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY BASED
[1:11:53] OUTREACH AND KNOW YOUR.
[1:11:54] RIGHTS EDUCATION.
[1:11:56] INFORMATION NEEDS.
[1:11:57] TO REACH PEOPLE WHERE THEY
[1:11:58] ARE THROUGH HAITIAN LED
[1:11:59] ORGANIZATIONS CHURCHES.
[1:12:02] UM SCHOOLS, HEALTH.
[1:12:03] CENTERS, EMPLOYERS.
[1:12:04] AND OTHER TRUSTED
[1:12:05] INSTITUTION.
[1:12:06] AND IT NEEDS TO BE AVAILABLE
[1:12:08] AND THE LANGUAGES PEOPLE
[1:12:10] UNDERSTAND.
[1:12:12] THIRD, THE CITY SHOULD
[1:12:13] STRENGTHEN WORKER.
[1:12:14] PROTECTION OUTREACH.
[1:12:15] FORMER TPS.
[1:12:17] HOLDERS NEED TO KNOW.
[1:12:18] THEIR RIGHTS AND THE WORKPLACE
[1:12:19] .
[1:12:19] AND WHERE TO REPORT.
[1:12:21] A WAGE THEFT, RETALIATION.
[1:12:23] OR DISCRIMINATION.
[1:12:25] IN FOURTH.
[1:12:27] BOSTON SHOULD PREPARE FOR A
[1:12:28] BROADER.
[1:12:29] ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL.
[1:12:30] CONSEQUENCES OF THE LOSS
[1:12:33] OF TPS.
[1:12:34] THIS INCLUDES CONNECTING
[1:12:35] AFFECTED.
[1:12:36] FAMILIES TO HOUSING ASSISTANCE,
[1:12:37] FOOD RESOURCES, CHILDCARE,
[1:12:39] HEALTH CARE OR THE AVAILABLE
[1:12:41] SERVICES BEFORE A CRISIS.
[1:12:42] BECOMES AN EMERGENCY.
[1:12:45] AND FINALLY, THE CITY SHOULD.
[1:12:46] CONTINUE TO USE ITS VOICE TO
[1:12:48] ADVOCATE FOR LONG TERM FEDERAL
[1:12:50] SOLUTION.
[1:12:51] BOSTON HAS ALREADY MADE.
[1:12:52] CLEAR THAT IT SUPPORTS TPS
[1:12:53] HOLDERS.
[1:12:54] THE CITY ADOPTED A RESOLUTION
[1:12:56] REAFFIRMING THEIR.
[1:12:57] SUPPORT FOLLOWING THE SUPREME
[1:12:58] COURT'S DECISION.
[1:12:59] UM BACK IN.
[1:13:00] JUNE THAT.
[1:13:02] LEADERSHIP MATTERS.
[1:13:04] BUT TODAY WE ARE ASKING THE
[1:13:06] CITY.
[1:13:07] TO COMBINE THAT ADVOCACY AND
[1:13:09] INVESTMENT.
[1:13:10] BECAUSE THE FAMILIES AFFECTED
[1:13:12] BY THE.
[1:13:12] TERMINATION OF TPS ARE.
[1:13:14] NOT JUST A STATISTIC THEY ARE
[1:13:16] BOSTON RESIDENTS.
[1:13:17] THEY ARE OUR CO WORKERS, OUR
[1:13:19] NEIGHBORS.
[1:13:20] THEY ARE.
[1:13:21] MY.
[1:13:21] SONS TEAMMATES CLASSMATES.
[1:13:23] THEY ARE OUR CAREGIVERS, OUR
[1:13:25] HEALTH CARE WORKERS, OUR SMALL
[1:13:27] BUSINESS OWNERS.
[1:13:28] AND OUR.
[1:13:29] FRIENDS.
[1:13:31] MIRA AND OUR PARTNERS.
[1:13:32] ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO.
[1:13:33] STAND WITH.
[1:13:34] HAITIAN COMMUNITY.
[1:13:35] BUT COMMUNITY.
[1:13:37] ORGANIZATIONS CANNOT.
[1:13:38] DO THIS ALONE.
[1:13:40] WE NEED THE CITY.
[1:13:41] OF BOSTON TO MAKE SURE THAT
[1:13:42] FAMILIES WHO.
[1:13:43] ARE LOSING IMMIGRATION STATUS
[1:13:44] DO NOT LOSE THEIR JOBS.
[1:13:46] THEIR HOMES.
[1:13:47] THEIR ACCESS TO LEGAL
[1:13:49] REPRESENTATION OR THEIR SENSE
[1:13:51] OF THE CITY.
[1:13:53] THAT STANDS WITH THEM.
[1:13:54] THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
[1:13:56] TO TESTIFY.
[1:13:57] AND I LOOK FORWARD.
[1:13:58] TO WE LOOK FORWARD TO
[1:13:59] WORKING WITH THIS COUNCIL.
[1:14:00] UM, AND AGAIN I THANK.
[1:14:02] ALL OF YOU FOR LISTENING TO
[1:14:03] ME.
[1:14:04] THANK YOU MR.
[1:14:07] SMITH.
[1:14:08] DOCTOR BELL.
[1:14:09] YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES.
[1:14:11] THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[1:14:12] GOOD MORNING.
[1:14:13] EVERYONE AND.
[1:14:14] THANK YOU FOR THIS
[1:14:15] OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU UH,
[1:14:17] TODAY UH TO TESTIFY ABOUT
[1:14:20] WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR
[1:14:21] COMMUNITY.
[1:14:21] UH, BUT BEFORE WE DO SO I JUST
[1:14:24] WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I, UH
[1:14:26] YOU KNOW, I SHARE MY SENSE
[1:14:28] OF GRATITUDE WITH, UH, THE
[1:14:29] LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNCIL, UH,
[1:14:32] ESPECIALLY TO OUR THE, UH I
[1:14:35] CALL HER A COMBATANT.
[1:14:37] UH UH, WITH THIS VISION WHO,
[1:14:40] UH, HAS ALWAYS BEEN PHONE WAY
[1:14:43] TO STEP IN AND, YOU KNOW,
[1:14:45] RESPOND TO THE MANY CALLS THAT
[1:14:47] WE ARE RECEIVING CONNECTING US
[1:14:48] TO ALL OF THE RESOURCES AND
[1:14:50] REALLY CHAMPIONING YOU KNOW,
[1:14:51] UH, ALL OF THE FIGHT THAT WE
[1:14:53] ARE LEADING AROUND AND THANK
[1:14:55] YOU FOR UH, UH, ORGANIZING THIS
[1:14:58] PANEL TODAY.
[1:14:59] IT MEANS SO, SO MUCH TO US.
[1:15:02] SO MY NAME IS OFF TO A GABO
[1:15:03] WITH YPSI IMMIGRANT FAMILY
[1:15:05] SERVICES INSTITUTE AND I AM
[1:15:07] HERE UH, NOT SIMPLY TO TALK
[1:15:10] ABOUT IMMIGRATION POLICY BUT
[1:15:11] ALSO TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE, UH,
[1:15:14] BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
[1:15:15] WE MEET EVERY DAY WITH FAMILIES
[1:15:18] .
[1:15:18] WE MEET WITH PEOPLE.
[1:15:19] WE MEET WITH PARENTS WHO HAVE
[1:15:21] CHILDREN, WITH WORKERS, WITH
[1:15:23] MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO
[1:15:25] ARE LITERALLY LIVING WITH AN
[1:15:28] EXTRAORDINARY LEVEL OF FEAR AND
[1:15:30] ANXIETY EVERY DAY.
[1:15:32] AND YOU HEARD THIS WEEK WHAT
[1:15:33] HAPPENED IN NEW BEDFORD, UH,
[1:15:36] THIS YOU KNOW, UH, READ THAT
[1:15:38] REALLY HAPPENED TO NEW BEDFORD
[1:15:40] .
[1:15:40] I SEEN UH, SENT SHOCK WAVES
[1:15:43] WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY EVEN
[1:15:45] YESTERDAY I WAS, UH IN MY
[1:15:47] OFFICE AS I WAS LEAVING I WAS
[1:15:49] RECEIVING SO MANY PHONE CALLS
[1:15:51] ABOUT.
[1:15:51] HAVE YOU SEEN EYES IN MATTAPAN?
[1:15:54] HAVE YOU SEEN I HEARD THAT THEY
[1:15:55] ARE IN DORCHESTER.
[1:15:57] I HEARD, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE
[1:15:58] ELSE.
[1:15:59] SO AGAIN IT IS WHENEVER THESE
[1:16:01] THINGS HAPPEN THIS SENT THIS
[1:16:03] SHOCK WAVES TO THE ENTIRE
[1:16:05] COMMUNITY WHO IS ALREADY LIVING
[1:16:07] IN FEAR.
[1:16:08] SO BUT AGAIN, UH, WHAT I WANT
[1:16:10] YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT, UH,
[1:16:11] WE KNOW THAT WE ARE ALWAYS
[1:16:13] TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS AND
[1:16:14] NUMBERS BUT UH, THOSE EVENTS,
[1:16:16] YOU KNOW, THEY GO BEYOND
[1:16:18] NUMBERS.
[1:16:20] UM, SOMEONE CALLED ME, UH, NOT
[1:16:22] TOO LONG AGO AND SAID, YOU KNOW
[1:16:24] WHAT?
[1:16:25] LOOK, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE
[1:16:26] ALWAYS GIVING HOPE TO ALL OF US
[1:16:28] ,BUT IT FEELS THAT TO
[1:16:30] ME THERE'S NO LIFE INSIDE
[1:16:33] OF ME.
[1:16:33] AND HE SAID THAT I AM TIRED.
[1:16:36] I AM TIRED OF LIVING IN FEAR.
[1:16:39] I AM TIRED OF NOT HAVING ANY
[1:16:41] OPTIONS.
[1:16:42] AND WHEN YOU HEAR THOSE WORDS,
[1:16:46] WHEN YOU PONDER ON THOSE WORD
[1:16:48] YOU SAY TO YOURSELF WHAT.
[1:16:50] EXACTLY IS GOING ON IN WHAT CAN
[1:16:52] WE DO?
[1:16:53] BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT
[1:16:55] PERSON IT'S SOMEONE WHO LEFT
[1:16:57] HAITI FOR EXAMPLE BECAUSE
[1:16:58] OF FEAR, LEFT HAITI BECAUSE YOU
[1:17:00] KNOW HIS LIFE WAS IN DANGER AND
[1:17:03] HERE AGAIN THE PERSON IS HERE
[1:17:05] LEGALLY.
[1:17:06] HE CAME HERE LEGALLY IN PERSON.
[1:17:08] HE'S NOW LIVING AGAIN, UH, IN
[1:17:11] FEAR.
[1:17:12] SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU NEED TO
[1:17:14] WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE
[1:17:16] HUMAN CONSEQUENCES OF YOU KNOW,
[1:17:18] WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND
[1:17:20] THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST
[1:17:22] NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF.
[1:17:24] AND THE OTHER, UM, VERY, UH,
[1:17:27] DEEPLY TROUBLING CONSEQUENCE
[1:17:28] THAT WE MUST RECOGNIZE IS THAT
[1:17:31] MANY OF THE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY
[1:17:34] THE SITUATION NOW THEY HAD
[1:17:36] BEGUN TO, YOU KNOW, UH, REBUILD
[1:17:38] THEIR LIVES HERE.
[1:17:39] YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN WE FIRST
[1:17:42] MET WITH THEM AND YOU SEE THEY
[1:17:44] HAD NOTHING THEY CAME ONLY
[1:17:46] WITHIN ENVELOPE.
[1:17:48] UM THEY EMBRACED THEIR COURAGE
[1:17:50] .
[1:17:50] THEY WENT TO SCHOOL, THEY
[1:17:52] LEARNED ENGLISH.
[1:17:53] THEY FOUND A JOB.
[1:17:54] THEY ARE NOW ABLE TO WITH AN
[1:17:56] APARTMENT.
[1:17:57] THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE CARE
[1:17:59] OF THEMSELVES AND TAKE CARE
[1:17:59] OF THEIR FAMILIES.
[1:18:01] SO THOSE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE
[1:18:03] HERE JUST TO WILL YOU BEGIN TO
[1:18:05] ASK FOR PEOPLE TO HELP THOSE
[1:18:07] OUT PEOPLE WHO ARE DETERMINED
[1:18:09] TO MAKE LIFE FOR THEMSELVES, TO
[1:18:10] TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND TO
[1:18:12] TAKE CARE OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
[1:18:15] SO NOW TO NO FAULT ON THEIR OWN
[1:18:18] THEY ARE BACK TO SQUARE ONE
[1:18:20] WHERE THEY ARE AGAIN AT OUR
[1:18:22] DOOR ASKING FOR HELP.
[1:18:25] WHY?
[1:18:25] BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR
[1:18:28] STATUES.
[1:18:28] UH, I HEARD A QUESTION ABOUT
[1:18:30] HOW MANY LAWS EVERYONE WAS AND
[1:18:33] ALL OF THEM THEY LOST THEIR
[1:18:34] STATUES.
[1:18:35] SO THERE IS NO TPS FOR HAITI?
[1:18:38] ABSOLUTELY NOT LIKE THOSE 250
[1:18:40] NUMBERS 50,000 NUMBERS.
[1:18:41] EVERYONE LOST THEIR STATUES SO
[1:18:44] HERE THEY ARE.
[1:18:44] THEY CAN NO LONGER AFFORD THEIR
[1:18:46] RENT.
[1:18:47] THERE CAN NO LONGER THEY
[1:18:49] STRUGGLE TO PUT FOOD ON THE
[1:18:50] TABLE AND SOME OF THEM ARE
[1:18:52] AFRAID OF EVEN GOING TO THEIR
[1:18:53] MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.
[1:18:55] UH.
[1:18:55] MY SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT
[1:18:57] CALLED ME THE OTHER DAY TO SEE
[1:19:00] WE JUST LOST SOMEONE AND I'M
[1:19:02] LIKE WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THAT
[1:19:04] PERSON SUFFERED IMAGES TOOL AND
[1:19:06] THE REASON WHY THE PERSON
[1:19:08] SUFFERED STOPPED BECAUSE THE
[1:19:09] PERSON DID NOT WANT TO GO TO
[1:19:11] THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF FEAR.
[1:19:13] AND BY THE TIME YOU KNOW, UH,
[1:19:16] THEY COULDN'T NAME WHEN WHEN IT
[1:19:17] WAS TOO LATE THE PERSON DIED.
[1:19:20] SO AGAIN.
[1:19:21] UH.
[1:19:21] WE FIND PEOPLE WHO CANNOT OR
[1:19:25] OUT OF WALKING IN THE STREET TO
[1:19:27] EVEN GO TO DO THEIR GROCERY
[1:19:30] SHOPPING.
[1:19:31] SO AND THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW,
[1:19:33] THROUGH UH, NO FAULT ON THEIR
[1:19:35] OWN THAT THEY STARTED TO WORK
[1:19:37] SOMEHOW TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
[1:19:38] AND NOW BEING PUT TO SQUARE ONE
[1:19:41] MEANS THAT, UM, MOST MOST
[1:19:44] OF THOSE BUILDING UP AT LEAST
[1:19:45] FOR US COMMUNITY BASED
[1:19:47] ORGANIZATIONS THAT TO REALLY
[1:19:49] RESPOND TO THE CALL TO BE THERE
[1:19:52] TO ASSIST THOSE FAMILIES.
[1:19:54] SO AGAIN WE ALWAYS WELCOME THE
[1:19:56] OPPORTUNITY TO HELP AND WE WILL
[1:19:57] CONTINUE TO DO WHATEVER THAT WE
[1:19:59] NEED TO DO TO HELP.
[1:20:01] BUT WE MUST ALSO ASK THOSE
[1:20:04] QUESTIONS HOW DID PEOPLE WHO
[1:20:06] ARE WORKING SUPPORTING THEIR
[1:20:08] FAMILIES, CONTRIBUTING TO OUR
[1:20:10] COMMUNITY SUDDENLY BECOME
[1:20:12] PEOPLE WHO NOW NEED EMERGENCY
[1:20:15] ASSISTANCE TO SURVIVE?
[1:20:17] SO AGAIN, THOSE FAMILIES ARE
[1:20:18] NOT ASKING FOR A HANDOUT.
[1:20:20] THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE
[1:20:21] OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TO PROVIDE
[1:20:23] FOR THEIR CHILDREN, TO PAY
[1:20:24] THEIR BILLS AND TO LIVE WITH
[1:20:25] DIGNITY.
[1:20:27] SO THE DESIRE TO WORK HAS NOT
[1:20:29] DISAPPEARED BECAUSE THEY DO
[1:20:31] WANT TO WORK.
[1:20:32] THE ABILITY AND WILLINGNESS TO
[1:20:34] CONTRIBUTE HAVE NOT DISAPPEARED
[1:20:35] BECAUSE THEY DO WANT TO
[1:20:37] CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
[1:20:39] BUT WHAT HAS CHANGED IS THEIR
[1:20:41] ABILITY TO ACCESS THOSE
[1:20:43] OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAD
[1:20:44] WORKED SO HARD TO BUILD AND
[1:20:46] WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES
[1:20:48] DISAPPEAR, THE CONSEQUENCES DO
[1:20:50] NOT STOP WITH ONE INDIVIDUAL OR
[1:20:52] ONE FAMILY THEY AFFECT CHILDREN
[1:20:55] .
[1:20:56] WE HEARD IN FOR BOSTON SCHOOL
[1:20:58] THAT THIS YEAR THE EXPERIENCE
[1:21:02] YOU JUMP OUT ON TOP OF THE
[1:21:03] NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ARE
[1:21:04] SUPPOSED TO RETURN TO SCHOOL,
[1:21:06] THEY AFFECT LANDLORDS AND LOCAL
[1:21:08] BUSINESSES.
[1:21:09] THEY AFFECT SCHOOLS, HEALTH
[1:21:10] CARE PROVIDERS, CHURCHES,
[1:21:12] NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY
[1:21:14] ORGANIZATION.
[1:21:15] A NUMBER OF CHURCH LEADERS ARE
[1:21:16] COMPLAINING NOW WHEN SATURDAYS
[1:21:19] ON SUNDAY THEIR SPACE IS EMPTY
[1:21:22] BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE EVEN AFRAID
[1:21:24] TO GO TO CHURCH SO THEY AFFECT
[1:21:26] THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
[1:21:28] AND THEY PLACE AN ENORMOUS
[1:21:30] BURDEN ON ORGANIZATIONS THAT
[1:21:32] ARE ALREADY DOING EVERYTHING
[1:21:34] THEY CAN DO TO RESPOND TO THE
[1:21:35] NEEDS OF VULNERABLE FAMILIES.
[1:21:38] THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMMIGRATION
[1:21:40] RAIDS THEREFORE GO FAR BEYOND
[1:21:42] THE MOMENT WHEN SOMEONE IS
[1:21:44] TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
[1:21:45] FEAR CAN ENTER AN ENTIRE HOUSE.
[1:21:48] ALL CHILDREN WORRY ABOUT
[1:21:50] WHETHER THEIR PARENTS WILL COME
[1:21:52] BACK HOME.
[1:21:53] WORKERS ARE AFRAID TO GO TO
[1:21:55] WORK.
[1:21:55] FAMILIES BECOME AFRAID TO SEEK
[1:21:57] ASSISTANCE AND AN ENTIRE
[1:21:59] NEIGHBORHOOD BEGIN TO WITHDRAW
[1:22:01] FROM ORDINARY PUBLIC LIFE.
[1:22:03] SO WE MUST TAKE SERIOUSLY THE
[1:22:05] EMOTIONAL TOLL THE PHYSICAL AND
[1:22:08] THE PHYSICAL.
[1:22:09] UH, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND
[1:22:11] CONSEQUENCE THAT FEAR HAS ON
[1:22:13] FAMILIES.
[1:22:14] WHEN SOMEONE TELLS US THERE IS
[1:22:16] NO LIFE IN ME ANYMORE, WE
[1:22:19] CANNOT SIMPLY DISMISS THOSE
[1:22:20] WORDS BECAUSE THEY GO DEEPER
[1:22:23] THAN JUST YOUR WORD.
[1:22:24] WHEN PEOPLE FEEL TRAPPED YOU
[1:22:26] KNOW, POWERLESS AND WITHOUT
[1:22:28] OPTIONS DESPAIR CAN BECOME
[1:22:31] OVERWHELMING.
[1:22:31] UH, SOME PEOPLE MAY EXPERIENCE
[1:22:33] SEVERE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION,
[1:22:36] HOPELESSNESS AND THOUGHTS
[1:22:38] OF HARMING THEMSELVES.
[1:22:39] WE MUST LISTEN BECAUSE AGAIN,
[1:22:41] SO OFTEN WE TALK ABOUT LEGAL UH
[1:22:44] SERVICES.
[1:22:45] HOWEVER, WE NEED TO ALSO TALK
[1:22:47] ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING
[1:22:50] OF OUR COMMUNITY.
[1:22:51] WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT
[1:22:53] PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY IS NOT
[1:22:55] ONLY ABOUT PHYSICAL SAFETY, IT
[1:22:57] IS ALSO ABOUT PROTECTING
[1:22:59] PEOPLE'S SENSE OF DIGNITY, HOPE
[1:23:01] ,BELONGING AND HUMAN WORTH.
[1:23:04] SO AGAIN, WE KNOW BOSTON HAS
[1:23:05] ALWAYS BEEN A CITY SHAPED BY
[1:23:08] IMMIGRANTS OKAY?
[1:23:09] THE PEOPLE WE LIVE IN OUR
[1:23:10] NEIGHBORHOODS, WORK IN OUR
[1:23:12] BUSINESSES, CARE FOR OUR
[1:23:13] CHILDREN, SERVE IN OUR
[1:23:14] HOSPITALS, BUILD OUR HOMES AND
[1:23:16] THEY CONTRIBUTE AS WE SAY THEY
[1:23:18] ARE PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE
[1:23:20] CITY.
[1:23:21] SO BOSTON MUST LISTEN AND WE
[1:23:24] MUST REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, DO
[1:23:25] HUMAN BEINGS BEHIND THE
[1:23:28] HEADLINES IN STATISTICS?
[1:23:30] SO I.
[1:23:31] ASK YOU TO REMEMBER THE MOTHER
[1:23:32] WHO IS AFRAID TO LEAVE HER
[1:23:35] HOME.
[1:23:36] THE FATHER WORRIES THAT HE MAY
[1:23:37] NOT BE THERE TO PICK UP HIS.
[1:23:39] CHILD THE CHILD WHO WONDERS
[1:23:41] WHETHER OR NOT THE PARENTS WILL
[1:23:43] COME BACK HOME, THE WORKERS
[1:23:45] AFRAID TO GO TO WORK.
[1:23:46] THE FAMILY THAT CAN NO LONGER
[1:23:48] AFFORD TO PAY RENT OR TO PUT
[1:23:50] FOOD ON THE TABLE AND THE
[1:23:52] PERSON WHO SAYS I AM TIRED
[1:23:55] OF LIVING IN FEAR SO WE CANNOT
[1:23:57] ALLOW FEAR TO BECOME THE
[1:23:59] DEFINING EXPERIENCE OF AN
[1:24:01] ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
[1:24:02] WHATEVER WE THINK ABOUT
[1:24:04] IMMIGRATION OR IMMIGRATION
[1:24:06] POLICY, WE SHOULD ALL AGREE
[1:24:08] THAT OF THAT ONE FUNDAMENTAL
[1:24:10] PRINCIPLE EVERY PERSON DESERVE
[1:24:13] TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY IN
[1:24:15] FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY, DESERVE
[1:24:17] ACCESS TO ACCURATE INFORMATION
[1:24:19] ,SUPPORT AND RESOURCES DURING
[1:24:21] MOMENTS OF CRISIS.
[1:24:23] SO I'M.
[1:24:23] ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO CONTINUE
[1:24:25] LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF OUR
[1:24:27] IMMIGRANT FAMILIES TO RECOGNIZE
[1:24:29] THE PROFOUND IMPACT THAT
[1:24:32] ENFORCEMENT.
[1:24:32] ACTIONS CAN LEAVE CAN HAVE ON
[1:24:34] OUR COMMUNITY AND TO STAND WITH
[1:24:36] THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING FEAR
[1:24:39] AND UNCERTAINTY.
[1:24:40] MOST IMPORTANTLY, LET US GIVE
[1:24:43] PEOPLE HOPE.
[1:24:44] WE MUST DO EVERYTHING IN OUR
[1:24:46] POWER TO FIGHT THOSE EVIL
[1:24:49] ATTACKS.
[1:24:49] ON.
[1:24:50] OUR COMMUNITY.
[1:24:51] AS YOU ALL KNOW WE ARE FIGHTING
[1:24:52] AT THE LEVEL FOR S 4814 WHICH
[1:24:57] IS A BILL THAT WILL PROTECT TPS
[1:24:58] FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES.
[1:25:00] SO WE ARE ASKING THIS
[1:25:02] COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO PUSH
[1:25:03] FORWARD SO THAT ALL SENATORS
[1:25:06] WHEREVER THIS TEAM.
[1:25:07] CAN SIGN.
[1:25:08] CAN CO-SPONSOR S 4814 SO WE
[1:25:10] CAN REMOVE THIS, YOU KNOW,
[1:25:12] VALUES OF FEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE
[1:25:14] FACING EVERY DAY.
[1:25:15] SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY I HAVE NO
[1:25:18] OPTIONS, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO
[1:25:20] TELL THEM THERE IS HOPE BECAUSE
[1:25:23] WE ARE HERE FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU
[1:25:26] ARE NOT ALONE AND BECAUSE WE
[1:25:27] ARE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT
[1:25:29] TAKES.
[1:25:30] THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK.
[1:25:32] YOU SO MUCH.
[1:25:33] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[1:25:37] UH, MR.
[1:25:38] CONCANNON.
[1:25:39] YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES PLUS.
[1:25:46] UH, THANK.
[1:25:46] YOU.
[1:25:47] COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
[1:25:48] UH, FOR FOR INVOKING THIS
[1:25:49] MEETING AND INVITING ME TO
[1:25:51] PARTICIPATE AND THANK YOU,
[1:25:53] COUNCILOR MEJIA,
[1:25:54] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND
[1:25:55] COUNCILOR WEBER FOR FOR
[1:25:57] ATTENDING THIS HEARING.
[1:25:58] UH, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY YOU
[1:26:00] KNOW, AS WE'VE HEARD, AN
[1:26:01] ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TIME WHERE
[1:26:03] WE'RE FACING MULTIPLE CRISES
[1:26:05] FOR OUR ASIAN NEIGHBORS IN
[1:26:08] BOSTON AND THROUGHOUT THE
[1:26:09] COUNTRY.
[1:26:10] UM, MY OWN WORK.
[1:26:12] SO I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
[1:26:13] OF THE INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE
[1:26:14] AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI AND MY
[1:26:16] WORK BRINGS ME LESSON DAY TO
[1:26:19] DAY CONTACT WITH OUR OUR
[1:26:20] HAITIAN NEIGHBORS.
[1:26:22] SO UM, I WILL I DON'T THINK I
[1:26:25] HAVE MUCH TO ADD TO WHAT WHAT
[1:26:26] IF SHE AND MIRA AND MOYA UM,
[1:26:28] HAVE ON THAT?
[1:26:29] BUT WHAT WE DO DO IS WE'RE
[1:26:31] WORKING ON THE NATIONAL EFFORTS
[1:26:33] TO, UM TO PROVIDE PROTECTION
[1:26:35] FOR FOR HAITIANS AS WELL AS,
[1:26:38] UM, DOCUMENTING THE HUMAN
[1:26:40] RIGHTS CONDITIONS IN HAITI THAT
[1:26:43] ESTABLISH WHY HAITIAN SHOULD
[1:26:44] NOT BE SENT BACK.
[1:26:45] AND WE UM I SERVE AS AN EXPERT
[1:26:49] ON COUNTRY CONDITIONS IN HAITI
[1:26:51] AND ASYLUM CASES.
[1:26:52] SO I'D LIKE TO VERY BRIEFLY I
[1:26:54] SHOULDN'T TAKE LESS THAN MY.
[1:26:54] SIX MINUTES.
[1:26:55] UM, ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE
[1:26:56] THOSE ISSUES.
[1:26:58] UH, ONE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE
[1:27:01] HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW,
[1:27:02] OBVIOUSLY THE TPS CRISIS WAS
[1:27:03] NOT CREATED IN BOSTON.
[1:27:05] UM, IT IT'S NOT OUR GOVERNMENT
[1:27:07] .
[1:27:08] IT IS NOT OUR POLITICAL LEADERS
[1:27:09] WHO WERE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
[1:27:11] UH, THE CRISIS WAS WAS WAS
[1:27:14] GENERATED IN WASHINGTON DC AND
[1:27:17] SUPPORTED BY PUBLIC BY BY
[1:27:19] POLITICAL LEADERS FROM OTHER
[1:27:21] STATES AND ENABLED BY A SUPREME
[1:27:24] COURT WILLING TO UM, IGNORE THE
[1:27:27] RULE OF LAW IN OUR COUNTRY TO
[1:27:28] GET TO A POLITICAL RESULT.
[1:27:32] BUT THE SOLUTION IS TO A LARGE
[1:27:33] EXTENT MADE IN BOSTON AND UM,
[1:27:37] STARTING WE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT
[1:27:38] THE DISCHARGE PETITION THAT
[1:27:40] THAT LED TO THE HOUSE PASSING
[1:27:43] IN APRIL THE BILL TO EXTEND
[1:27:44] HAITI TPS FOR THREE MORE YEARS
[1:27:47] THAT WAS DONE BY CITY
[1:27:49] COUNCIL ALUM AYANNA PRESSLEY.
[1:27:51] AND IT WAS YOU KNOW, WE'RE
[1:27:53] FACING A LOT OF GOOD.
[1:27:54] WE'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT
[1:27:55] OF HARD THINGS HERE AND SOME
[1:27:57] OF THEM SEEM IMPOSSIBLE.
[1:27:58] AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
[1:28:00] NOTE AS WE'RE BRACING AND
[1:28:02] PREPARING OURSELVES TO DO THESE
[1:28:03] HARD THINGS TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT
[1:28:05] A NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THING THAT,
[1:28:07] UH, REPRESENTATIVE PRESTON'S
[1:28:08] DISCHARGE PETITION I MEAN, SHE
[1:28:10] GOT A DISCHARGE A LAW INVOLVING
[1:28:13] IMMIGRATION PASSED IN THE U.S.
[1:28:15] HOUSE CONTROLLED BY MIKE
[1:28:17] JOHNSON.
[1:28:17] THAT IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY
[1:28:19] ACCOMPLISHMENT.
[1:28:20] AND I THINK IT OPENS THE DOOR
[1:28:21] TO OTHER EXTRAORDINARY
[1:28:23] ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'RE ALL
[1:28:24] CALLED TO DO.
[1:28:25] AND THE WAY THAT IT HAPPENED
[1:28:26] WAS OBVIOUSLY VISIONARY
[1:28:27] LEADERSHIP AND INCREDIBLE
[1:28:29] PERSISTENCE BY UH,
[1:28:31] REPRESENTATIVE PRESSLEY.
[1:28:32] BUT SHE ALSO DID IT IN
[1:28:34] CONJUNCTION WITH WITH ACTIVIST
[1:28:36] GROUPS AND A LOT OF THEM HERE
[1:28:39] INCLUDING YPSI, INCLUDING THE
[1:28:40] TRUE ALLIANCE CENTER, INCLUDING
[1:28:42] THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
[1:28:44] SERVICE COMMITTEE THAT SENT OUT
[1:28:46] UM TEXT MESSAGE TO EVERY
[1:28:48] UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
[1:28:49] CONGREGATION IN THE UNITED
[1:28:50] STATES TELLING THEM TO MAKE
[1:28:52] CALLS.
[1:28:52] THEY WERE CALL CENTERS.
[1:28:54] CALL PARTIES RUN OUT OF HULA
[1:28:55] CAFE IN JAMAICA PLAIN.
[1:28:57] UM THERE WERE UH PARTNERS IN
[1:28:59] HEALTH ENGAGE THEY THEY BROUGHT
[1:29:01] DOCTORS AND MED STUDENTS ACROSS
[1:29:03] THE COUNTRY TO CALL THEM THEIR
[1:29:05] REPRESENTATIVES.
[1:29:05] THAT'S HOW THE IMPOSSIBLE GOT
[1:29:07] HAPPEN.
[1:29:07] AND I'LL MENTION UH.
[1:29:09] UH.
[1:29:10] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE WHO WAS
[1:29:12] YOU KNOW, WHO WAS CALLING
[1:29:14] LEADING CALL CENTERS USING HER
[1:29:16] SOCIAL MEDIA SKILLS.
[1:29:17] AND I GET YOU KNOW, I GET TEXTS
[1:29:19] SAID, YOU KNOW, AT MIDNIGHT
[1:29:21] RYAN I JUST TALKED TO MY MY
[1:29:23] COLLEGE ROOMMATES EX-BOYFRIENDS
[1:29:25] .
[1:29:25] SISTER WHO.
[1:29:27] WORKS FOR SUCH AND SUCH
[1:29:29] REPRESENTATIVE IN WEST
[1:29:30] VIRGINIA.
[1:29:30] THEY'RE GOING TO SIGN ON
[1:29:31] TOMORROW.
[1:29:32] UM.
[1:29:33] YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW THIS
[1:29:34] MIRACULOUS HAPPENED WAS THIS
[1:29:35] DAY TO DAY TO DAY WORK BY
[1:29:37] ACTIVISTS AND POLITICAL LEADERS
[1:29:40] AND WE'RE TRYING TO REPLICATE
[1:29:41] THE SAME THING IN THE SENATE.
[1:29:42] UM, WE'VE IT'S BEEN LOTS
[1:29:45] OF FRUSTRATION BUT WE WE'VE HAD
[1:29:47] NINE MORE SENATORS HAVE JOINED
[1:29:49] IN THE LAST TEN DAYS.
[1:29:51] UM, WE'VE GOT ALL BUT THREE
[1:29:53] DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE AND
[1:29:55] WE'RE MAKING SOME REALISTIC
[1:29:56] PROGRESS WITH WITH SEVERAL UH
[1:29:59] SEVERAL REPUBLICAN SENATE
[1:30:00] OFFICES.
[1:30:01] AND IF I HAVE A REQUEST FOR THE
[1:30:04] UM FOR THE BOSTON CITY
[1:30:06] COUNCIL ONE, YOU KNOW.
[1:30:07] CALL YOUR COLLEGE ROOMMATES,
[1:30:09] EX-BOYFRIENDS.
[1:30:09] SISTER ANY.
[1:30:10] CONTACTS IN THE CITY
[1:30:11] COUNCILORS.
[1:30:12] BUT I.
[1:30:13] THINK WE HAVE A REAL
[1:30:13] OPPORTUNITY IF YOU HAVE
[1:30:14] CONNECTIONS WITH CITY COUNCILS
[1:30:16] IN STATES WITH REPUBLICAN
[1:30:17] SENATORS AND I'LL START WITH
[1:30:19] MAINE.
[1:30:20] SUSAN COLLINS IS PROBABLY OUR
[1:30:21] SECOND EASIEST TARGET.
[1:30:22] OHIO UM, SENATOR HUSTED IS
[1:30:25] PROBABLY OUR THIRD EASIEST
[1:30:26] TARGET RIGHT NOW.
[1:30:27] BUT ANY OTHER STATES WHERE YOU
[1:30:29] HAVE, UH, INTERESTED CITY
[1:30:31] COUNCILORS WITH REPUBLICAN
[1:30:32] GOVERNORS, THEIR CITY COUNCIL,
[1:30:35] THEIR BIG CITIES CAN MAKE A
[1:30:36] HUGE DIFFERENCE.
[1:30:37] UM, AND UH, YOU KNOW, I FORGOT.
[1:30:39] TO MENTION.
[1:30:39] OBVIOUSLY THE THE THE THE FIGHT
[1:30:41] IN THE SENATE IS BEING LED BY
[1:30:44] BY SENATOR MARKEY, UH, WHO
[1:30:46] AGAIN IS WORKING YOU KNOW,
[1:30:48] THEY'RE COMING IN EVERY DAY.
[1:30:49] THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO COME
[1:30:50] INTO OUR CALLS EVERY EVERY
[1:30:51] WEDNESDAY AT 4:00.
[1:30:53] UM, AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN IS
[1:30:55] WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE
[1:30:56] ACTIVISTS TO MAKE THIS TO MAKE
[1:30:58] THIS HAPPEN.
[1:30:59] UM.
[1:31:02] ONE COMMENT ON THE ALTERNATIVE
[1:31:05] IMMIGRATION STATUS I MEAN, THAT
[1:31:07] CAN LITERALLY SAVE LIVES.
[1:31:09] IT CAN IT CAN, YOU KNOW, SAVE
[1:31:10] PEOPLE FROM INCREDIBLE PAIN AND
[1:31:13] IN DETENTION IN FEAR
[1:31:15] OF DETENTION AND A DEPORTATION
[1:31:16] TO HAITI.
[1:31:17] BUT WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT
[1:31:18] THAT'S BEING TAKEN.
[1:31:19] WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE
[1:31:20] CAN.
[1:31:20] TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE.
[1:31:21] BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT
[1:31:23] THAT'S IN TAKING PLACE UM, IN A
[1:31:27] TIME WHEN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
[1:31:28] IS MAKING AN ASSAULT ON THE
[1:31:29] ASYLUM SYSTEM.
[1:31:30] SO IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT UM
[1:31:33] ,JUDGES WHO WHO RULE IN FAVOR
[1:31:36] OF HAITIANS AND OTHER GROUPS
[1:31:37] ARE GETTING FIRED FOR DOING SO
[1:31:38] .
[1:31:38] UM, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
[1:31:41] SECURITY ATTORNEYS THAT TWO
[1:31:42] YEARS AGO WHAT IT STIPULATED TO
[1:31:45] HAVE A CASE THAT'S VERY
[1:31:46] COMPELLING NOW THEY'RE NOT
[1:31:48] STIPULATING TO EVERYTHING
[1:31:49] THEY'RE FIGHTING.
[1:31:50] THEY'RE FIGHTING EVERY CASE ALL
[1:31:51] THE WAY.
[1:31:52] EVEN IF THEY BELIEVE THAT THE
[1:31:53] CASE IS MERITORIOUS, THEY'RE
[1:31:55] FIGHTING BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO
[1:31:56] TO KEEP FROM GETTING FIRED.
[1:31:57] AND SO WE NEED TO YOU KNOW, WE
[1:32:00] NEED TO KEEP FIGHTING THOSE.
[1:32:01] BUT WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO
[1:32:03] IS TO IS TO GET TPS REINSTATED
[1:32:07] AND THAT'S THROUGH PRESSURE TO
[1:32:08] THE ADMINISTRATION PRESSURE TO
[1:32:10] THE SENATE.
[1:32:10] AND IF WE HAVE A NEW
[1:32:12] CONFIGURATION IN WASHINGTON IN
[1:32:14] JANUARY, PRESSURE TO GET A NEW
[1:32:16] BILL THROUGH THE HOUSE AND THE
[1:32:17] SENATE AND AGAIN, BOSTON CAN
[1:32:19] PLAY A LEADERSHIP ROLE.
[1:32:21] UM, I'D LIKE TO TALK BRIEFLY
[1:32:23] ABOUT THE THE DANGERS IN HAITI
[1:32:26] .
[1:32:26] UM, THE THREE LARGEST
[1:32:28] DEPARTMENTS IN HAITI ARE
[1:32:30] LARGELY UNDER ARMED GROUP
[1:32:32] CONTROL.
[1:32:33] UM, HAITI'S TALKING ABOUT
[1:32:34] HAVING ELECTIONS BUT THAT'S
[1:32:35] LIKE HAVING AN ELECTION IN
[1:32:36] MASSACHUSETTS WHEN ARMED GROUPS
[1:32:38] ARE COMPLETELY CONTROLLING
[1:32:39] BOSTON AND WORCESTER AND
[1:32:41] SPRINGFIELD, IT'S NOT GOING TO
[1:32:42] BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A FAIR
[1:32:43] ELECTION.
[1:32:44] UM, OVER 10,000 PEOPLE WERE
[1:32:47] REPORTED.
[1:32:48] THIS IS WHAT WAS DOCUMENTED AND
[1:32:49] AND IT'S BEYOND THE TOTAL
[1:32:51] AMOUNT OVER 10,000 PEOPLE WERE
[1:32:53] WERE UM WERE UH KILLED IN GANG
[1:32:56] VIOLENCE IN HAITI IN 2026.
[1:32:59] IT LOOKS LIKE 2025 IT LOOKS
[1:33:01] LIKE THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING UP
[1:33:03] .
[1:33:04] UM THE COUNTRY IS IN A IS IN A
[1:33:08] UH A SOCIAL CRISIS AS WELL.
[1:33:11] IT'S ONE OF THE TOP FIVE
[1:33:12] HUNGRIEST COUNTRIES IN THE
[1:33:14] UNITED AND IN THE WORLD.
[1:33:16] UM, THE U.N. JUST CAME OUT WITH
[1:33:18] A REPORT ESTIMATING THAT
[1:33:19] 250,000 KIDS ARE FACING FAMINE
[1:33:21] RIGHT NOW.
[1:33:22] UH, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY
[1:33:24] EPIDEMIC SEXUAL ASSAULT AS THE
[1:33:26] ARMED GROUPS USE USE SEXUAL
[1:33:28] ASSAULT AS A WAY TO CONTROL
[1:33:30] WOMEN AND GIRLS.
[1:33:32] IT'S AGAIN KENNETH CONCANNON.
[1:33:34] LET ME ASK YOU A.
[1:33:35] QUESTION WHAT SHOULD THE UNITED
[1:33:37] STATES BE DOING.
[1:33:39] RIGHT NOW?
[1:33:40] WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING?
[1:33:42] UM.
[1:33:43] SO YOU.
[1:33:43] KNOW, THERE'S A VERY LONG
[1:33:44] TERM ANSWER TO THAT AND THE
[1:33:46] SHORT TERM ANSWER THE LONG TERM
[1:33:48] IS THAT THE UNITED STATES NEEDS
[1:33:50] TO SUPPORT AN INDEPENDENT
[1:33:53] STRONG GOVERNMENT IN HAITI.
[1:33:54] THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER
[1:33:55] DONE.
[1:33:56] UM, HAITI BECAME AN INDEPENDENT
[1:33:59] COUNTRY AS A RESULT OF OF UM
[1:34:02] FORMERLY ENSLAVED PEOPLE SELF
[1:34:04] EMANCIPATING, UH, THE UNITED
[1:34:05] STATES ALONG WITH MANY OF THE
[1:34:07] OTHER WEALTHY COUNTRIES IN THE
[1:34:08] WORLD HAVE NEVER FORGIVEN HAITI
[1:34:09] FOR THAT AND WE NEED TO AND WE
[1:34:12] PREVENTED HAITI FROM SERVING
[1:34:14] ITS ROLE AS A A LEADER IN IN UM
[1:34:18] IN RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE WORLD.
[1:34:19] WE HAVE NOT ALLOWED HAITI TO DO
[1:34:21] THAT.
[1:34:22] THAT'S BEEN A BIPARTISAN POLICY
[1:34:23] AND OBVIOUSLY THAT NEEDS TO
[1:34:24] STOP IN TERMS OF MORE SHORT
[1:34:26] TERM THINGS WE NEED TO WE'RE
[1:34:28] CURRENTLY SUPPORTING A
[1:34:29] GOVERNMENT THAT IS SUPPORTING
[1:34:31] THE GANGS.
[1:34:32] UM, WE ARE YOU KNOW, EVEN
[1:34:34] HAITI'S LAST PRESIDENT UH A
[1:34:36] SECOND LAST LAST UM MOST RECENT
[1:34:38] LIVING PRESIDENT MICHEL
[1:34:40] MARTELLY WHO THE UNITED STATES
[1:34:41] SUPPORTED TO AGAIN BIPARTISAN
[1:34:43] SUPPORT HE'S RUNNING FOR
[1:34:44] PRESIDENT IN THE ELECTIONS UH,
[1:34:45] FOR IN DECEMBER AND UM HE'S
[1:34:48] BEEN SANCTIONED BY THE UNITED
[1:34:50] STATES FOR UH, SUPPORTING GANGS
[1:34:52] AND RUNNING DRUGS.
[1:34:53] BUT WE WE KNEW HE WAS DOING
[1:34:55] THAT AND WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
[1:34:56] IT.
[1:34:56] THE U.S. CONTINUES TO SUPPORT
[1:34:59] PEOPLE IN HAITI BECAUSE THEY
[1:35:01] WILL OBEY THE U.S. ORDERS, NOT
[1:35:03] BECAUSE THEY'LL REPRESENT THE
[1:35:05] THE WISHES OF THE HAITIAN
[1:35:06] PEOPLE.
[1:35:06] THAT OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO CHANGE.
[1:35:08] WE NEED MOST OF THE GUNS IN
[1:35:10] HAITI.
[1:35:10] HAITI DOESN'T MAKE ANY GUNS.
[1:35:11] THOSE GUNS ARE ALL COMING FROM
[1:35:13] THE UNITED STATES, MOSTLY FROM
[1:35:15] FLORIDA.
[1:35:15] WE NEED TO STOP THAT.
[1:35:17] THANK YOU.
[1:35:18] THANK THANK YOU,
[1:35:21] MR CONCANNON.
[1:35:21] UM.
[1:35:22] UM, SO JUST ONE MORE POINT
[1:35:24] ON ON THE CONDITIONS IN HAITI,
[1:35:26] THERE ARE 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN
[1:35:29] HAITI WHO ARE DISPLACED BY
[1:35:30] ARMED GROUP VIOLENCE.
[1:35:32] JUST TO PUT THAT INTO
[1:35:34] PERSPECTIVE, 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE
[1:35:38] IS EVERYBODY IN BOSTON PLUS
[1:35:40] EVERYBODY IN WORCESTER PLUS
[1:35:42] SPRINGFIELD, CAMBRIDGE, LOWELL
[1:35:45] ,BROCKTON AND NEW BEDFORD.
[1:35:46] THAT IS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT
[1:35:48] OUT OF THEIR HOUSES BY AS A
[1:35:50] RESULT OF GANG VIOLENCE.
[1:35:51] THANK YOU.
[1:35:52] THANK YOU MR CAN CAN I SAID
[1:35:54] LOUIJEUNE.
[1:35:55] YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES FOR.
[1:35:58] THAT SINCE LAST.
[1:35:59] TIME I KNOW THAT'S WHY.
[1:36:01] YOU GO FOR IT NOW.
[1:36:03] OKAY WELL I KNOW I'M GOING TO
[1:36:05] NEED MORE THAN FOUR SO I'M I'M
[1:36:06] JUST GOING TO SAY SO HOPEFULLY
[1:36:10] WE'LL DO A SECOND ROUND.
[1:36:10] LET'S GO ASK MY MY.
[1:36:13] LET'S START WITH FOUR.
[1:36:14] OKAY AND WE'LL.
[1:36:15] GO TO.
[1:36:16] A SECOND AND.
[1:36:16] THIRD ROUND IF.
[1:36:17] NECESSARY ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.
[1:36:19] UM I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE
[1:36:20] NEW YOUNG PEOPLE TO TO HAVE A
[1:36:22] NEW FRIEND LIKE BRIAN I JUST
[1:36:23] LIKE YOU KNOW I KNOW WE'VE BEEN
[1:36:24] IN THIS FIGHT FOR SO LONG LIKE
[1:36:26] THE FIGHT FOR AGAINST
[1:36:30] ANTI-BLACKNESS, THE FIGHT FOR
[1:36:32] OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, THE
[1:36:33] FIGHT FOR A FREE HAITI HAS BEEN
[1:36:36] ONGOING SINCE 1804.
[1:36:38] UM, AND WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE
[1:36:39] FOR US REALLY TO EXPERIENCE THE
[1:36:41] BEAUTY OF WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE
[1:36:43] HAD THE ONLY COUNTRY FOUNDED IN
[1:36:44] THE WORLD FROM A SLAVE REVOLT
[1:36:46] TO HAVE THEM TO BE ABLE TO
[1:36:47] STAND ON THEIR FEET?
[1:36:49] UM AND SO THERE'S SO MUCH GOING
[1:36:51] IN IN THAT UM I ALSO JUST
[1:36:52] WANTED TO STATE THAT THIS
[1:36:54] EVENING AT UM 6 P.M. AT SEARLE
[1:36:57] ONLINE UH, IN DORCHESTER
[1:36:58] THEY'RE FILMING A MOVIE BRIAN'S
[1:37:01] AS YOU MENTIONED IT CALLED THE
[1:37:03] FORGOTTEN UM, OCCUPATION JIM
[1:37:04] CROW GOES TO HAITI WHICH TELLS
[1:37:06] THE STORY ACTUALLY FOR ANYONE
[1:37:07] WHO WAS INTERESTED OF HOW THE
[1:37:10] UNITED STATES HAS HAD ITS FOOT
[1:37:12] ON HIS NECK FOR A VERY LONG
[1:37:14] TIME.
[1:37:15] UM, AND SO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO
[1:37:17] LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT UM, SHOUT
[1:37:18] OUT TO GINA AND THE TEAM OVER
[1:37:20] AT HARLEM LINE THIS HAS PUT ON
[1:37:22] IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOSTON
[1:37:23] DSA AND OTHERS UM, JUST ABOUT
[1:37:26] WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AND
[1:37:27] WANT TO THANK THE FILMMAKER FOR
[1:37:30] UH, COMING OUT TO MAKE SURE
[1:37:32] WE'RE ABLE TO SEE UH, THAT FILM
[1:37:34] ALLEN MARTIN AND I KNOW THAT
[1:37:36] JULIANNE, THE MAYOR'S HAITIAN
[1:37:38] LIAISON HAS BEEN REALLY
[1:37:39] INVOLVED.
[1:37:40] UM, I WANT ALSO SOMETHING THAT
[1:37:43] DIDN'T COME UP.
[1:37:44] WE ARE OFTEN GETTING THESE
[1:37:45] SCARES ABOUT ISIS HERE, ISIS
[1:37:47] THERE.
[1:37:49] UM, AND EVERYONE AND I DO WANT
[1:37:51] TO THANK THE COMMISSIONER
[1:37:53] COMMISSIONER MICHAEL COX
[1:37:53] BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS THE FIRST
[1:37:55] CALL TO CONFIRM, UH, WHAT'S
[1:37:57] HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY IF WE
[1:37:59] LIKE IF THERE'S ANY SCINTILLA
[1:38:01] OF AN IDEA THAT THERE MAY BE,
[1:38:03] UH, A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER CAR
[1:38:05] OR SOMETHING INVOLVED.
[1:38:06] I THINK THAT WAS A SCARE THAT
[1:38:07] WAS HAPPENED RECENTLY.
[1:38:08] UM, AND WE'RE ABLE TO FIGURE IT
[1:38:09] OUT.
[1:38:10] SO I DO WANT TO THANK HIM AND
[1:38:11] THE ZOO AND THE SUPERINTENDENTS
[1:38:12] FOR THEIR, UM, DILIGENCE IN
[1:38:14] TRYING TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE
[1:38:15] KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE AND AREN'T
[1:38:17] IN OUR CITY.
[1:38:18] UM, UH, WANTED TO TALK AND YOU.
[1:38:22] KNOW, UH UH, BRIAN, YOU.
[1:38:24] MENTIONED THE CURRENT VIOLENCE.
[1:38:26] I WE'D BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION
[1:38:27] WHAT HAPPENED IN, UH, THE
[1:38:29] PEACEFUL TOWN OF KEN SCARFE
[1:38:31] JUST A MONTH AGO WHERE GANGS
[1:38:34] BLUDGEONED AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY
[1:38:37] KILLING 47 PEOPLE, UM, INJURING
[1:38:41] MORE THAN 50.
[1:38:42] THESE ARE THE REALITIES THAT
[1:38:43] ARE NOT OUR PEOPLE, OUR FAMILY
[1:38:47] MEMBERS, OUR OUR COMMUNITIES
[1:38:49] ARE FACING, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE
[1:38:50] VERY REAL AND ARE VERY.
[1:38:53] LIKE AND SO, YOU KNOW, I I WANT
[1:38:56] TO UPLIFT THE WORK OF THE
[1:38:58] NATIONAL TPS COMMITTEE, DORIS
[1:38:59] AND UH, SO MANY INCREDIBLE
[1:39:01] PEOPLE.
[1:39:02] MY FATHER AND I HOPPED ON THE
[1:39:03] BUS WITH THEM TO GO DOWN AND
[1:39:05] PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME
[1:39:06] COURT.
[1:39:07] BUT WE'VE SEEN THIS
[1:39:09] ADMINISTRATION DO SOMETHING
[1:39:10] INTERESTING WITH EL SALVADOR
[1:39:12] TPS AND I'M WONDERING AND I
[1:39:15] WANT TPS EXTENDED FOR ALL
[1:39:17] OF THE COUNTRIES THAT CONTINUE
[1:39:18] TO HAVE THE COUNTRY CONDITIONS
[1:39:20] THAT WOULD ALLOW REQUIRE AN
[1:39:22] EXTENSION OF TPS.
[1:39:24] BUT BRIAN, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN
[1:39:25] TO US THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
[1:39:26] HOW THIS ADMINISTRATION IS
[1:39:28] TREATED, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE
[1:39:29] TALKING ABOUT COUNTRY
[1:39:30] CONDITIONS AND HOW IT'S HOW IT
[1:39:32] I'M LEADING YOU TO THIS IS A
[1:39:33] LEADING QUESTION WHAT THEY
[1:39:34] WOULD SAY IN A COURT BUT HOW IT
[1:39:36] JUST AFFIRMS THAT WHAT WE ARE
[1:39:38] SEEING IS RACISM ROOTED IN
[1:39:42] ANTI-BLACKNESS BECAUSE
[1:39:43] OTHERWISE NONE OF THIS MAKES
[1:39:44] SENSE.
[1:39:44] YOU.
[1:39:47] UM SURE.
[1:39:48] YOU KNOW, JUST ONE QUICK UPDATE
[1:39:49] ON THE KEN.
[1:39:50] SCOTT NUMBERS.
[1:39:51] UM, YOU KNOW, THE 47 IS WHAT
[1:39:53] WAS INITIALLY REPORTED.
[1:39:54] A REPORT JUST CAME OUT EARLIER
[1:39:55] THIS WEEK THAT WAS UH PUTTING
[1:39:57] AT 165 UM AFTER MORE THOROUGH
[1:40:00] INVESTIGATION REALLY HORRIFIC.
[1:40:01] IT WASN'T A SURPRISE THAT THAT
[1:40:03] MASSACRE HAPPENED LATE AUGUST.
[1:40:04] THERE BEEN A MASSACRE IN JULY.
[1:40:05] THERE HAVE BEEN MASSACRE IN
[1:40:07] JULY IN JANUARY OF 2025.
[1:40:09] AND KEN SCOTT WAS SUCH A
[1:40:10] CRITICAL AREA THAT THE U.S
[1:40:12] GOVERNMENT, THE U.N. AND HAITI
[1:40:13] GOT TOGETHER AND SAY THIS IS
[1:40:14] HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROTECT KEN
[1:40:15] SCOTT.
[1:40:16] BUT IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED
[1:40:17] THEY GOT RID OF 60% OF THE
[1:40:19] POLICE THAT THEY HAD SENT THERE
[1:40:20] TO PUT IN THAT PLAN.
[1:40:22] A WEEK BEFORE THE MASSACRE THEY
[1:40:23] TOOK OUT THE LAST ARMORED CAR
[1:40:24] BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POLICE
[1:40:25] OFFICER TO DRIVE IT.
[1:40:26] SO THAT JUST SHOWS HOW THE
[1:40:28] HAITIAN POLICE IS IS EITHER
[1:40:29] UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO PROVIDE
[1:40:32] ANY PROTECTION, YOU KNOW AND
[1:40:33] OF COURSE HAITI HAS BEEN WAS
[1:40:36] WAS THE FIRST TPS THAT THE
[1:40:37] PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED HE WAS
[1:40:38] GOING TO HE WAS GOING TO END.
[1:40:40] UH.
[1:40:41] MEAN A WEEK AFTER HE CAME
[1:40:43] INTO OFFICE.
[1:40:44] HE ACTUALLY YOU KNOW, BEFORE HE
[1:40:45] EVEN GOT ELECTED.
[1:40:46] SO IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020, UH
[1:40:49] THREE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
[1:40:51] ABOUT YOU KNOW, MAKING
[1:40:52] EXTREMELY RACIST AND VILE
[1:40:53] ACCUSATIONS ABOUT HAITIANS AND
[1:40:55] IN SPRINGFIELD, UM, OHIO.
[1:40:57] CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED WRONG BUT
[1:40:59] HE JUST KEPT MAKING UM AND SO
[1:41:01] THIS IS INSEPARABLE FROM FROM
[1:41:03] RACISM AND AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU
[1:41:05] KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S REASON TO
[1:41:06] HAVING TPS FOR EL SALVADOR BUT
[1:41:08] THERE'S NOWHERE WHAT THAT THE
[1:41:10] REASONS ARE AS COMPELLING AS
[1:41:11] THEY ARE FOR HAITI AND THERE'S
[1:41:14] NO GROUP NOW THE VENEZUELANS
[1:41:16] WERE LARGER THAN HATE THAN
[1:41:18] HAITI.
[1:41:18] BUT YOU KNOW, AFTER VENEZUELA
[1:41:20] HAITI IS BY FAR THE LARGEST
[1:41:21] GROUP OF TPS RECIPIENTS AND
[1:41:23] IT'S VERY CLEAR THEY'RE GOING
[1:41:25] UP AFTER HAITIANS.
[1:41:26] AND THEN WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT
[1:41:27] UH, PIERRE THOMAS BELTS, UM,
[1:41:30] YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS
[1:41:31] THAT THAT THAT UM THAT MADE HIM
[1:41:36] SO SAD AND DESPERATE WAS THE
[1:41:37] FACT THAT HE WAS WEARING ANKLE
[1:41:39] MONITOR AND THAT'S A DELIBERATE
[1:41:41] THAT THAT THAT WAS A
[1:41:43] DELIBERATELY PRODUCED RESULT
[1:41:44] OF THE STRATEGY.
[1:41:45] THEY DID NOT NEED AN ANKLE
[1:41:48] MONITOR TO FOLLOW HIM.
[1:41:49] HE WAS IN JUNIOR ROTC.
[1:41:51] HE WAS ON A SOCCER TEAM HE WAS
[1:41:52] ENROLLED IN IN PRE-MED CLASSES.
[1:41:54] HE WAS YOU KNOW, A VOLUNTEER.
[1:41:56] HE HAD A JOB.
[1:41:57] THEY COULD HAVE FOUND HIM
[1:41:58] OF ALL PEOPLE.
[1:41:59] UM, BUT THEY.
[1:42:00] DIDN'T NEED TO FIND HIM.
[1:42:02] THEY NEEDED HIM TO FEEL.
[1:42:05] DEHUMANIZED AND.
[1:42:06] UM.
[1:42:07] AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
[1:42:08] YEAH.
[1:42:09] THANK YOU.
[1:42:10] AND QUICKLY JUST TO MENTION
[1:42:12] ,UH, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
[1:42:13] RIGHT.
[1:42:13] NOW WITH.
[1:42:14] OPENING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
[1:42:17] PEOPLE FROM SOUTH AFRICA, WHITE
[1:42:18] PEOPLE FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO.
[1:42:20] COME TO THE US.
[1:42:21] AND EVERY SINGLE WEEK THEY ARE
[1:42:24] INCREASING THE NUMBERS OKAY FOR
[1:42:25] THEM TO COME.
[1:42:26] AND BEFORE THEY EVEN LEAD IS I
[1:42:29] MEAN HERE.
[1:42:30] EVERYTHING IS ALREADY WAITING
[1:42:32] FOR THEM.
[1:42:33] YOU KNOW EVEN THEIR WORK PERMIT
[1:42:35] IS WAITING FOR THEM BEFORE THEY
[1:42:37] EVEN LEAVE.
[1:42:38] COMPARED TO WHEN OUR PEOPLE
[1:42:39] WERE COMING HERE THEY HAD TO
[1:42:41] WAIT FOR MONTHS TO GET THE WORK
[1:42:43] PERMIT.
[1:42:44] THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR MONTHS TO
[1:42:45] GET ANY SPECIAL BENEFITS HERE
[1:42:48] WE ARE WITHIN THAT DECISION
[1:42:50] THAT IS OPENING DOORS TO SOUTH
[1:42:53] AFRICANS TO COME HERE WHITE
[1:42:55] STUFF UP AGAIN TO COME HERE
[1:42:56] WHILE CLOSING DOORS TO THEIR
[1:42:58] NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS HAITI.
[1:43:01] SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE THE
[1:43:02] THEY ARE HIDING ANYTHING IN
[1:43:04] TERMS OF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW
[1:43:05] THEIR DESIRE TO DISCRIMINATE
[1:43:07] AGAINST YOU KNOW, BLACK PEOPLE.
[1:43:08] DOCTOR GABO IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE
[1:43:11] AFTER THE.
[1:43:12] EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS
[1:43:15] ENACTED.
[1:43:15] THE FIRST THING THEY DID.
[1:43:17] WAS THEY GAVE THE WHITE FOLKS.
[1:43:20] HOMES AND.
[1:43:21] MORTGAGES AND PRECLUDED.
[1:43:23] BLACK FOLKS FROM EVEN.
[1:43:24] GETTING A MORTGAGE BUT.
[1:43:26] MORTGAGE THOSE THAT WERE
[1:43:27] QUALIFIED.
[1:43:28] MHM.
[1:43:28] UH UNTIL.
[1:43:29] COUNCIL WERE HERE.
[1:43:31] I MEAN I'LL.
[1:43:32] GIVE YOU FOUR MINUTES AND
[1:43:34] THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.
[1:43:35] WEBER BECAUSE I DIDN'T ASK ANY
[1:43:36] QUESTIONS EXACTLY.
[1:43:37] I KNOW YOU USE ALL YOUR TIME.
[1:43:39] I GOT GOING ONE QUESTION.
[1:43:41] WELL I'LL WAIT FOR SECOND
[1:43:42] BECAUSE I HAVE MORE.
[1:43:43] OKAY.
[1:43:43] COULD I.
[1:43:44] COULD COME HERE AND FOUR.
[1:43:48] MINUTES.
[1:43:48] AND AS YOU SHOULD RESPECT THE
[1:43:50] LEAD SPONSOR WHO HAS BEEN.
[1:43:52] DEDICATING A LOT OF HER TIME
[1:43:54] AND HER STAFF'S ENERGY TO
[1:43:56] SUPPORTING THIS ISSUE.
[1:43:57] SO I WOULD I WOULD I WOULD UH
[1:44:00] SECOND THE.
[1:44:01] YOU HAVE FOR.
[1:44:02] ME UH, I KNOW I'M USING MY FOUR
[1:44:05] MINUTES TO ADVOCATE FOR MY
[1:44:05] COLLEAGUES.
[1:44:06] YES I AGREE UH.
[1:44:08] OH HE'S TRYING TO CONTROL
[1:44:09] EVERYTHING HERE TODAY.
[1:44:10] UH, NORMALLY THAT'S MY ROLE.
[1:44:12] PLEASE STOP IT.
[1:44:13] YOU TAUGHT ME AND YOU TAUGHT
[1:44:15] ME.
[1:44:16] YOU KNOW AND YOU TAUGHT ME.
[1:44:19] OKAY, NOW YOU'RE USING MY TIME
[1:44:20] .
[1:44:21] OKAY?
[1:44:21] NO, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO
[1:44:23] THANK YOU ALL FOR IN THIS
[1:44:27] MOMENT WHERE WE'RE EXPERIENCING
[1:44:29] SO MUCH, IT'S ORGANIZATIONS
[1:44:31] LIKE YOURS THAT ARE STANDING IN
[1:44:33] THE FRONT LINE AND OFTENTIMES
[1:44:35] YOU DON'T KNOW EVEN KNOW WHERE
[1:44:36] TO GO.
[1:44:38] AND WE COME TO PEOPLE COME TO
[1:44:40] YOU AND THEN YOU HAVE TO
[1:44:41] REDIRECT THEM EVERYWHERE.
[1:44:42] I WANT TO FOCUS A LOT OF MY
[1:44:44] QUESTIONS AROUND THE SUPPORT UM
[1:44:47] AND FUNDING UM, BECAUSE I THINK
[1:44:51] THE CAPACITY IN THIS MOMENT IS
[1:44:54] GOING TO REQUIRE AND I KNOW UM,
[1:44:57] RONNIE, YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT
[1:45:00] WHAT THE CITY CAN BE DOING AND
[1:45:01] SO DID YOU.
[1:45:02] DOCTOR DJIBO AND I WOULD LIKE
[1:45:04] TO HEAR SPECIFICS.
[1:45:07] UM, IN TERMS OF NUMBERS LIKE
[1:45:11] HOW MANY PEOPLE I KNOW YOU HAD
[1:45:13] MENTIONED SOME NUMBERS AND I
[1:45:14] KNOW YOU BOTH, BUT NOW WHAT
[1:45:17] WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
[1:45:18] BECAUSE THE GRANTS HAVE COME
[1:45:19] OUT ALREADY NOW WE HAVE TO
[1:45:20] START THINKING ABOUT NEXT
[1:45:21] YEAR'S BUDGET IN TERMS
[1:45:23] OF REALLY MEETING THIS MOMENT.
[1:45:25] WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE
[1:45:27] FINANCIAL UM OUTLOOK LOOKS LIKE
[1:45:30] ?
[1:45:33] SO I MEAN AGAIN THE SITUATION
[1:45:35] THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW
[1:45:37] IT'S.
[1:45:38] SUCH AT.
[1:45:40] AN INCREDIBLE LEVEL OF YOU
[1:45:42] KNOW, UH UH UNKNOWN THAT IT'S
[1:45:45] ALMOST LIKE NO AMOUNT
[1:45:47] OF FUNDING WE'D BE ABLE TO
[1:45:48] REALLY HELP US TO DO WHAT WE
[1:45:50] ARE WE HAVE TO DO.
[1:45:51] BUT AGAIN, WE KNEW THAT WE MUST
[1:45:54] DO SOMETHING.
[1:45:55] SO THIS WEEK I THINK, UM, IS IT
[1:45:57] THIS WEEK OR LAST WEEK?
[1:45:58] UH, WE WERE ON THE CALL WITH
[1:45:59] BOTH YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING
[1:46:01] DEPARTMENT HERE, UH, THE
[1:46:03] COUNCIL ELECTION AND THE STATE
[1:46:05] TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
[1:46:06] SEEING EVERY WEEK CLOSE TO 20
[1:46:08] FAMILIES ARE COMING TO OUR
[1:46:10] DOORS.
[1:46:12] WHY?
[1:46:13] BECAUSE THEY RECEIVE AN
[1:46:14] EVICTION LETTER BECAUSE THEY
[1:46:16] CANNOT PAY THEIR RENT.
[1:46:17] AND BECAUSE AGAIN HOME BASE IS
[1:46:20] NO LONGER, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE
[1:46:21] TO THEM BECAUSE HOME IS A TWO
[1:46:23] YEAR PROGRAM WHERE THOSE PEOPLE
[1:46:25] HAVE ALREADY USED THEIR HOME
[1:46:27] BASE SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE
[1:46:28] SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO
[1:46:30] MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW THERE SO
[1:46:32] THINK ABOUT.
[1:46:33] UH IF SEE FOR EXAMPLE SERVING
[1:46:35] CLOSE TO 19,000 FAMILIES OVER
[1:46:38] THE COURSE OF 2024 TO 2025 AND
[1:46:41] OUT OF THOSE MATCHING TYSON,
[1:46:44] LET'S SAY THAT HALF OF THEM
[1:46:46] ONLY HAD TPS.
[1:46:47] SO YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WE HAVE
[1:46:49] YOU KNOW TPS IS GOOD FOR
[1:46:50] EVERYONE BUT SOME TPS FAMILIES
[1:46:53] APPLIED FOR SALEM AND BECAUSE
[1:46:55] THEY APPLY FOR ASYLUM SOME
[1:46:57] OF THEM WE SEE THAT WORK FOR
[1:46:58] ME TOO THAT SO THIS GROUP AGAIN
[1:47:00] ALTHOUGH THEY ARE STILL LIVING
[1:47:01] IN FEAR BECAUSE EVEN WHEN YOU
[1:47:03] HAVE A PENDING APPLICATION.
[1:47:05] UH I DOES THAT WE SPEAK THAT IS
[1:47:07] I MEAN IF THEY MEET YOU YOU
[1:47:09] KNOW, THEY TAKE YOU.
[1:47:10] SO LET'S SAY THAT HALF OF THEM
[1:47:12] HAD APPLY FOR ASYLUM BUT THE
[1:47:14] OTHER HALF WHEN THEY APPLY THEY
[1:47:16] DID NOT EVEN RECEIVE THEIR WORK
[1:47:18] PERMIT ON TIME.
[1:47:19] SO WHICH MEANS THAT THOSE ARE
[1:47:20] PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW WITHOUT
[1:47:22] WORK.
[1:47:23] SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT
[1:47:25] ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES WE WE
[1:47:26] RENTING AN APARTMENT AND NOW
[1:47:28] CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE
[1:47:30] RENT, CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOOD
[1:47:32] ON THEIR TABLE, CANNOT EVEN
[1:47:34] AFFORD TO HAVE LEGAL BECAUSE
[1:47:35] AGAIN, NO MATTER HOW YOU PUT IT
[1:47:38] UH MACY.
[1:47:39] IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB TO
[1:47:41] REPRESENT FAMILY IN THE COURT
[1:47:42] SYSTEM.
[1:47:42] BUT GUESS WHAT DEAR WAITLIST IS
[1:47:45] SO LONG THAT THERE IS NO WAY
[1:47:47] THAT THEY CAN REALLY SUPPORT
[1:47:49] EVERYONE AND THAT'S THE REASON
[1:47:50] WHY WE NEED TO BE NOTHING ELSE
[1:47:51] OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
[1:47:53] WHAT CAN WE DO?
[1:47:54] HOW DO WE BRING THOSE LAW FIRMS
[1:47:56] ?
[1:47:56] HOW DO WE BRING THOSE
[1:47:57] UNIVERSITIES?
[1:47:57] HOW DO WE BRING ALL OF THE
[1:47:59] SCHOOLS TO COME IN SUPPORT
[1:48:01] BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY THAT
[1:48:02] ANY ONE OF US CAN DO THIS WORK
[1:48:04] BUILT ON.
[1:48:05] SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
[1:48:06] FUNDING ESPECIALLY LIKE LAW FOR
[1:48:08] AN ORGANIZATION LIKE US BECAUSE
[1:48:11] WE IN ONE STOP SERVICE CENTER
[1:48:12] ORGANIZATION MEANING THAT WE
[1:48:14] ARE TOUCHING ON DIFFERENT AREAS
[1:48:16] OF SOMEONE'S LIFE, THERE IS
[1:48:18] ABSOLUTELY NO FUNDING THAT
[1:48:19] COULD HELP US DO THE WORK THAT
[1:48:21] WE ARE DOING IF WE DIDN'T HAVE
[1:48:23] VOLUNTEERS, IF WE DON'T HAVE,
[1:48:24] YOU KNOW, ALL THE NETWORK
[1:48:26] AROUND US WE WOULD HAVE CREWS
[1:48:28] OUT THOSE LONG TIME PEOPLE.
[1:48:29] SO YEAH.
[1:48:29] JUST IF YOU ALREADY.
[1:48:32] STARTED WE CAN GO FOREVER BUT.
[1:48:35] ABOUT UH.
[1:48:36] COUNSELOR MOORE HERE HAS JUST.
[1:48:38] FINISHED HER TIME.
[1:48:40] UH, YOU.
[1:48:41] CAN FINISH.
[1:48:41] HER ANSWER THEN WE'RE GOING
[1:48:43] TO MOVE ON.
[1:48:43] TO COUNCIL.
[1:48:44] WEBER AND.
[1:48:45] THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME
[1:48:46] BACK FOR A SECOND.
[1:48:46] ROUND AND WE'LL START WITH
[1:48:49] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.
[1:48:50] YOU KNOW I HAVE TO LEAVE SO
[1:48:51] IT'S OKAY.
[1:49:00] WELL AWKWARD BECAUSE I DO HAVE
[1:49:03] A HARD STOP SO I WANTED TO JUST
[1:49:04] FINISH AND I WANT TO THINK IS
[1:49:05] THAT OKAY?
[1:49:07] UM BUT YOU KNOW I THINK WHAT
[1:49:11] I'LL JUST END WITH I'M NOT
[1:49:12] GOING TO EVEN ASK ANOTHER
[1:49:13] QUESTION.
[1:49:13] I'LL JUST END WITH THIS IS THAT
[1:49:14] THIS WHOLE IDEA OF BEING
[1:49:16] INNOVATIVE AND THINKING OUTSIDE
[1:49:17] THE BOX IS EXACTLY THE TYPE
[1:49:20] OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WE SHOULD
[1:49:21] BE HAVING BECAUSE WE HAVE THE
[1:49:23] BCF CENTERS, WE HAVE THE YMCA,
[1:49:24] WE HAVE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
[1:49:26] THAT ARE NOT OPERATING AT NIGHT
[1:49:28] AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE
[1:49:30] FOR HOW DO WE UTILIZE SOME
[1:49:31] OF THE SPACES THAT WE HAVE
[1:49:33] PUBLICLY FOR SHELTER?
[1:49:36] YOU KNOW, I ALSO THINK THAT
[1:49:37] THERE ARE A LOT OF EMPTY UNITS
[1:49:39] OF RENTAL EMPTY UNITS BECAUSE
[1:49:41] LANDLORDS DON'T WANT TO RENT IN
[1:49:43] THIS MOMENT.
[1:49:43] HOW DO WE ENGAGE SOME OF THESE
[1:49:46] LANDLORDS?
[1:49:47] I THINK I WOULD BE INTERESTED
[1:49:49] IN THE ALTERNATIVES OF WHAT WE
[1:49:51] CAN BE DOING NOW BECAUSE NO
[1:49:54] AMOUNT OF MONEY IS GOING TO
[1:49:56] SOLVE IT.
[1:49:56] SO THEN WE NEED TO REALLY START
[1:49:57] TAPPING INTO THE GREATER
[1:49:58] COMMUNITY.
[1:49:59] I'M NOT GOING TO ASK ANY
[1:50:00] QUESTIONS BECAUSE I WANT TO BE
[1:50:01] RESPECTFUL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND
[1:50:02] THANK YOU.
[1:50:03] THANK YOU COUNCIL MAYOR.
[1:50:05] COUNCIL WEBER.
[1:50:06] SURE THING.
[1:50:07] THANK YOU.
[1:50:08] SO, UM OKAY, JUST TO START UH,
[1:50:12] SO FOR MR CONCANNON, YOU
[1:50:14] MENTIONED THREE DEMOCRATS HAD
[1:50:16] SIGNED UP IN THE SENATE HAVE
[1:50:19] NOT SIGNED YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED
[1:50:20] WHO WHO ARE THEY?
[1:50:21] UM, SENATOR BALDWIN, SENATOR
[1:50:25] PETERS AND.
[1:50:26] SENATOR KELLY.
[1:50:27] OKAY.
[1:50:27] AND THEN UH, BECAUSE I, I, I, I
[1:50:31] PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THE THE
[1:50:33] PHONE CALLING THAT UH THAT
[1:50:35] EVERYONE SET UP AND THANK YOU
[1:50:37] I'M SURE THE CALL FROM THE
[1:50:38] DISTRICT SIX CITY
[1:50:39] COUNCILOR DIDN'T SWAY ANYONE.
[1:50:41] UH, I'M HAPPY TO KEEP DOING
[1:50:43] THAT.
[1:50:43] AND, UH, SOMEBODY WHO'S LIVED
[1:50:46] IN TENNESSEE AND WENT TO LAW
[1:50:48] SCHOOL IN IOWA, I KNOW PLENTY
[1:50:50] OF PEOPLE WHO WERE DATING
[1:50:52] SOMEBODY WHO USED TO KNOW
[1:50:53] SOMEBODY WHO WORKS IN PEOPLE'S
[1:50:55] OFFICES.
[1:50:55] SO I'M GOING TO I'M.
[1:50:57] HAPPY TO TRY.
[1:50:58] PARTICULARLY GOOD BECAUSE
[1:50:58] THERE'S A THERE'S A ELECTORALLY
[1:51:01] VULNERABLE REPUBLICAN.
[1:51:03] YEAH.
[1:51:04] NO I HAVE A FORMER CLASSMATES
[1:51:05] ARE RUNNING FOR ATTORNEY
[1:51:06] GENERAL ONE UM ANYWAY SO I'M
[1:51:10] HAPPY TO HELP THERE UH UM I
[1:51:13] GUESS SO JUST IN TERMS OF I
[1:51:18] THINK THIS IS UH MAYBE MORE FOR
[1:51:20] UH, MR MENTOR BUT UH AND DOCTOR
[1:51:23] GABEL, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT
[1:51:25] WE CAN THAT YOU CAN FILE NOW
[1:51:27] WHICH PRESERVES PEOPLE'S RIGHTS
[1:51:30] FOR ME, I JUST I DID SOME
[1:51:32] ASYLUM CASES AS A LAW STUDENT.
[1:51:34] UH, YOU WOULD I BUT.
[1:51:37] UM.
[1:51:38] YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE MOST
[1:51:40] EFFECTIVE TOOL TO BE LIKE?
[1:51:42] IS THERE ONE AND, UH, I GUESS
[1:51:44] ONE I WAS THINKING OF IS GUEST
[1:51:46] WORKER STATUS FOR EMPLOYERS
[1:51:47] SHOULD THE EMPLOYERS BE FILING
[1:51:50] SOMETHING?
[1:51:51] UH, BUT I'M JUST INTERESTED IN
[1:51:52] LIKE, YOU KNOW.
[1:51:54] THEN YOU.
[1:51:54] CAME FROM THE LAW SIDE.
[1:51:55] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING
[1:51:56] THESE LAW FIRMS IN THERE.
[1:51:57] BUT WHAT SHOULD WE BE?
[1:51:59] WHAT DO WE WANT THEM TO BE
[1:52:00] DOING?
[1:52:02] UM, YEAH.
[1:52:03] I MEAN.
[1:52:04] THE TRUE ANSWER IS.
[1:52:06] I'M NOT, UH, A.
[1:52:07] LAW EXPERT MYSELF.
[1:52:09] UM, AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO
[1:52:10] GIVE AN ANSWER THAT WOULD.
[1:52:12] SATISFY YOU HERE.
[1:52:13] UM.
[1:52:15] THE TRUTH IS.
[1:52:16] I MEAN, THE.
[1:52:17] REALITY IS.
[1:52:18] THERE'S NOT MUCH RIGHT, UH,
[1:52:21] FOR AN ISSUE.
[1:52:22] THAT WE FEEL.
[1:52:23] HAS TO BE RESOLVED AT THE
[1:52:25] FEDERAL LEVEL.
[1:52:26] UM.
[1:52:27] AND SO.
[1:52:28] I CAN I CAN CHECK WITH OUR.
[1:52:30] ATTORNEY STAFF, UH, AND GET
[1:52:32] BACK TO YOU.
[1:52:32] BUT I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I
[1:52:34] DID, NOT I THE HARDEST PART
[1:52:36] ABOUT PRACTICING IMMIGRATION
[1:52:38] LAW WAS LIKE YOU'RE.
[1:52:39] YOU'RE YOU'RE.
[1:52:40] YOU'RE NOT GOING BEFORE LIKE AN
[1:52:42] IMPARTIAL JUDGE.
[1:52:43] YOU'RE GOING IN LIKE YOU'RE
[1:52:44] PLAYING ON THEIR FIELD AND
[1:52:46] YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO DO
[1:52:48] SOMETHING.
[1:52:49] I NEVER ENJOYED THAT.
[1:52:51] IT'S A YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY IT'S
[1:52:52] VERY DIFFICULT FIGHT AND I
[1:52:54] THINK EVERYONE WHO GOES INTO
[1:52:56] THAT SORRY.
[1:52:56] CAN I SAID ONE QUICK.
[1:52:58] UH UH RESPONSE TO THAT.
[1:53:00] SO THERE'S UM A.
[1:53:01] GROUP.
[1:53:01] OF IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ARE
[1:53:02] PREPARING WHAT'S CALLED A UM UM
[1:53:05] AN OMNIBUS MOTION TO PREVENT
[1:53:08] ALL DEPORTATIONS TO HAITI.
[1:53:10] THEY'RE ACTUALLY.
[1:53:11] HOPING TO GET THAT DONE THIS
[1:53:12] WEEK.
[1:53:12] YES.
[1:53:13] UM, AND THE IDEA IS THEY'RE
[1:53:14] GOING TO GET IT OUT TO
[1:53:15] EVERYBODY AND EVERY IMMIGRATION
[1:53:16] LAWYER WANTS TO AT EVERY
[1:53:18] HEARING CAN GO IN AND SAY, YOU
[1:53:20] KNOW, AND THEN THE LETTER
[1:53:21] BASICALLY SAYS THAT IT'S
[1:53:22] COMPLETELY.
[1:53:23] LEGALLY AND MORALLY UNJUSTIFIED
[1:53:24] TO SEND ANYBODY BACK TO HAITI.
[1:53:26] IT'S NOT GOING TO CONVINCE ALL
[1:53:27] THE JUDGES THEY'RE HOPING THAT
[1:53:28] IT MIGHT CONVINCE SOME.
[1:53:29] BUT JUST YOU KNOW, IT'S ANOTHER
[1:53:30] TOOL.
[1:53:31] IN THE TOOLBOX.
[1:53:31] YEAH.
[1:53:32] OKAY.
[1:53:32] AND THEN WHAT ABOUT I MEAN
[1:53:34] SO FROM THE EMPLOYER SIDE I
[1:53:36] MEAN THEY CAN THEY CAN FILE FOR
[1:53:38] GUEST WORKER PROTECTION.
[1:53:39] THEY THEY CAN SAY I NEED I NEED
[1:53:41] THIS THESE PEOPLE OR THIS
[1:53:44] PERSON TO BE LIKE THE FOREIGN
[1:53:46] GUEST WORKER AND THAT GIVES
[1:53:47] THEM I THINK WORKER
[1:53:48] AUTHORIZATION I JUST AS ANY ANY
[1:53:52] DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT UM.
[1:53:55] I THINK THAT'S DIFFICULT I'VE
[1:53:56] BEEN INVOLVED IN A COUPLE
[1:53:57] OF CASES OF THEM AND IT'S A
[1:53:59] HIGH BAR.
[1:53:59] YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT THERE'S.
[1:54:00] NO NO.
[1:54:01] DON'T WANT TO FILL OUT.
[1:54:02] THAT POSITION.
[1:54:03] NO, I MEAN I REPRESENTED
[1:54:04] MIGRANT FARMWORKERS AND A LOT
[1:54:06] OF THE GUEST WORKERS H-2A, H-2A
[1:54:07] H-2B WORKERS AND.
[1:54:09] THIS IS PRETTY MUCH RUBBER
[1:54:11] STAMPED.
[1:54:11] YOU JUST SAY LIKE I PUT AN AD
[1:54:13] IN THE YOU KNOW, IN THE I DON'T
[1:54:16] KNOW, LIKE CAT FANCY MAGAZINE
[1:54:18] FOR CONTINGENT WORKERS AND
[1:54:19] NOBODY RESPONDED THEREFORE
[1:54:20] THERE'S NOBODY WANTS TO DO THIS
[1:54:22] WORK BUT UH.
[1:54:23] BUT BUT WE DO NEED EMPLOYERS
[1:54:24] TO STEP UP BECAUSE AGAIN UH,
[1:54:26] YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN THAT
[1:54:29] DESPITE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS
[1:54:30] GOING ON WE HAVE SEEN SOME
[1:54:32] SIGNS, YOU KNOW, OF VICTORY,
[1:54:34] YOU KNOW, IN THE IN THE COURT
[1:54:35] BECAUSE PEOPLE DO STEP UP.
[1:54:37] SO WHEN YOU TAKE THE FOR
[1:54:39] EXAMPLE THE HEALTH CARE
[1:54:39] INDUSTRY VOTE FOR EXAMPLE ON
[1:54:41] THE IMPACT OF LOSING SO MANY
[1:54:44] WORKERS.
[1:54:45] SO WE NEED ALL OF THE MAJOR
[1:54:47] EMPLOYERS TO START, YOU KNOW,
[1:54:49] SPEAKING OUT LOUD TO SAY THAT
[1:54:52] THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE CAN
[1:54:53] CONTINUE TO TO WORK LIKE THIS
[1:54:55] AND I THINK UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN
[1:54:57] WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE
[1:54:58] ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TERMINATION
[1:55:01] IF ALL OF THE MAJOR EMPLOYERS
[1:55:03] WHERE TO RAISE THEIR VOICE IN
[1:55:04] TO DO SOMETHING, I BELIEVE THAT
[1:55:07] THEY WILL FIND, YOU KNOW, WAYS
[1:55:09] TO SUPPORT THE WORKERS THAT
[1:55:10] THEY ARE LOSING.
[1:55:11] BUT AGAIN, PEOPLE NEED TO YOU
[1:55:13] KNOW, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THE
[1:55:15] COURAGE TO STAND UP AND SAY
[1:55:17] LET'S LET'S LET'S DO IT.
[1:55:20] UM YEAH.
[1:55:20] AND I UH I THINK AS YOU'RE
[1:55:22] TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S
[1:55:24] HAPPENING WITH WHITE SOUTH
[1:55:25] AFRICANS, YOU KNOW, REFUGEES
[1:55:27] AND IT'S A I'M PRETTY SURE THAT
[1:55:30] WHEN THE THE THE INITIAL
[1:55:33] CHALLENGES TO THE TERMINATION
[1:55:34] OF TPS STATUS THAT THERE WERE
[1:55:36] LIKE COURT DECISIONS FINDING
[1:55:39] LIKE ON THE RECORD OR ON A
[1:55:41] SUMMARY JUDGMENT RECORD THAT
[1:55:42] THE REASON FOR TERMINATING THEM
[1:55:44] WAS BASED ON RACIAL YEAH
[1:55:46] RACISM.
[1:55:47] YEAH RACIAL ANIMUS OR
[1:55:48] SOMETHING.
[1:55:49] UM AND SO I THINK IT'S LIKE IT
[1:55:52] JUST IT'S PLAIN THAT THE ONLY
[1:55:55] JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS IS JUST
[1:55:57] .
[1:55:58] IT'S JUST.
[1:55:58] FLAT OUT RACISM AND YOU KNOW,
[1:56:01] WE SEE YOU KNOW, LIKE WITH UH
[1:56:04] YOU KNOW, WITH THE ANKLE
[1:56:05] MONITORS AND THE WAY PEOPLE ARE
[1:56:07] GETTING DETAINED NEAR SCHOOLS
[1:56:10] OR LAUNDROMATS OR YOU KNOW, UH,
[1:56:13] THAT JUST IS JUST THERE'S THE
[1:56:14] INTENTION HERE IS TO INFLICT
[1:56:17] PAIN.
[1:56:18] UH, AND.
[1:56:19] SO THAT'S WHY I MEAN, I YOU
[1:56:20] KNOW, I JUST WANT TO.
[1:56:23] THANK COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[1:56:25] HONESTLY FOR LEADING AND AND
[1:56:28] WE'RE YOU KNOW, I'M WHEREVER
[1:56:30] WHATEVER HOUSE WE ARE GOING TO
[1:56:32] I'LL I'LL BE BEHIND YOU.
[1:56:34] UH, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S ON FIRE
[1:56:35] AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I
[1:56:37] JUST WANT TO THANK THE
[1:56:38] PANELISTS I I HAVE SOME MORE
[1:56:39] QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, I I KNOW I
[1:56:41] DON'T WANT TO TAKE.
[1:56:42] ANY CHANCE.
[1:56:43] I'M AWARE I'M AWARE OF THE I
[1:56:44] CAN SEE I CAN SEE THAT FAR.
[1:56:46] AND I DID GIVE YOU EXTRA TIME.
[1:56:49] UH, I THINK THANK YOU VERY
[1:56:51] MUCH.
[1:56:51] WE HAVE ONE, UH, PERSON THAT
[1:56:57] WILL PRESENT FOR TWO MINUTES
[1:56:59] ON.
[1:57:01] ZOOM.
[1:57:04] AND THEN WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK
[1:57:08] TO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
[1:57:23] UH MISS THAT.
[1:57:31] IT OKAY.
[1:57:31] YOU GUYS HEAR ME?
[1:57:34] YES.
[1:57:36] UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
[1:57:38] UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE
[1:57:39] OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY AND BE A
[1:57:41] FEW OF MY COMMUNITY.
[1:57:43] UH, MY NAME IS GUITAR SAID THAT
[1:57:44] I'M A JOURNALIST AND ACTIVIST
[1:57:46] IN THE ASIAN COMMUNITY.
[1:57:48] UM, I WOULD JUST I WILL USE MY
[1:57:51] TWO MINUTES TO DESCRIBE THE
[1:57:52] SITUATION THAT WE HAVE MADE
[1:57:53] KNOWN TO HAITI.
[1:57:54] UH, MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
[1:57:56] HERE IN THE LEFT HAITI.
[1:57:58] WHAT HAPPENED?
[1:57:58] YOU HAVE GREAT.
[1:57:59] AND IT CAME HERE LIKE, UH BUT
[1:58:01] PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS GOING TO
[1:58:02] ATTEND THE TPS, YOU KNOW, TO
[1:58:05] SEE IF THEY CAN LIKE HELP THE
[1:58:06] FAMILY BACK HOME.
[1:58:08] BUT MONTH AFTER MONTH HE UP TO
[1:58:10] THE COUNTRY STILL THE SAME.
[1:58:12] WE HAVE LIKE UH POLITICAL
[1:58:14] INSTABILITY AND THAT NEVER
[1:58:15] CHANGE.
[1:58:15] WE GOT SOME CORRUPT GOVERNMENT
[1:58:17] AND I NEVER DO ANYTHING FOR THE
[1:58:19] COUNTRY.
[1:58:20] SO THOSE PEOPLE UM THEY ARE
[1:58:22] DOCTORS, NURSES, ENGINEERS, UM
[1:58:25] ELECTRICIAN TECHNICIANS UM HVAC
[1:58:28] AC TECHNICIANS THEY'RE NOT THE
[1:58:29] PEOPLE THAT LIKE OH DID LIKE
[1:58:30] JUST JUST ONE DUMB PEOPLE AND
[1:58:32] THEY CAME IN NOT BECAUSE THEY
[1:58:34] CAME BECAUSE THEY LOOKING FOR
[1:58:35] LIKE ME TO STAY OR STEAL OR USE
[1:58:38] THE GOVERNMENT FUNDING HERE
[1:58:40] JUST BECAUSE IT WAS LOOKING FOR
[1:58:41] US FOR A PLACE SAFE, YOU KNOW,
[1:58:43] TO STAY WITH THE KIDS AND THEN
[1:58:45] TO GET A UH A BETTER FUTURE.
[1:58:47] SO AS I'M TALKING RIGHT NOW,
[1:58:49] THE PLACE THAT THEY USED TO
[1:58:50] LEAVE THE AREA THAT THEY USED
[1:58:52] TO LEAVE UH, TAKING BACK GAME.
[1:58:56] SO EVEN THOUGH THEY EVEN THOUGH
[1:58:57] THEY DECIDED TO GO BACK THEY
[1:58:58] DON'T HAVE NOWHERE TO STAY EVEN
[1:58:59] THOUGH IT'S THEIR COUNTRY THEIR
[1:59:02] HOUSE IS DESTROYED THE WAY THE
[1:59:04] GOING TAKE THE COUNTRY, EVERY
[1:59:05] AREA THEY OPERATE.
[1:59:08] YOU CANNOT IF YOU LIVE IN THE
[1:59:10] AREA YOU IF YOU GO IF YOU HAVE
[1:59:11] TO GO OUT YOU HAVE TO ASK THEM
[1:59:13] FOR PERMISSION.
[1:59:13] IF YOU HAVE TO COME TO UP TO
[1:59:15] THE HERE WE HAVE THE WE HAVE TO
[1:59:17] ASK THEM FOR PERMISSION SO IT'S
[1:59:18] NOT SAFE AT ALL FOR SOMEONE WHO
[1:59:20] LIVES IN THE US FOR TEN, 15, 20
[1:59:23] YEARS TO SEND BACK TO THIS
[1:59:25] COUNTRY.
[1:59:26] YES IT'S A IT'S THE COUNTRY WE
[1:59:28] WANT THEY WANT TO GO BACK.
[1:59:30] SO THAT WAY THAT'S WHERE THEY
[1:59:32] BELONG.
[1:59:32] THEY UNDERSTAND THAT BUT AS
[1:59:34] OF RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT SAFE FOR
[1:59:36] ANYONE ANYONE TO GO THERE.
[1:59:40] SO RECENTLY THERE WAS A WOMAN
[1:59:41] THAT IS THE DESCENT BACK THERE.
[1:59:44] SO TWO DAYS AFTER SHE GOT
[1:59:45] KIDNAPED AND KILLED WHILE SHE
[1:59:48] WAS LIVING HERE FOR 15 YEARS,
[1:59:51] SHE GOT TO AFTER TWO DAYS TO
[1:59:53] GET KIDNAPED BEEN KILLED.
[1:59:56] SO IMAGINE THAT YOUR SISTER
[2:00:01] HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
[2:00:02] IMAGINE THAT YOUR BLOOD THEY
[2:00:04] HAVE TO GO TO THAT.
[2:00:08] SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING GUYS YOU
[2:00:09] GUYS CAN DO TO HELP THIS
[2:00:12] COMMUNITY TO SURVIVE RIGHT NOW
[2:00:14] BECAUSE WAY NOW IT'S ALL
[2:00:16] DEPRESSION.
[2:00:18] PEOPLE ARE FEAR.
[2:00:19] THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO
[2:00:20] CHURCH.
[2:00:21] THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE AND NOW
[2:00:23] THEY START LOSING HOUSE THAT
[2:00:25] THEY THAT THEY PUT THAT THEY
[2:00:27] WORK HARD FOR YEARS TO SAVE
[2:00:30] MONEY AND THEY ABOUT TO LOSE
[2:00:32] THOSE EFFORT.
[2:00:34] SO IT'S LIKE WHEN WE WHEN WHEN
[2:00:36] THEY LEFT HAITI THEY COME HERE
[2:00:38] TO START FROM ZERO.
[2:00:39] AND UP.
[2:00:40] SO NOW YOU WANT TO SEND THEM
[2:00:41] BACK TO START FROM ZERO IN
[2:00:42] OF HOW OLD THEY ARE.
[2:00:44] SO THINK ABOUT IT HOW YOU GUYS
[2:00:46] CAN DO.
[2:00:47] I KNOW THIS IS UH A FEDERAL
[2:00:50] LEVEL THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
[2:00:52] RESOLVED.
[2:00:52] BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN PUT
[2:00:54] PRESSURE OR IN THE CITY WHAT WE
[2:00:56] CAN DO TO HELP THESE PEOPLE TO
[2:00:57] FEEL SAFE.
[2:00:58] AS OF YESTERDAY, I SPENT THE
[2:01:00] WHOLE DAY IN BROCKTON CREATING
[2:01:03] FEAR IN THE COMMUNITY.
[2:01:05] YOU BET FOR THE SAME TEAM SO
[2:01:08] THEY DON'T RESPECT ANYTHING AT
[2:01:09] ALL.
[2:01:10] I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN DO
[2:01:12] ANYTHING TO ENFORCE THIS SO
[2:01:13] THAT YOU CAN AT LEAST SLOW THEM
[2:01:14] DOWN.
[2:01:15] I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN STOP THEM
[2:01:17] BUT THERE'S A WAY TO SLOW THEM
[2:01:18] DOWN.
[2:01:19] SO THIS COMMUNITY THEY NEED
[2:01:20] HELP.
[2:01:20] WE KNOW IT'S ELECTION TIME.
[2:01:24] SO THE COMMUNITY OF THE
[2:01:26] COMMUNITY IS WATCHING.
[2:01:27] WE'RE SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY.
[2:01:29] WE ARE WATCHING.
[2:01:31] WHO'S THERE FOR US?
[2:01:33] WHO'S ALWAYS THE HAND FOR US TO
[2:01:36] SURVIVE THIS CRISIS?
[2:01:39] WE DON'T WANT TO WE WE DIDN'T
[2:01:41] COME HERE BY CHOICE.
[2:01:43] WE COME HERE BY FORCE.
[2:01:46] OUR LEADERS BACK HOME.
[2:01:47] THEY DON'T DO A GOOD JOB EVERY
[2:01:49] TIME THEY TAKE POWER.
[2:01:50] AND MOST OF THE TIME THE US
[2:01:52] GOVERNMENT ARE THE ONES WHO
[2:01:53] PICK AND CHOOSE, WHO HAVE TO GO
[2:01:55] TO WHO HAVE TO BE THE PRESIDENT
[2:01:57] OF HAITI.
[2:01:58] THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED AND THAT'S
[2:02:00] THE REASON THE COUNTRY BECOME
[2:02:02] WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE AND
[2:02:03] WORSE.
[2:02:03] WE CAN'T LEAVE ANYTHING.
[2:02:07] SO PLEASE GUYS, IF THERE'S
[2:02:08] SOMETHING YOU CAN DO, DO IT
[2:02:10] BECAUSE WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT
[2:02:12] HAVE KIDS HERE THAT GIVES UP 16
[2:02:14] YEAR LIKE 16 YEARS, 17 YEARS, 5
[2:02:19] OR 5 YEARS OLD YOU'RE GOING TO
[2:02:20] SEND THOSE BACK.
[2:02:22] HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GO TO
[2:02:23] SCHOOL?
[2:02:23] HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO LIKE
[2:02:25] THERE'S A COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T
[2:02:26] HAVE ANY INFRASTRUCTURE.
[2:02:28] NOTHING AT ALL.
[2:02:30] SO I KNOW THEY ARE TALKING
[2:02:31] ABOUT ELECTION.
[2:02:32] THERE'S NO WAY THIS ELECTION
[2:02:34] WOULD BE FAIR IF THIS IF THE IF
[2:02:37] IT HAPPEN IS GOING TO BE THE
[2:02:39] SAME HOLDING THE U.S GOVERNMENT
[2:02:41] GOING TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHO
[2:02:42] THEY NEED TO BE THE PRESIDENT
[2:02:45] WHO THEY CAN HAVE EASY ACCESS
[2:02:47] TO, WHO CAN DO THE JOB.
[2:02:48] PLEASE WRAP UP.
[2:02:51] SO PLEASE IF YOU GUYS CAN DO
[2:02:55] SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
[2:02:56] TO HELP THE HAITIAN WHO LIVES
[2:02:59] HERE IN IN BOSTON,
[2:03:00] MASSACHUSETTS UH, IT'S AN
[2:03:02] EMERGENCY.
[2:03:02] DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
[2:03:04] THANK YOU.
[2:03:04] THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
[2:03:06] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[2:03:14] THIS.
[2:03:15] THOSE YOUNG.
[2:03:16] WE'LL GIVE YOU FIVE MINUTES.
[2:03:19] THANK YOU.
[2:03:20] UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS FOR
[2:03:22] MORONI.
[2:03:22] WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AND
[2:03:24] MAKES YOU OBVIOUSLY HAS THIS
[2:03:26] BACKLOG.
[2:03:26] WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE RIGHT
[2:03:28] NOW IN TERMS OF GETTING
[2:03:29] ADDITIONAL THE NECESSARY
[2:03:30] FUNDING FROM THE LEGISLATURE TO
[2:03:33] FURTHER FUND AND SUPPORT AND
[2:03:35] MAKE UM.
[2:03:38] YEAH.
[2:03:38] BECAUSE IT'S IT'S WHEN THE
[2:03:39] BACKLOG IS TOO MUCH.
[2:03:41] SO WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS?
[2:03:41] ARE THERE CONVERSATIONS
[2:03:42] HAPPENING NOW TO HELP MITIGATE
[2:03:43] SOME OF THAT BACKLOG?
[2:03:44] YEAH I MEAN OBVIOUSLY IDEAL
[2:03:48] IDEALLY WE WOULD LOVE TO PASS
[2:03:50] THE BILL ITSELF RIGHT SO FOLKS
[2:03:52] NEED TO UNDERSTAND MAY SEE IS
[2:03:54] AN INITIATIVE THAT CAME OUT
[2:03:55] OF THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEFENSE
[2:03:57] ACT THAT MIRA IS PUSHING.
[2:04:00] UM AND SO WHILE THE LEGISLATURE
[2:04:04] HAS BEEN SLOW AND HESITANT TO
[2:04:06] PASSING THE BILL, THEY HAVE
[2:04:08] COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO FUND
[2:04:09] THE PROGRAM.
[2:04:10] UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY A BUDGET
[2:04:12] UM, LINE ITEM WHICH IS WHICH IS
[2:04:14] WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT.
[2:04:15] UM, AND SO OUR HOPE IS THAT AS
[2:04:19] WE START THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE
[2:04:20] SESSION WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER
[2:04:22] ASK FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
[2:04:24] SO RIGHT NOW HOW THE PROGRAM IS
[2:04:26] FUNDED UM, AT $7 MILLION AND SO
[2:04:30] THE HOPE THAT WE CAN COME TO
[2:04:31] BACK TO THE LEGISLATURE WHEN
[2:04:33] THIS SESSION STARTS AGAIN TO
[2:04:34] ASK FOR HOPEFULLY TO DOUBLE UM
[2:04:36] ,THAT BUT I THINK ALSO EVEN
[2:04:39] THOUGH WE ADVOCATE AND HAVE THE
[2:04:41] FUNDING, I THINK WE ALSO NEED
[2:04:43] TO THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW, HOW
[2:04:44] CAN WE UTILIZE THIS FUNDING TO
[2:04:46] ALSO BRING IN MORE FOLKS IN THE
[2:04:47] FIELD BECAUSE EVEN WITH THE
[2:04:49] FUNDING THERE'S HUGE SHORTAGE
[2:04:51] OF LAWYERS.
[2:04:52] THANK YOU.
[2:04:53] THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING
[2:04:54] TO QUICKLY MENTION.
[2:04:55] FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THIS WEEK WE
[2:04:57] HAD UH A COUPLE OF CLIENTS THE
[2:05:01] WENT UH TO THE PORTAL AND
[2:05:04] APPLIED BECAUSE THEY HAD ENOUGH
[2:05:05] FOR THE MERCY BECAUSE THERE IS
[2:05:07] FOR THE WAY YOU CAN GO AND SEE
[2:05:09] THAT YOU NEED HELP.
[2:05:10] SO UH, THEY DID THAT FROM A
[2:05:12] MONTH AGO, RIGHT?
[2:05:13] AND THEN THEIR APPOINTMENT WAS
[2:05:15] UH WHEN ONE OF THEM WAS ON
[2:05:16] MONDAY, THE OTHER ONE WAS ON
[2:05:17] TUESDAY.
[2:05:18] AND SO WE HAVE WE DO HAVE A
[2:05:20] MISSY, YOU KNOW, ATTORNEY AT
[2:05:22] OUR OFFICE, YOU KNOW, TO HELP
[2:05:24] FACILITATE THIS THING.
[2:05:24] SO I EMAILED UM, MY LAWYER AND
[2:05:28] I SAID WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP
[2:05:29] THOSE TWO BECAUSE AGAIN IT'S
[2:05:30] BEEN A MONTH.
[2:05:31] AND SHE SAID UNFORTUNATELY NO.
[2:05:33] AND WE SAID WE NEED TO CALL
[2:05:35] THESE PEOPLE AND FIND OUT WHAT
[2:05:36] WAS GOING ON.
[2:05:36] THEY WENT ON THEIR OWN TO THOSE
[2:05:38] APPOINTMENTS AND WE KNOW WHAT
[2:05:42] IT MEANS WHEN YOU GO WITHOUT A
[2:05:43] LAWYER.
[2:05:44] SO EVEN WHEN MISSY AND THAT'S
[2:05:46] USING I'M REALLY PUSHING FOR
[2:05:48] THE FOR THIS IDEA OF THINKING
[2:05:50] OUTSIDE OF THE BOX BECAUSE EVEN
[2:05:52] IF MISSY HAD $100 MILLION WE'RE
[2:05:55] TALKING ABOUT NOW PEOPLE NEED
[2:05:57] HELP NOW IT'S NOT IN TWO
[2:05:58] MONTHS.
[2:05:59] IT'S THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
[2:06:01] RECEIVING LETTERS FOR THEM TO
[2:06:03] GO TO COURT TO GO AND MEET.
[2:06:05] SO THOSE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW IT'S
[2:06:06] ALMOST LIKE THEIR LIFE IS IN
[2:06:08] DANGER BECAUSE THEY CANNOT FIND
[2:06:10] WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LAWYERS TO
[2:06:12] GO WITH THEM.
[2:06:12] SO WE NEED TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT
[2:06:15] HOW DO WE.
[2:06:17] WIN OTHER RESOURCES ALONG WITH
[2:06:19] MISSY TO SUPPORT DISABILITY
[2:06:20] BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT NEXT
[2:06:22] MONTH.
[2:06:22] WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY THAT
[2:06:23] THOSE PEOPLE NEEDED YOU KNOW,
[2:06:25] LEGAL SUPPORT.
[2:06:26] SO IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, JUST
[2:06:27] ABOUT FUNDING.
[2:06:28] IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE EVEN UH WE
[2:06:31] CREATE YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM TO
[2:06:32] REALLY HAVE OTHERS TO COME AND
[2:06:33] JOIN IN SUPPORT WITH FAMILIES.
[2:06:35] YEAH.
[2:06:36] I MEAN IT'S A LOT
[2:06:37] OF HAND-HOLDING, RIGHT?
[2:06:38] LIKE WE CAN'T LET ANYONE FALL
[2:06:39] THROUGH THE CRACKS.
[2:06:39] YEAH.
[2:06:40] WE GOTTA BY HOOK OR BY CROOK
[2:06:41] FIND PEOPLE THAT DO THIS IN
[2:06:43] THESE SITUATIONS.
[2:06:44] I'M WONDERING, UM, A DOJ
[2:06:46] ACCREDITATION IS ALSO SOMETHING
[2:06:48] THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO.
[2:06:49] I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON IT TOO,
[2:06:50] MORONI.
[2:06:52] YEAH.
[2:06:53] OR DOJ ACCREDITATION SO THAT
[2:06:55] THERE'S NOT JUST BEYOND IT
[2:06:56] COULD JUST BE BEYOND LAWYERS
[2:06:57] RIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S.
[2:06:58] SO YEAH YEAH YEAH EXACTLY.
[2:06:59] SO I MEAN YEAH DOJ ACQUISITION
[2:07:02] IS IS ONE OF THE UM UH MORE
[2:07:06] EFFICIENT WAY FOR US TO SUPPORT
[2:07:07] FAMILIES ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY
[2:07:09] CAN BE SUPERVISED BY AN
[2:07:11] ATTORNEY.
[2:07:11] SO YOU COULD HAVE SIX, SEVEN,
[2:07:13] TEN, YOU KNOW, UH, DOG EQUITY
[2:07:15] PEOPLE WITH ONE SUPERVISOR AS
[2:07:18] LONG AS THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT TO
[2:07:19] DO, THEY CAN HELP A LOT
[2:07:21] OF FAMILIES.
[2:07:21] SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE
[2:07:22] HAVE TO REALLY BE THINKING
[2:07:24] ABOUT OUTSIDE OF THE BOX TO
[2:07:25] BRING MORE RESOURCES TO A
[2:07:27] COMMUNITY THAT IS REALLY IN
[2:07:28] DIRE NEED.
[2:07:29] YEAH.
[2:07:29] AND I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK
[2:07:30] OFF OF SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID
[2:07:31] THAT YOU SAID THERE WERE LIKE
[2:07:33] YOU SAID THERE ARE NO RULES
[2:07:35] THERE THERE AREN'T ENOUGH
[2:07:36] RESOURCES OR YOU SAID THERE YOU
[2:07:38] SAID IT IN A WAY IS LIKE WE
[2:07:39] DON'T NEED THE MONEY BUT LIKE
[2:07:41] WE DO ACTUALLY.
[2:07:42] NEED THE RESOURCES.
[2:07:43] THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE
[2:07:44] ENOUGH TO LIKE OH YEAH FULL
[2:07:46] EXTENT OF YES.
[2:07:46] OH YEAH.
[2:07:47] UM AND SO YOU TALKED ABOUT
[2:07:49] THE HUMAN ELEMENT BUT I DO
[2:07:51] THINK I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW IF
[2:07:52] PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND LIKE I
[2:07:54] DON'T THINK THAT UNLESS YOU ARE
[2:07:57] IN THE THICK OF IT THAT YOU
[2:07:59] UNDERSTAND.
[2:07:59] MHM.
[2:08:00] LIKE WE ARE REALLY LITERALLY
[2:08:02] TALKING ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH ON
[2:08:03] ONE OF THE 4 P.M. CALLS.
[2:08:05] I COULDN'T BE ON THE CALL
[2:08:06] BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING A
[2:08:07] COUNCIL MEETING.
[2:08:08] UM YOU KNOW MY CHIEF OF STAFF
[2:08:11] TEXTED ME WHO WAS ON THE CALL
[2:08:12] AND SAID OH MY GOSH A WOMAN IN
[2:08:15] ANOTHER STATE JUST DRINK A
[2:08:17] PREGNANT WOMAN JUST DRINK A
[2:08:19] BOTTLE OF BLEACH.
[2:08:20] OH YEAH BECAUSE SHE LOST HER
[2:08:21] STATS WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SO
[2:08:23] I MEAN AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY
[2:08:26] BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR
[2:08:27] MONGERING THAT GOES AROUND WITH
[2:08:28] THIS ALL THE TIME THAT WE ARE
[2:08:29] TALKING ABOUT BOSTON RESIDENTS.
[2:08:30] YEAH WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
[2:08:31] PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR
[2:08:34] YEARS WHO DRIVE OUR BUSSES, WHO
[2:08:36] WORK IN VARIOUS JOBS, HEALTH
[2:08:38] CARE, TRANSPORTATION
[2:08:40] ENTREPRENEURS.
[2:08:41] SO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN
[2:08:43] FOLKS COME TO YOU WITH THOSE
[2:08:44] VERY HUMAN VERY REAL NEEDS?
[2:08:46] YEAH.
[2:08:46] I MEAN I ALWAYS SAY TO PEOPLE
[2:08:48] THAT WE CAN ONLY DO THIS JOB BY
[2:08:52] GRACE BECAUSE UH, OUR TEAM OUR
[2:08:54] STAFF BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE DAY
[2:08:57] THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
[2:08:58] WE MEET DIRECTLY WITH PEOPLE IN
[2:08:59] PERSON OR ON THE PHONE.
[2:09:01] WE WE HAVE YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE.
[2:09:03] NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN.
[2:09:04] YEAH YEAH EXACTLY.
[2:09:05] THEY HAVE NO AND THEY ARE
[2:09:07] COUNTING ON US TO GIVE THEM YOU
[2:09:09] KNOW, JUST KIND OF A WORD.
[2:09:11] OF HOPE.
[2:09:11] AND SO OFTEN WHEN YOU CANNOT
[2:09:14] EVEN.
[2:09:14] FIND HOW.
[2:09:15] TO EVEN SAY SOMETHING IT IS
[2:09:17] VERY PAINFUL.
[2:09:18] IN FACT WE WERE GOING TO
[2:09:19] ORGANIZE A MENTAL HEALTH
[2:09:21] RETREAT NOT ONLY FOR OUR STAFF
[2:09:22] WITH SOME OF THE COMMITTEE
[2:09:23] LEADERS AS A WAY FOR THEM TO
[2:09:25] UNDERSTAND HOW TO.
[2:09:26] TAKE.
[2:09:26] CARE OF THEMSELVES FIRST SO
[2:09:28] THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF OTHERS.
[2:09:29] SO THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, A JOB
[2:09:31] FOR THE FAINT HEARTED BECAUSE
[2:09:32] AGAIN, IT TAKES A LOT OF YOU TO
[2:09:35] DO THIS WORK MEETING FAMILIES.
[2:09:36] YOU KNOW A YOUNG MAN HE'S ABOUT
[2:09:39] TO TURN 21 AND MOM WAS WAITING
[2:09:41] FOR THAT YOUNG MAN TO TURN 21
[2:09:43] BECAUSE SO THAT THEY CAN APPLY
[2:09:45] UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AGAIN HE
[2:09:46] WAS BORN HERE AND THEN AS YOU
[2:09:48] KNOW, THE BIRTHDAY WAS COMING
[2:09:49] AND THEN THE IDEA OF HOPE WAS
[2:09:52] COMING FOR THE FAMILY AND DO
[2:09:53] YOUNG MEAN I DON'T EVEN KNOW
[2:09:54] THAT I WANT TO DO THAT.
[2:09:56] IT IS SO PAINFUL TO LIVE HERE.
[2:09:58] IT'S IT'S SO PAINFUL TO BE IT'S
[2:10:00] ALMOST LIKE THE YOUNG MAN
[2:10:02] ALTHOUGH WAS BORN HERE WAS
[2:10:04] GOING TO TURN 21.
[2:10:05] TO HELP THE MOM AT.
[2:10:07] THE POINT OF YOU KNOW, HOPE HE
[2:10:10] FELT SO DISCOURAGED BUT BY WHAT
[2:10:12] HE'S SEEING OUT THERE.
[2:10:13] SO IT'S EVERY DAY THAT OUR.
[2:10:16] UH, MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER IS
[2:10:17] THEY HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH
[2:10:19] FAMILIES IN TEARS.
[2:10:21] SHARING THE PAIN TO BURDEN THE
[2:10:24] SHAME THAT THE KILLING
[2:10:25] ESPECIALLY YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE
[2:10:26] TALK ABOUT IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
[2:10:27] THERE IS THIS PRIDE WHEN YOU
[2:10:29] FINALLY CAN GET A KEY TO YOUR
[2:10:31] OWN APARTMENT.
[2:10:32] AND ALL OF A SUDDEN FOR YOU TO
[2:10:34] FIND YOURSELF DELINDA CALLING
[2:10:36] YOU YOU KNOW WHAT?
[2:10:36] YOU WOULD BE OUT.
[2:10:37] YOU'D BE OUT WITH NO OTHER
[2:10:39] PLACE TO GO FOR YOU TO THINK
[2:10:41] THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON THE
[2:10:42] STREET.
[2:10:42] THINK ABOUT THE PRIDE OF A
[2:10:44] FAMILY YOU KNOW, WITH CHILDREN
[2:10:46] GIVING THEM HOPE THAT MONEY IS
[2:10:47] GOING TO DO THE BEST THAT IS
[2:10:48] GOING TO BE.
[2:10:49] BUT NOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT
[2:10:50] GOING BACK TO THE SWEET.
[2:10:51] THAT'S THE REASON WHY.
[2:10:52] YOU KNOW IF WE DON'T ACT.
[2:10:54] FAST PEOPLE ARE GOING.
[2:10:56] TO FALL INTO DESPAIR.
[2:10:57] AND THE CONSEQUENCES ARE
[2:10:58] SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE
[2:11:00] FEELING FOR YEARS TO COME.
[2:11:02] SO THAT'S DO SOMETHING IN
[2:11:03] MENTAL.
[2:11:03] HEALTH QUITE NOT IS A BIG THING
[2:11:05] THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION.
[2:11:06] NO YOU ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
[2:11:08] IT IS IT IS IT IS A LOT IT
[2:11:10] IS A LOT TO.
[2:11:11] ONE MORE QUESTION THEN WE'LL
[2:11:12] MOVE TO THAT'S A WEAPON THAT
[2:11:16] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FINISH AND
[2:11:16] THEN WE'LL COME TO YOU.
[2:11:18] THANK YOU BRIAN I'M WONDERING
[2:11:20] IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT
[2:11:21] MORE THE LONG TERM STRATEGY
[2:11:24] AROUND THIS TPL THIS EFFORT I
[2:11:27] KNOW WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
[2:11:29] UM, HOW ARE WE USING THIS, YOU
[2:11:31] KNOW, UPLIFTING YOU KNOW THE
[2:11:33] RECENT MEETING BETWEEN
[2:11:35] PRESIDENT TRUMP AND MAYOR
[2:11:36] MAMDANI LIKE HOW IS THIS ALL
[2:11:38] GOING TO WORK TOGETHER?
[2:11:39] YOU KNOW AND I KNOW THERE ARE
[2:11:41] EFFORTS IN THE FALL ABOUT WHO
[2:11:42] GOING TO BE LEADING THE HOUSE
[2:11:43] THEREAFTER.
[2:11:44] IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE
[2:11:45] ABOUT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I GET
[2:11:47] THESE CALLS FROM PEOPLE ABOUT
[2:11:48] LIKE WHY IS THIS YOUR FOCUS?
[2:11:51] BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP
[2:11:53] ULTIMATELY HAS VETO POWER.
[2:11:55] IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO GET 13
[2:11:57] REPUBLICANS TO SIGN ON.
[2:11:58] I THINK YOU DID INCREDIBLE
[2:11:59] FRAMING.
[2:11:59] NO ONE THOUGHT THE DISCHARGE
[2:12:01] PETITION WAS GOING TO GO
[2:12:02] THROUGH.
[2:12:03] I REMEMBER BEING ON THE PHONE
[2:12:04] WITH CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY AT
[2:12:06] MIDNIGHT THE NIGHT THAT THAT
[2:12:07] BILL IT WAS JUST CRYING.
[2:12:10] UM, NO ONE BELIEVED THAT IT WAS
[2:12:13] GOING TO HAPPEN AND THERE WERE
[2:12:14] PEOPLE WHO WERE PART OF THE
[2:12:15] COALITION.
[2:12:16] IF YOU ARE A MEMBER.
[2:12:17] OH OH YOU DIDN'T.
[2:12:18] BELIEVE WITH LAST MINUTE WAS
[2:12:20] SAYING LIKE WE DON'T KNOW.
[2:12:21] IF THIS IS THE MOMENT.
[2:12:23] SO I'M WONDERING UM BRIAN
[2:12:25] DOCTOR GOBBO, IF YOU COULD TALK
[2:12:27] ABOUT SORT OF THE THE STRATEGY
[2:12:29] AND WHY PEOPLE SHOULD BELIEVE
[2:12:30] IN IT.
[2:12:31] AND SO SO I WAS ONE OF THE
[2:12:33] PEOPLE CONFESSION.
[2:12:34] OH I REMEMBER TALKING TO Y'ALL
[2:12:36] AND HAVING TO TALK TO OUR
[2:12:38] CONGRESSWOMAN AND THIS IS WHAT
[2:12:39] THE COALITION IS SAYING AND
[2:12:40] CONGRESSMAN LIKE BELIEVE WE GOT
[2:12:42] THIS AND SHE HAD US SO.
[2:12:44] BECAUSE THERE WAS YOU KNOW SO
[2:12:45] MUCH AGAINST US AND THAT
[2:12:47] ORIGINALLY AND IT WAS PROBABLY
[2:12:48] LIKE NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR WHEN
[2:12:49] ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID LET'S
[2:12:50] DO THIS.
[2:12:51] I SAID I SAID WE CAN'T.
[2:12:52] PUT TOO.
[2:12:53] MANY RESOURCES.
[2:12:53] WE'RE STRETCHED SO THIN AND
[2:12:55] IT'S JUST NOT REALISTIC ENOUGH
[2:12:56] .
[2:12:57] UM, AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE
[2:12:59] STARTED WORKING TOGETHER AND
[2:13:00] KIND OF WE KNOW EACH OTHER AND
[2:13:03] THE EXCITEMENT OF COLLABORATING
[2:13:05] KIND OF GOT PEOPLE TOGETHER AND
[2:13:07] THEN OBVIOUSLY THE VISIONARY
[2:13:08] LEADERSHIP OF REPRESENTATIVE
[2:13:10] PRESSLEY.
[2:13:10] BUT ANOTHER KEY COMPONENT.
[2:13:12] WAS THAT THE POLITICAL.
[2:13:13] WINDS SHIFTED.
[2:13:15] PRECIPITOUSLY AND SO AMERICANS
[2:13:18] WERE OKAY WITH DEPORTING
[2:13:20] HAITIANS WHEN WHEN THEY THOUGHT
[2:13:22] OF HAITIANS AS AS ABSTRACT AND
[2:13:26] AS CRIMINALS.
[2:13:27] YET THE ADMINISTRATION WAS
[2:13:30] DEFINING WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN
[2:13:32] NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND
[2:13:33] PROBABLY APRIL AND MARCH AND
[2:13:36] APRIL.
[2:13:38] OF THIS YEAR WAS THAT PEOPLE
[2:13:40] REALIZED THAT THEY WEREN'T
[2:13:41] THESE KIND OF ABSTRACT
[2:13:43] CRIMINALS.
[2:13:43] THEY WERE THE PEOPLE TAKING
[2:13:44] CARE OF THEIR MOTHER.
[2:13:45] THEY WERE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE
[2:13:47] DRIVING THEIR BUS OR SERVING
[2:13:48] THEM FOOD.
[2:13:48] OR DOING.
[2:13:49] YOU KNOW, ANY OF.
[2:13:50] THE.
[2:13:51] MILLIONS OF THINGS THAT THAT
[2:13:52] THAT ASIAN TPS HOLDERS WERE
[2:13:54] DOING AND THAT COMPLETELY
[2:13:56] SHIFTED THE POLITICAL WINDS AND
[2:13:57] NOW THERE'S CLEAR MAJORITIES,
[2:13:59] EVEN STRONG SUPPORT AMONG
[2:14:01] REPUBLICANS FOR NOT DEPORTING
[2:14:02] NOT DEPORTING HAITIANS.
[2:14:04] AND THEN THE POLLS ALWAYS SAY
[2:14:05] THE SAME THING AND EVEN
[2:14:07] INDIVIDUALS WHO SAY OH YEAH, WE
[2:14:08] WANT TO GET RID OF THE
[2:14:09] CRIMINALS.
[2:14:10] WE DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF THE
[2:14:11] PEOPLE WHO DO.
[2:14:11] RIGHT.
[2:14:12] AND YOU KNOW, THE VAST, VAST
[2:14:13] MAJORITY OF ASIAN TPS HOLDERS
[2:14:15] ARE FIT IN THE CATEGORY
[2:14:17] OF DOING THINGS RIGHT.
[2:14:17] AND SO.
[2:14:18] THAT'S.
[2:14:19] A POLITICAL REALITY THAT THE
[2:14:20] REPUBLICAN PARTY IS FACED WITH
[2:14:21] AND WHAT DHS IS NOW DOING DHS
[2:14:25] IS.
[2:14:26] IS TRYING TO NAVIGATE BETWEEN
[2:14:29] PUBLIC OPINION AND THERE AND
[2:14:31] WANTING TO REPUBLICANS WANTING
[2:14:33] TO WIN ELECTIONS AND THE
[2:14:34] STEPHEN MILLER WAY WHICH IS YOU
[2:14:36] KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHITE
[2:14:37] SUPREMACIST AND IS NEVER GOING
[2:14:38] TO CHANGE.
[2:14:39] SO THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE
[2:14:40] FIGHTING YELLING THAT WE NEED
[2:14:41] TO DEPORT MORE HAITIANS.
[2:14:43] BUT BUT THERE ALSO IS.
[2:14:44] PUBLIC OPINION THAT IS STRONG
[2:14:46] AND GROWING STRONGER AGAINST
[2:14:47] THESE AND WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE
[2:14:49] OF THAT AND THE.
[2:14:51] THE THE.
[2:14:52] DISCHARGE PETITION DID THE
[2:14:53] CURRENT UM CURRENT SENATE BILL
[2:14:56] DOES AND YES, IT'S POSSIBLE.
[2:14:59] THAT THE THAT.
[2:14:59] THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THE
[2:15:00] PRESIDENT CAN UH CAN VETO IT
[2:15:02] THAT'S GOING TO BE A HARD
[2:15:04] CHOICE FOR HIM TO MAKE BECAUSE
[2:15:04] THAT'S GOING TO HURT HIS HIS
[2:15:06] HIS APPROVAL RATINGS EVEN MORE.
[2:15:08] AND THERE'S.
[2:15:09] ALSO THIS IS A THIS COULD.
[2:15:10] LITERALLY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
[2:15:11] BETWEEN CONTROL OF THE SENATE
[2:15:13] I.
[2:15:13] MEAN SUSAN COLLINS DISTRICT
[2:15:15] ALONE.
[2:15:15] OR JOHN.
[2:15:16] HUSTON'S DISTRICT ALONE.
[2:15:17] COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE
[2:15:18] BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, 51 DEMOCRATS
[2:15:21] IN THE SENATE OR 50 WHICH IS
[2:15:23] MAKES ALL.
[2:15:23] THE.
[2:15:24] DIFFERENCE TO THE PRESIDENT.
[2:15:25] AND SO WE CAN LEVERAGE THIS
[2:15:26] REALLY IMPORTANT WAYS AND THEN
[2:15:28] WE KEEP FIGHTING.
[2:15:29] IF WE DON'T WIN THEN WE KEEP
[2:15:30] FIGHTING IN THE NEW CONGRESS
[2:15:31] WHICH MAY HAVE.
[2:15:33] UH REPUBLICAN OR.
[2:15:33] DEMOCRAT MAJORITY ONE OR BOTH
[2:15:35] HOUSES.
[2:15:35] DOCTOR GABEL YEAH.
[2:15:37] AND I WAS GOING TO SAY ALSO
[2:15:38] THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE POWER
[2:15:39] OF YOU KNOW.
[2:15:42] UH.
[2:15:42] WORKING TOGETHER AND THIS IS
[2:15:43] ALSO THE POWER OF THIEF.
[2:15:44] UH, DO YOU THINK I'M SEEING THE
[2:15:46] POWER OF I REMEMBER WHEN WE IN
[2:15:48] SO MANY QUARTERS IN THEM UH, A
[2:15:50] COUPLE OF PEOPLE SAID OH NO,
[2:15:52] THIS IS NOT GOING TO PASS.
[2:15:53] AND I'M.
[2:15:53] LIKE WHY NOT?
[2:15:54] BECAUSE IF WE ARE DOING IT,
[2:15:56] WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE WE KNOW
[2:15:57] WE BELIEVE.
[2:15:58] THAT IT COULD HAPPEN.
[2:15:59] SO WHEN WE PUT OUR HEARTS.
[2:16:01] TOGETHER ESPECIALLY.
[2:16:02] FIGHTING EVIL.
[2:16:03] AND WE PUT OUR MIND OUR HEARTS
[2:16:06] TOGETHER TO GET TO A MIRACLE
[2:16:08] HAPPEN.
[2:16:08] SO THAT'S THE REASON WHAT I
[2:16:09] SAID I WILL NEVER DURING A
[2:16:10] FIGHT IF I'M NOT.
[2:16:12] SURE THAT WE CAN WIN.
[2:16:14] SO IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE
[2:16:15] FOUGHT FOR THE DISCHARGE
[2:16:15] PETITION, THAT'S THE SAME
[2:16:17] FERVOR THAT WE WANT TO SEE ALL
[2:16:18] CAUSE THAT.
[2:16:19] PEOPLE FIGHT WITH.
[2:16:21] THIS IDEA THAT YES WE CAN WIN
[2:16:23] AND AS YOU ARE GOING TO YOU
[2:16:25] YOU'RE SEEING UH,
[2:16:26] COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU KNOW.
[2:16:27] WHEN WE ARE FOCUSING ON.
[2:16:29] SOMETHING BEFORE WE.
[2:16:30] KNOW WITH SO MANY.
[2:16:31] OTHER OPPORTUNITIES COME OUR
[2:16:33] WAY LIKE.
[2:16:33] THINKING ABOUT MY FRIENDS.
[2:16:35] IN OHIO WHEN I WENT.
[2:16:37] TO COLLEGE WITH WHO I WAS
[2:16:39] PLAYING GOLF WITH INSULIN.
[2:16:41] BEFORE YOU KNOW, WITH THOSE
[2:16:42] PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO MINE AND
[2:16:44] THEN WE REACH.
[2:16:45] OUT TO.
[2:16:45] THEM AND THEY CAN SUPPORT.
[2:16:47] SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY.
[2:16:48] WHEN WE PUT OUR.
[2:16:49] STRIP TOGETHER, YOU KNOW.
[2:16:51] OH MINE ARE HOT TOGETHER FOR
[2:16:53] SOMETHING THAT IS SO POSITIVE.
[2:16:55] BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
[2:16:55] PEOPLE.
[2:16:56] WITH LIVES.
[2:16:57] YOU KNOW, AGAINST EVIL GUESS
[2:16:58] WHAT?
[2:16:59] WE ALWAYS.
[2:17:00] WIN AND.
[2:17:00] THAT'S THE REASON WHY I
[2:17:01] WANT.
[2:17:01] EVERYONE TO GO TO THIS FIGHT.
[2:17:03] WITH THIS IDEA THAT YES WE WILL
[2:17:06] WIN BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE
[2:17:07] DAY IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING
[2:17:08] PEOPLE, PROTECTING LIVES,
[2:17:10] PROTECTING CHILDREN SO WE
[2:17:12] NEVER.
[2:17:12] WAIT FOR EVIL.
[2:17:13] BUT THE LORD MEANT IT FOR GOOD.
[2:17:15] EXACTLY.
[2:17:15] SO WHENEVER WE'VE GOT UH I
[2:17:17] THINK WE HAVE TWO MORE FOLKS
[2:17:19] THAT WANT TO TALK.
[2:17:20] IS ANYONE ON ZOOM WHO'S READY
[2:17:26] TO TESTIFY NOW?
[2:17:36] I T UH EDA.
[2:17:40] WILSON LOUISE.
[2:17:42] WELL THIS IS.
[2:17:43] HELLO, FELLAS.
[2:17:44] I'M IN MY CAR SO I AND AT FIVE
[2:17:47] MINUTES.
[2:17:48] WILSON.
[2:17:49] OKAY.
[2:17:49] AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING
[2:17:50] ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH,
[2:17:51] TESTIFY, UH, SHARE A COPY AND
[2:17:54] I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.
[2:17:55] I'M WE JUST WANT TO TELL HIM
[2:17:56] WHAT WEEK I'M A MEMBER OF THE
[2:17:58] TASK FORCE POLITICAL, UH,
[2:17:59] OF THE UH, BMT WHICH IS, UH,
[2:18:01] THE TASK FORCE, UH, THE BLACK
[2:18:03] MEN POLITICAL TASK FORCE AND
[2:18:04] I'M ALSO THE UH, CEO OF 82 MY
[2:18:06] ORGANIZATION NAME IT HAITI.
[2:18:10] SO I WAS AT YOUR LAST HEARING
[2:18:12] ABOUT THE TPS, UH, HAITIAN TPO
[2:18:14] SERVICE FOR PEOPLE BACK IN
[2:18:17] APRIL.
[2:18:17] BUT TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO READ
[2:18:19] TO ITS, UM, KEY POINT THAT I
[2:18:21] ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH YOU GUYS
[2:18:23] AND I THINK THE US IS NOW BEING
[2:18:25] SEEN AS A COUNTRY THAT IS
[2:18:27] EXPOSE OR EXPOSE YOUNG LADIES,
[2:18:30] YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE US I OR
[2:18:34] FEMALE TO EXPLOITATION.
[2:18:35] SO I AM ASSUMING THAT YOU
[2:18:37] UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S MEAN WHEN
[2:18:40] YOU HAVE YOUNG LADIES THESE
[2:18:42] DAYS.
[2:18:43] WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A JOB
[2:18:45] OR CANNOT EVEN GO TO SCHOOL.
[2:18:47] SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO SURVIVE
[2:18:49] THEY HAVE TO SELL THEMSELF.
[2:18:51] SO I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
[2:18:52] THE US IS TRADING NOW I DON'T
[2:18:54] KNOW IF IT'S A GOOD REPUTATION
[2:18:55] FOR US AS AMERICAN AS A GREAT
[2:18:58] COUNTRY IN THIS WORLD.
[2:18:59] SO THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I TBS
[2:19:01] HOLDERS LIKE WHO LOST THEIR JOB
[2:19:04] I EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW AND
[2:19:06] ALSO SOME OF THEM ARE BEING
[2:19:07] EXPOSED TO TO UNDER THE TABLE
[2:19:11] JOBS AND WHICH HAVE THEM EVEN
[2:19:13] WORK FOR $4 AN HOUR BECAUSE
[2:19:16] THEY HAVE TO SURVIVE.
[2:19:17] THEY HAVE TO EVEN SEND SOME
[2:19:18] MONEY BACK HOME AND EVEN
[2:19:21] SUSTAIN THEMSELVES IN THE US.
[2:19:23] AND THE SECOND ASPECT I WOULD
[2:19:24] LIKE YOU TO HIGHLIGHT IN YOUR
[2:19:26] ADVOCACY APPROACH IS UH, IMPACT
[2:19:29] ON AMERICAN LIVES.
[2:19:31] I BELIEVE EVEN HER SPEAKING
[2:19:32] HERE SHE IS ALSO AFFECTED BY
[2:19:35] THESE US UH BY THE UH TPS
[2:19:38] HOLDER STATUS RIGHT NOW AS
[2:19:40] ME ALSO I AM AMONG THE UH
[2:19:44] FAMILIES OR WHAT PEOPLE IN THIS
[2:19:46] COUNTRY THROUGH THIS TPS
[2:19:48] PROGRAM WHICH I BELIEVE I PUT
[2:19:50] FIVE PEOPLE HERE FROM THIS
[2:19:52] PROGRAM.
[2:19:53] IT'S VERY STRESS ON ME BECAUSE
[2:19:56] THESE PEOPLE NOW THEY LOST
[2:19:58] THEIR JOB AND THEY HAVE TO
[2:19:59] LEAVE AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GO
[2:20:01] BACK HOME BECAUSE IT'S FARCICAL
[2:20:02] VIDEO AND MY GRANDMA SHE'S LIKE
[2:20:06] 79 SHE DOESN'T WANT TO GO BACK
[2:20:08] TO HAITI BECAUSE SHE SAID OKAY,
[2:20:09] THERE IS NO FOOD OVER HERE AND
[2:20:10] WHEN I'M SICK I'M NOT BEING
[2:20:11] ABLE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
[2:20:13] SO ALL.
[2:20:13] OF THESE ARE ON OUR SHOULDER.
[2:20:16] FAMILY STRESS NOW RELY ON US AS
[2:20:19] AMERICAN FAMILY EVEN YOU GUYS
[2:20:21] EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT HERE YOU
[2:20:22] DON'T HAVE ANY ASIAN BY GOING
[2:20:24] YOU ALSO MAY NOT BE AFFECTED BY
[2:20:26] THIS TUMOR IN THIS COUNTRY.
[2:20:28] AND THE THIRD THING I WOULD
[2:20:30] LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS UH IF WE
[2:20:33] LOVE TO BACK PHILANTHROPIC
[2:20:35] APPROACH FROM YOU GUYS I
[2:20:37] UNDERSTAND YOU'VE BEEN SPENDING
[2:20:39] A LOT OF TIME BY PROVIDING
[2:20:41] THESE PEOPLE WITH UM, SHORT
[2:20:43] TERM THE LIKE FOOD UH, SHARE
[2:20:46] OUT HERE.
[2:20:47] SO I'M WONDERING ALSO IF THERE
[2:20:49] IS NO POSSIBILITY.
[2:20:51] TO HELP THESE PEOPLE GET INTO
[2:20:54] TRAINING WHILE YOU ARE WINNING
[2:20:56] FOR YOUR TRANSITION OR FOR THE
[2:20:57] WORK PERMIT, IS THERE ANY WAY
[2:20:59] THIS CITY CAN HELP THIS
[2:21:01] CATEGORY OF PEOPLE THESE YOUNG
[2:21:03] PEOPLE FAMILY TO.
[2:21:06] AT.
[2:21:06] LEAST SPEND SOME TIMES INTO
[2:21:08] TRAINING SO THEY CAN STUDY
[2:21:11] SOMETHING TRADE PROGRAM AND
[2:21:12] WHEN THEY GET THE WORK PERMIT
[2:21:13] SO THEY CAN UH WE START ON THE
[2:21:15] WORK PLACE AND ALSO I WOULD
[2:21:18] LIKE TO ADDRESS THE ARTICLE
[2:21:20] FIRST OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE
[2:21:22] THAT I THINK THE US ALSO
[2:21:24] ACKNOWLEDGE BACK IN DECEMBER UH
[2:21:27] 1948 WHICH SAYS THAT EVERY
[2:21:29] HUMAN IS EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW.
[2:21:32] SO AS A HUMAN I THINK WE EACH
[2:21:35] OTHER SHOULD UM, PARTICIPATE IN
[2:21:39] MAKING OR.
[2:21:40] EAT UM EAT INSIDE EACH OTHER'S
[2:21:43] LIFE BETTER INSTEAD OF TRYING
[2:21:46] TO ENSLAVE SOME PEOPLE.
[2:21:48] YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT FOLKS
[2:21:50] HAITI IS THE FIRST BLACK
[2:21:52] INDEPENDENT COUNTRY IN THIS
[2:21:53] WORLD AND I'M THINKING THAT
[2:21:55] HAITI IS BECOMING NOW.
[2:21:57] THE NEWEST.
[2:21:59] NATION SLAVE.
[2:22:01] SLAVE NATION.
[2:22:02] I THINK THE US IS TRYING TO PUT
[2:22:04] HAITI AGAIN IN SLAVE WE YOU
[2:22:06] THINK THAT'S A GOOD INVITATION
[2:22:07] FOR YOU FOR YOU GUYS TO WIN ON
[2:22:10] YOU TO LIKE TO CELEBRATE
[2:22:11] HISTORY.
[2:22:12] THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON
[2:22:13] RIGHT NOW IF YOU ARE LIKE
[2:22:15] FOLLOWING THE NEWS LIKE HOW A
[2:22:18] HAITIAN PRESIDENT WAS KILLED
[2:22:19] AND THE U.S. HASN'T BEEN.
[2:22:21] INVOLVED FROM ALL DIGGING.
[2:22:23] INTO THE GUNS.
[2:22:24] THAT'S GOING.
[2:22:25] TO HAITI NOW THE MOST OF THEM
[2:22:26] HAVE COME FROM THE EU TODAY UH,
[2:22:28] THE US WHEN THEY KILL THE
[2:22:29] PRESIDENT IT'S MADE IN THE U.S
[2:22:31] WE DON'T MAKE GUNS IN HAITI
[2:22:33] PEOPLE IT'S LIKE YOU ARE LIVING
[2:22:35] IN A.
[2:22:35] FAMILY WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A.
[2:22:36] MOM.
[2:22:37] YOU DON'T HAVE A DAD.
[2:22:38] WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IN HAITI
[2:22:39] WE DON'T HAVE A CITY COUNCIL.
[2:22:41] WE DON'T HAVE ANY CITY
[2:22:42] COUNCIL LIVE EVEN THE LOWEST
[2:22:43] PART OF THE UH PUBLIC
[2:22:45] ADMINISTRATION WE DON'T HAVE
[2:22:46] THAT IN HAITI RIGHT NOW.
[2:22:47] WE DON'T HAVE MAYORS.
[2:22:48] WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
[2:22:49] WE DON'T.
[2:22:50] HAVE SENATOR.
[2:22:50] WE DON'T HAVE THE PRESIDENT.
[2:22:51] SO HOW COME WE DON'T HAVE A
[2:22:53] FAMILY THEN YOU GO TO YOUR
[2:22:55] NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND NOW
[2:22:56] THEY'RE KICKING YOU OUT AND
[2:22:58] EVEN THEY WON'T GIVE YOU ON IN
[2:23:00] BLOCKING YOUR HOUSE JUST LIKE.
[2:23:02] MY.
[2:23:03] MY MY MY FELLOW COLLEAGUE WAS
[2:23:04] SAYING IN HER TESTIMONY.
[2:23:06] MY WHAT HAPPENED?
[2:23:07] SHE WAS ME.
[2:23:09] UM.
[2:23:09] MISTER LOUIS, PLEASE WRAP UP.
[2:23:12] OKAY.
[2:23:14] ARE FREE.
[2:23:15] LEGAL LAWYERS GUYS, YOU ARE PUT
[2:23:18] IN YOUR, UH, SPEECHES I THINK I
[2:23:21] AM ALSO AS I TOLD YOU IT
[2:23:23] PARENTS WHO WELCOME TPS UH,
[2:23:25] FAMILY HERE UM, I I'M ASSUMING
[2:23:28] I'M NOT ASSUMING I EXPERIENCE
[2:23:29] IT.
[2:23:30] WE SHOULD PROBABLY.
[2:23:31] HAVE MORE RESOURCES BECAUSE I
[2:23:33] LOOK FOR RESOURCES FOR THESE
[2:23:34] PEOPLE.
[2:23:35] THEY COULD FIND RESOURCE THEY.
[2:23:36] DON'T KNOW.
[2:23:37] WE CAN'T USE LAWYERS.
[2:23:38] THEY LIKE TO TURN AROUND UNTIL
[2:23:40] THEY NEVER HELP YOU.
[2:23:41] AND ALSO.
[2:23:44] UM, I THINK THIS WOULD BE MY
[2:23:46] LAST APPROACH.
[2:23:47] UM.
[2:23:50] I DON'T KNOW I KNOW YOU YOU CAN
[2:23:51] DO.
[2:23:52] THAT AS A CITY.
[2:23:54] TO SEE HOW YOU CAN.
[2:23:55] IMPLEMENT SOME PROGRAM TO
[2:24:00] ENCOURAGE, UM.
[2:24:02] INCLUSION IN THIS CITY.
[2:24:04] IN THIS CITY OR IN THIS STATE.
[2:24:06] BECAUSE UM AS NEW IMMIGRANT
[2:24:08] WHEN YOU COME.
[2:24:09] TO IT WHEN WE COME TO THE
[2:24:10] COUNTRY WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO
[2:24:11] NAVIGATE.
[2:24:12] THE COUNTRY.
[2:24:12] SO I KNOW THERE'S THERE ARE A.
[2:24:13] LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT CAN WILL
[2:24:15] COME US BUT.
[2:24:16] WE DON'T WANT TO.
[2:24:18] GO TO THIS PROGRAM.
[2:24:20] IS THERE A WAY.
[2:24:21] YOU CAN HAVE SOME OUTREACH
[2:24:22] OUTREACH?
[2:24:23] UH, PEOPLE.
[2:24:24] THAT COULD GO TO THESE PEOPLE
[2:24:25] TO GET THEM.
[2:24:26] INTO SOME UH, PROGRAM TO
[2:24:29] ENCOURAGE INCLUSION AND SOCIAL
[2:24:31] COHESION.
[2:24:32] BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT COME.
[2:24:33] TO THIS.
[2:24:33] PROGRAM EVEN THOUGH THEY
[2:24:34] MADE FOR THEM.
[2:24:35] PLEASE SEE IF YOU.
[2:24:36] CAN GET SOME RESOURCE THAT.
[2:24:38] CAN GO AND HELP THEM REACH THEM
[2:24:40] .
[2:24:40] AND BRING.
[2:24:41] THEM TO THE PROGRAM.
[2:24:41] THAT ARE DESIGNED TO THEM.
[2:24:44] AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
[2:24:45] I HAVE.
[2:24:46] A.
[2:24:46] LOT TO SAY BUT AND I WOULD LIKE
[2:24:48] TO TAKE ESPECIALLY UH
[2:24:49] UNSHACKLED PEOPLE TO FOR GIVING
[2:24:51] ME THIS INVITATION AND COME TO
[2:24:53] YOU GUYS AND CONGRATULATION FOR
[2:24:54] THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING
[2:24:56] AND I KNOW IT'S GOING SOMEWHERE
[2:24:58] AND I'M GLAD THAT BE PART
[2:24:59] OF IT.
[2:25:00] THANK YOU MR LEWIS.
[2:25:01] THANK YOU GUYS.
[2:25:03] ARE THERE ANY OTHER FOLKS ON
[2:25:05] ZOOM WHO CAME PREPARED TO
[2:25:12] TESTIFY?
[2:25:12] YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
[2:25:22] WHY DON'T WE GO TO
[2:25:23] COUNCILOR WEBER?
[2:25:24] YOU HAD AND I KNOW YOU HAVE
[2:25:26] OTHER PRESSING MATTERS.
[2:25:28] UH, COUNCILOR WEBER, UM, GIVE
[2:25:31] YOU THREE MINUTES.
[2:25:32] YEP.
[2:25:33] IN ADDITION, I I.
[2:25:34] COULD TELL YOU PERIPHERAL.
[2:25:36] VISION AS.
[2:25:37] COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS JOINED
[2:25:38] US.
[2:25:39] UH, COUNCILOR WEBER RIGHT AFTER
[2:25:41] YOU MOVE RIGHT TO
[2:25:42] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:25:43] THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE, UH,
[2:25:46] FOLKS ON ZOOM AND THEY WILL
[2:25:48] HAVE FINAL AND CLOSING
[2:25:51] STATEMENTS.
[2:25:51] I'LL GIVE EACH OF YOU TWO
[2:25:54] MINUTES.
[2:25:55] COUNCIL WEBER.
[2:25:56] OKAY.
[2:25:56] YEAH.
[2:25:56] THANKS.
[2:25:57] UH, JUST SO.
[2:25:59] IT SEEMS LIKE.
[2:26:01] UH.
[2:26:02] YOU.
[2:26:03] KNOW, GETTING ENOUGH
[2:26:04] QUALIFIED ATTORNEYS IN PLACE
[2:26:07] IMMEDIATELY IS LIKE ONE.
[2:26:08] OF.
[2:26:09] THE SHORT TERM NEEDS HERE.
[2:26:11] SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN
[2:26:13] WE DO?
[2:26:14] I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT GETTING
[2:26:15] LAW FIRMS INVOLVED, BUT I MEAN
[2:26:17] CAN WE HELP WITH THAT?
[2:26:19] WHAT ARE YOUR LIKE, YOU KNOW,
[2:26:22] INSTRUCTIONS ON THAT LIKE
[2:26:24] WHAT'S BEING DONE AND WHAT CAN
[2:26:26] WE DO TO TO HELP WITH THAT.
[2:26:28] SORT OF.
[2:26:29] YOU KNOW EMERGENCY.
[2:26:30] YEAH SO.
[2:26:32] OKAY SO AGAIN.
[2:26:33] I THINK WE NEED TO.
[2:26:35] BRING MORE AWARENESS ABOUT
[2:26:37] WHAT'S GOING ON.
[2:26:38] BELIEVE IT OR NOT WE TALKING
[2:26:40] ABOUT THIS VERY CRUCIAL SUBJECT
[2:26:41] RIGHT HERE.
[2:26:43] SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST
[2:26:44] NEXT DOOR TO US DO NOT HAVE ANY
[2:26:46] CLUE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
[2:26:48] I THINK BRINGING MORE AWARENESS
[2:26:50] TO EVERYONE SO THEY UNDERSTAND
[2:26:52] THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION IS
[2:26:53] STEP NUMBER ONE.
[2:26:54] STEP NUMBER TWO ANYONE.
[2:26:56] WHO REALLY HAS AN INFLUENCE
[2:26:58] WILL KILL.
[2:26:58] REACH OUT.
[2:27:00] TO OTHER MEDIA.
[2:27:01] LIKE I SAID MEDIA FIRMS UH
[2:27:03] COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
[2:27:04] SHOULD DO.
[2:27:04] SO EVEN IF WE WERE.
[2:27:06] TO PUT TOGETHER THE TRAINING
[2:27:08] BECAUSE AGAIN IF YOU ARE A
[2:27:10] LAWYER I MEAN YOU KNOW THAT
[2:27:11] THERE IS IMMIGRATION LAWYER
[2:27:12] THAT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
[2:27:13] FROM DIFFERENT OTHER YOU KNOW,
[2:27:17] UH UH FROM THAT JOB UH, AGREE
[2:27:19] THAT YOU CAN WORK ON HOWEVER UH
[2:27:22] WE KNOW WE HAVE DONE IT IN THE
[2:27:24] PAST WHEN WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE
[2:27:25] WE HAVE LAWYERS CALL.
[2:27:27] AND TRAIN OTHERS SO AT LEAST
[2:27:29] THEY CAN BE THERE EVEN IF TO
[2:27:32] HEAL TO LISTEN TO A
[2:27:34] CONVERSATION THEY CAN DO
[2:27:35] SOMETHING BECAUSE THERE IS
[2:27:36] ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE
[2:27:37] CAN DO ESPECIALLY WHEN FAMILIES
[2:27:39] ARE LEFT ON THEIR OWN TO GO TO
[2:27:42] THE COURT SYSTEM.
[2:27:43] SO AND I BELIEVE MIRA HAS
[2:27:45] ALWAYS THEY HAVE DONE A NUMBER
[2:27:47] OF TRAINING TO HELP OTHERS SO
[2:27:48] THEY UNDERSTAND.
[2:27:49] BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW THE IDEA
[2:27:51] IS THAT UH, THERE IS A LOT
[2:27:52] OF KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
[2:27:54] INDIFFERENCE ON WHAT'S GOING ON
[2:27:55] BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT FULLY
[2:27:57] AWARE THAT ZOOM LIKE THOSE
[2:27:59] SESSIONS ARE CRITICALLY
[2:28:01] IMPORTANT.
[2:28:01] FOR US TO WIN THAT TO.
[2:28:02] OTHERS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND
[2:28:03] THERE IS A WILL NEED, YOU KNOW,
[2:28:05] COMMUNITY TO GET OTHERS TO COME
[2:28:07] IN AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.
[2:28:09] OKAY.
[2:28:10] YOU KNOW, I.
[2:28:11] WOULD ALSO.
[2:28:12] ADD YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS.
[2:28:13] ALSO AND UH UM
[2:28:16] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE MENTIONED
[2:28:17] UH GETTING US MORE PEOPLE UM
[2:28:19] DOJ ACCREDITED.
[2:28:20] RIGHT.
[2:28:21] AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS
[2:28:22] THAT MIRA IS TRYING TO DO.
[2:28:23] BUT DO YOU QUESTION
[2:28:24] SPECIFICALLY I THINK ONE OF THE
[2:28:25] THINGS WE ALSO NEED TO DO IS TO
[2:28:27] STREAMLINE THE UM.
[2:28:30] THE FIRMS.
[2:28:31] RIGHT?
[2:28:32] BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS
[2:28:33] WE'RE HEARING IF YOU HAVE A
[2:28:34] FIRM WHO IS HAS TIES TO THE
[2:28:37] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR.
[2:28:39] YOU KNOW.
[2:28:40] HAVE FUNDING THROUGH THE
[2:28:41] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THOSE FIRMS
[2:28:43] ARE LIKELY NOT GOING TO TO BE
[2:28:45] WORKING ON THESE CASES.
[2:28:47] SO HOW DO WE STREAMLINE TO MAKE
[2:28:49] SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY IDENTIFY
[2:28:50] ,UM, FIRMS WHO HAVE NO TIES TO
[2:28:52] THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHO
[2:28:53] DON'T DEPEND ON THE FEDERAL
[2:28:55] GOVERNMENT AND ARE MORE LIKELY
[2:28:56] TO TO WORK WITH US.
[2:28:57] SO I THINK THERE'S THERE'S SOME
[2:28:58] WORK TO BE DONE THERE AS WELL.
[2:29:00] OKAY.
[2:29:01] UM AND I GUESS SO FOR
[2:29:04] ACCREDITATION BECAUSE THIS YOU
[2:29:05] DO TO ME LIKE WE HAVE JP FIGHTS
[2:29:08] BACK AND THEY THEY HAVE 200
[2:29:11] PLUS PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR LOOSE
[2:29:13] TRAINING AND SO WE CAN WE CAN
[2:29:16] CAN I PUSH THOSE PEOPLE.
[2:29:17] OVER UH INTO INTO THIS UM
[2:29:21] GUESS.
[2:29:22] IS THAT.
[2:29:22] I MEAN.
[2:29:23] WE ARE I THINK WE'RE IT ANY
[2:29:25] HELP IS.
[2:29:26] HELPFUL AS LONG AS UH THE
[2:29:29] INTENTION IS THERE SO NO ONE IS
[2:29:31] THERE BECAUSE AGAIN WE HAVE TO
[2:29:32] BE CAREFUL NOT TO HURT INSTEAD
[2:29:35] OF HELPING.
[2:29:35] BUT AGAIN, AS LONG AS PEOPLE
[2:29:37] ARE COMING WITH THE IDEA
[2:29:39] OF HELPING WE CAN USE THAT HELP
[2:29:42] IN SO MANY WAYS.
[2:29:43] OKAY, WELL IF YOU HAVEN'T
[2:29:44] SPOKEN TO ENID EXTREME YET I
[2:29:47] MEAN THIS WAS A FUNDRAISER OR
[2:29:48] EVENT IN JP NEXT WEEK AND IT
[2:29:50] WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMEBODY
[2:29:51] YEAH YEAH I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK
[2:29:53] BUT MAYBE WE.
[2:29:54] CAN BRING.
[2:29:55] YOU.
[2:29:56] UP ON STAGE.
[2:29:57] UH UM UH YOU KNOW ANYWAY, SO
[2:29:59] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[2:30:00] THANK YOU THANK YOU.
[2:30:01] CHAIR UM.
[2:30:02] THANK YOU, MR WEBER.
[2:30:04] UH, COUNCIL THING.
[2:30:05] I GAVE THE COUNCIL A SIX
[2:30:07] MINUTES AS OPENING.
[2:30:10] UH, IF YOU COULD JUST USE THAT
[2:30:12] SIX MINUTES FOR YOUR OPENING
[2:30:14] AND QUESTIONS AND THEN WE CAN
[2:30:15] WRAP UP.
[2:30:16] THANK YOU.
[2:30:17] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[2:30:18] AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
[2:30:20] THIS.
[2:30:20] IMPORTANT HEARING AND TO THE.
[2:30:23] SPONSORS AS WELL FOR.
[2:30:24] BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
[2:30:26] I DO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE.
[2:30:29] UM, BUT I.
[2:30:30] WILL WATCH THE VIDEO OVER THE.
[2:30:33] WEEKEND TO LEARN MORE.
[2:30:34] ABOUT THE SUBJECT.
[2:30:37] DURING DURING THE HAITI
[2:30:39] EARTHQUAKE.
[2:30:40] I WAS LIVING IN GUANTANAMO AT
[2:30:42] THE TIME.
[2:30:43] WHICH IS.
[2:30:44] WHICH IS NOT VERY FAR FROM
[2:30:46] HAITI.
[2:30:47] AND THE THE BASE AT GUANTANAMO
[2:30:52] THE YES.
[2:30:53] THE.
[2:30:53] THE AIRFIELD.
[2:30:53] REALLY UM.
[2:30:55] WAS USED.
[2:30:56] AS A.
[2:30:56] AS AN AIRFIELD FOR SUPPLIES
[2:30:58] GETTING INTO INTO HAITI.
[2:31:01] UH BUT BY THE NAVY I WAS.
[2:31:03] PART OF THE RELIEF EFFORT.
[2:31:06] UM BUT.
[2:31:06] HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT.
[2:31:08] FOR.
[2:31:08] THE PEOPLE OF HAITI AND SUPPORT
[2:31:12] STRONGLY SUPPORT TPS FOR THE
[2:31:14] HAITIAN COMMUNITY.
[2:31:16] UM AND I KNOW THE CONTRIBUTIONS
[2:31:19] THEY HAVE MADE TO OUR CITY AND
[2:31:21] COUNTRY.
[2:31:22] SO MAYBE JUST FOLLOWING
[2:31:23] FOLLOWING UP ON
[2:31:24] COUNCILOR WEBBER'S QUESTION,
[2:31:26] UM.
[2:31:28] IF IF PRIVATE.
[2:31:30] CITIZENS WANT TO HELP UH,
[2:31:33] SUPPORT LEGAL EFFORTS TO UM
[2:31:36] HELP ON LEGAL MATTERS AS IT
[2:31:37] RELATES TO.
[2:31:37] IMMIGRATION.
[2:31:38] WHAT IS.
[2:31:38] THE.
[2:31:39] BEST WAY.
[2:31:39] FOR PRIVATE CITIZENS.
[2:31:41] TO GET INVOLVED IN IN IN IN BE
[2:31:45] HELPFUL.
[2:31:47] I MEAN IF THEY ARE PRIVATE
[2:31:49] CITIZEN WITH UH LOW BACKGROUND
[2:31:52] WHO ARE WILLING TO HELP WITH UH
[2:31:54] IMMIGRATION UM LEGAL UH
[2:31:58] OBVIOUSLY WE AT MIRA WE
[2:32:00] ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO REACH OUT
[2:32:01] AND VOLUNTEER WITH OUR OFFICE.
[2:32:03] SO I WOULD ABSOLUTELY ENCOURAGE
[2:32:05] YOU TO REFER THEM TO OUR OFFICE
[2:32:08] AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A
[2:32:09] VOLUNTEER TO STEP UP.
[2:32:10] OKAY.
[2:32:13] LEGAL ATTORNEYS ARE NON
[2:32:15] ATTORNEYS.
[2:32:16] IT DOESN'T MATTER RIGHT.
[2:32:17] WELL I THINK IT'S VERY UH.
[2:32:19] LOOK THIS IS THERE IS A LACK
[2:32:25] OF QUALIFIED ATTORNEYS AND
[2:32:27] WHILE WE ARE IN THIS THERE ARE
[2:32:28] ALSO FOLKS OUT THERE WHO WANT
[2:32:31] TO ACT LIKE THEY ARE ATTORNEYS.
[2:32:33] WE KNOW THERE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE
[2:32:34] THERE WHO ARE USING THIS MOMENT
[2:32:37] TO STEAL AND FRAUD FOLKS.
[2:32:38] SO I WOULD BE VERY CAREFUL FOR
[2:32:40] US ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WHO'S
[2:32:41] GOING TO VOLUNTEER.
[2:32:42] WE WANT THEM TO ACTUALLY HAVE
[2:32:43] THE EXPERIENCE.
[2:32:45] COULD COULD SOMEONE MAKE.
[2:32:47] A.
[2:32:48] DONATION THAT MIGHT.
[2:32:49] HELP OFFSET OR HELP SUPPORT.
[2:32:53] UM LEGAL EFFORTS?
[2:32:54] COULD THEY.
[2:32:55] COULD THEY MAKE A FINANCIAL
[2:32:56] CONTRIBUTION?
[2:32:57] UM IS THAT IS THAT.
[2:32:59] SOMETHING PEOPLE COULD DO ALSO.
[2:33:01] I ALWAYS.
[2:33:01] SEE WITH.
[2:33:02] WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW THE
[2:33:04] SKY'S THE LIMIT IN TERMS
[2:33:05] OF WHAT.
[2:33:06] PEOPLE CAN DO BECAUSE UH WE SET
[2:33:08] UP UH A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO UH
[2:33:11] UM, AN EMERGENCY FAMILY
[2:33:12] EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND TO
[2:33:14] SUPPORT FAMILIES BECAUSE AGAIN,
[2:33:16] UH, AS WE SAID, IT'S NOT JUST
[2:33:19] THE LEGAL.
[2:33:19] ASPECT IT'S NOW PEOPLE
[2:33:22] ESPECIALLY THAT THE WINTER
[2:33:23] MONTHS ARE COMING UPON US.
[2:33:24] PEOPLE WILL NOT HAVE ANY PLACE
[2:33:26] TO STAY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT
[2:33:27] AFFORD TO PAY RENT, NOT BECAUSE
[2:33:29] THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY THE RENT
[2:33:31] BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE.
[2:33:32] OUT OF THEIR WORKPLACE THEY
[2:33:34] CANNOT GO IN WORK.
[2:33:35] SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAMILIES
[2:33:36] WHO NEED UH, ACCESS TO FOOD.
[2:33:40] YEAH, ESPECIALLY YOU KNOW,
[2:33:42] GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING
[2:33:43] ON, EVEN THE UH, HAITIANS UH,
[2:33:46] ARE QUALIFIED TO BE UH, CUBAN
[2:33:48] AND TRAINED BUT NOT EVERYONE
[2:33:49] UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS AND
[2:33:51] NOT EVERYONE IS ABLE AND
[2:33:53] WILLING TO GO OUT THERE KNOWING
[2:33:55] THAT.
[2:33:56] WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL OUR
[2:33:58] INDUSTRY.
[2:33:58] SO WE WE ARE LIVING WITH WHAT
[2:34:01] WE CALL, YOU.
[2:34:01] KNOW.
[2:34:02] A TIME WHERE UH IT'S ALMOST
[2:34:04] LIKE WHEREVER YOU GO YOU ARE AT
[2:34:07] RISK OF BEING DETAINED.
[2:34:08] UH, WE HAVE A TESTIMONY
[2:34:10] OF SOMEONE YOU A US CITIZEN WHO
[2:34:12] HAS BEEN DETAINED BECAUSE UH,
[2:34:15] WHEN THEY CAME IN LIKE TWO
[2:34:16] YEARS AGO, UH, THE OVERSTAYED
[2:34:19] THEIR VISA AND NOW BECAUSE THEY
[2:34:20] WERE IN FACT IN FULL OF ICE I
[2:34:22] SAID OH YEAH, YOU COMMITTED A
[2:34:24] CRIME YEARS AGO LIKE 20 YEARS
[2:34:25] AGO.
[2:34:26] SO AGAIN NO ONE IS UM, UH,
[2:34:30] PROTECTED RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW,
[2:34:32] COMMUNITY.
[2:34:32] SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOOD.
[2:34:34] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL
[2:34:35] HEALTH.
[2:34:35] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RENT.
[2:34:36] I MEAN.
[2:34:37] SO MUCH FOR FOR THAT PEOPLE
[2:34:39] NEED NOW AND THAT YOU KNOW, THE
[2:34:41] SKY'S THE LIMIT IN TERMS OF YOU
[2:34:42] KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL
[2:34:43] CONTRIBUTION CAN DO TO SUPPORT
[2:34:45] FAMILIES.
[2:34:46] AND AND I WOULD JUST YOU KNOW
[2:34:48] NOT DOCTOR GIVEAWAYS NOT
[2:34:50] DOESN'T MENTION THIS BUT I
[2:34:51] THINK SHE IS UH I THINK IF
[2:34:54] THERE ARE FOLKS WHO WANT TO
[2:34:56] SUPPORT FINANCIALLY UH RIGHT
[2:34:57] NOW THE BEST WAY TO GIVE IS TO
[2:34:59] ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING
[2:35:01] EVERYTHING THAT THAT I JUST
[2:35:02] DESCRIBED FROM LEGAL AID TO ALL
[2:35:04] OF THE NECESSARY NEEDS.
[2:35:05] AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT ABC
[2:35:07] DOES.
[2:35:07] AND SO THOSE ARE THE KIND
[2:35:08] OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT PEOPLE
[2:35:09] SHOULD BE SUPPORTING IN THIS
[2:35:10] MOMENT.
[2:35:12] YEAH.
[2:35:12] THANK YOU.
[2:35:13] WHAT WERE THERE.
[2:35:17] UM SO.
[2:35:19] WITH WITH.
[2:35:21] HAITIAN AND HAITIAN.
[2:35:23] THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY IN BOSTON
[2:35:24] OR GREATER BOSTON.
[2:35:25] AND WITH.
[2:35:27] THE POSSIBILITY OF.
[2:35:28] BEING DEPORTED.
[2:35:31] ARE WE SEEING A LOT OF HAITIAN
[2:35:33] WORKERS NOW NOT GOING TO WORK.
[2:35:37] UM, AND.
[2:35:38] AFRAID OF GOING TO WORK
[2:35:39] BECAUSE.
[2:35:40] OF.
[2:35:40] THE ROLE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
[2:35:42] COULD PLAY.
[2:35:43] IN PICKING.
[2:35:43] UP AS THAT WAS.
[2:35:44] AND ALSO.
[2:35:45] OH YEAH, THIS IS THIS IS UH
[2:35:47] THIS IS A DAY TO DAY KIND OF,
[2:35:48] YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW
[2:35:50] THIS WEEK YOU HEARD WHAT
[2:35:51] HAPPENED IN NEW BEDFORD AND
[2:35:53] BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S
[2:35:55] ALMOST LIKE EVERY SINGLE CORNER
[2:35:56] LIKE MIGHT HAVE.
[2:35:57] BEEN IF YOU WERE TO DRIVE TO
[2:35:59] MIGHT HAVE BEEN ENGINE YOU
[2:36:00] MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN SUCH A
[2:36:01] BOOMING KIND OF NEW COMMUNITY.
[2:36:03] PEOPLE ALL OF WALKING TALKING
[2:36:06] AND ONE GO IN FRONT OF OUR
[2:36:07] OFFICE THERE'S ALWAYS LINE
[2:36:09] OF PEOPLE AND SOMEBODY WAS JUST
[2:36:11] VIDEOTAPING AND IN THE VIDEO
[2:36:12] THEY SAID.
[2:36:13] WOW.
[2:36:14] LOOK AT.
[2:36:15] WHAT I DID TO OUR COMMUNITY
[2:36:17] .
[2:36:17] IT'S ALMOST EMPTY BECAUSE AGAIN
[2:36:20] PEOPLE.
[2:36:21] ARE NOT GETTING.
[2:36:22] OUT AND.
[2:36:24] AND ONE THING FOR US TO
[2:36:25] UNDERSTAND IS THAT.
[2:36:27] BECAUSE OF THIS.
[2:36:28] UH, AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HAS
[2:36:31] BEEN POURED INTO ICE.
[2:36:33] THEY BECAME SO SOPHISTICATED.
[2:36:36] THAT I COULD.
[2:36:37] BE TALKING TO YOU RIGHT NOW
[2:36:38] AND THEN THEY ARE TAKING ME.
[2:36:40] YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE WHEN
[2:36:41] THEY ARE TAKING SO THEY ARE.
[2:36:42] SUPER SOPHISTICATED WHEN THEY
[2:36:45] GO FOR EXAMPLE TO ANY PARKING
[2:36:46] LOT AND THEN PUT THEM UP.
[2:36:48] AND TAKE THAT UP.
[2:36:50] SO THEY ARE ABLE.
[2:36:50] TO SEE WHO IS COMING IN, WHO
[2:36:51] IS LEAVING AND THEY KNOW WHEN
[2:36:53] TO JUST COME IN.
[2:36:53] GETS YOU.
[2:36:54] IN THE PAST.
[2:36:55] WE USED TO HAVE A LOT OF NOISE
[2:36:57] WHEN I WAS IN THE COMMUNITY
[2:36:59] BECAUSE WE HAD TIME TO SEE
[2:37:00] PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO DOCUMENT
[2:37:02] WITH THEIR, YOU KNOW, CAMERA
[2:37:03] AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
[2:37:04] NOW THEY DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS
[2:37:06] SO THOUGH.
[2:37:06] THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.
[2:37:08] WHEN THEY ARE COMING.
[2:37:09] IT'S AFTER.
[2:37:09] SO MANY WAYS SO AND SO AND.
[2:37:11] THEN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT'S
[2:37:12] BEEN SO HAS BEEN TAKEN.
[2:37:12] SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S A IT'S
[2:37:14] .
[2:37:14] A WAR ZONE RIGHT NOW THAT WE
[2:37:16] ARE LIVING IN EVERY SINGLE UH
[2:37:19] CORNER OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
[2:37:20] YEAH.
[2:37:21] THE UH.
[2:37:22] CAN I JUST.
[2:37:23] WANT TO.
[2:37:24] THANK YOU ONE SECOND.
[2:37:26] COUNCILOR FLYNN, ONE LAST
[2:37:27] QUESTION OR.
[2:37:29] YEAH, I WOULD JUST MAKE A.
[2:37:31] BRIEF COMMENT.
[2:37:31] UM.
[2:37:34] SO WHEN A WORKER DOESN'T GO TO
[2:37:37] WORK BECAUSE OF THAT POSSIBLE
[2:37:40] DEPORTATION.
[2:37:41] I KNOW MANY HAITIAN.
[2:37:43] PEOPLE WORK IN HOSPITALS.
[2:37:45] OR SERVICE INDUSTRIES OR I
[2:37:48] KNOW.
[2:37:48] IN NURSING HOMES AS WELL.
[2:37:49] BASICALLY YOU DON'T GET PAID
[2:37:51] ALSO SO IT IS HAVING A
[2:37:54] DEVASTATING I WOULD ASSUME
[2:37:55] IMPACT.
[2:37:56] ON PAYING PAYING RENT ON FOOD
[2:37:59] ON ABSOLUTELY.
[2:37:59] ON ELECTRICAL BILLS AND.
[2:38:01] JUST EVERYDAY LIVING.
[2:38:02] UM BUT JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
[2:38:04] YOU TO THE THREE PEOPLE THAT
[2:38:05] ARE HERE FOR THE IMPORTANT
[2:38:06] WORK.
[2:38:07] UM, COMPASSION.
[2:38:08] THE WORK THAT YOU WERE DOING.
[2:38:09] THANK YOU.
[2:38:10] MR CHAIR.
[2:38:11] THANK THANK YOU.
[2:38:12] SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GIVE
[2:38:14] EACH PANELIST TWO MINUTES AND
[2:38:18] COUNCIL WHOEVER DO YOU WANT TWO
[2:38:19] MINUTES TO CLOSE?
[2:38:20] UH.
[2:38:21] AND GIVE COUNCILOR UH
[2:38:24] LOUIJEUNE TWO MINUTES AND I'M
[2:38:27] GOING TO FOREGO MY QUESTIONS
[2:38:28] BECAUSE MUCH OF WHAT I WANTED
[2:38:31] TO ASK YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED
[2:38:33] I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS I WANT
[2:38:34] TO RAISE, BUT, UH, LET ME LET
[2:38:37] YOU MAKE YOUR FINAL STATEMENT
[2:38:40] AND WE'LL TRY AND WRAP UP IN
[2:38:43] THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
[2:38:43] THANK YOU.
[2:38:46] UH, STARTING WITH ME.
[2:38:47] YES.
[2:38:47] UH, MISS.
[2:38:48] WELL, I JUST I JUST WANT TO
[2:38:51] THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS
[2:38:52] OPPORTUNITY.
[2:38:53] UH, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON
[2:38:55] THIS ISSUE.
[2:38:56] UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS REALLY SHOWS
[2:38:58] HOW THOUGHTFUL YOU TRYING TO BE
[2:38:59] ON THIS ISSUE.
[2:39:00] SO WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE
[2:39:02] AND AT MIRROR WE WANT TO BE A
[2:39:04] THOUGHTFUL PARTNERS UH, AS WE
[2:39:05] CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER.
[2:39:08] UM, AND SO THE LAST THING I
[2:39:10] JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY SAY, UM,
[2:39:12] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU TOUCHED
[2:39:13] ON THIS EARLIER TOO IS UH, UM,
[2:39:17] TPS FOR EL SALVADORIAN VERSUS
[2:39:20] HAITI.
[2:39:20] UM, ONE OF THE THING AND ALSO
[2:39:23] TO YOUR QUESTION AND WHAT WHAT
[2:39:24] IS THE STRATEGY CONTINUE TO BE
[2:39:26] FROM HERE?
[2:39:27] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
[2:39:29] HEARING IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT
[2:39:31] OF BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE
[2:39:33] FRIENDS WITH THE PRESIDENTS BUT
[2:39:36] ALSO DEPEND ON THE LABOR OF EL
[2:39:38] SALVADORIAN WHO ARE CALLING HIM
[2:39:40] .
[2:39:41] AND ALSO LET'S NOT FORGET THE
[2:39:42] PRESIDENT OF EL SALVADOR IS A
[2:39:44] GOOD FRIEND WITH OUR PRESIDENT
[2:39:45] .
[2:39:46] SO SO THERE IS THERE SO THERE'S
[2:39:48] A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM THE
[2:39:50] BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO CONGRESS
[2:39:51] AND TO THE PRESIDENT.
[2:39:53] AND I THINK THAT OUR BUSINESS
[2:39:55] UH, HONORS BUSINESS COMMUNITY
[2:39:57] THAT ALSO DEPENDS ON THE LABOR
[2:39:58] OF UH OF OUR HAITIAN
[2:40:00] COMMUNITIES NEED TO STEP UP AS
[2:40:02] WELL AND THAT SHOULD BE PART
[2:40:03] OF THE STRATEGY BECAUSE UM,
[2:40:06] CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT DO
[2:40:07] LISTEN TO A LOT OF THESE
[2:40:08] BUSINESSES ORDER.
[2:40:09] SO UH, WE ALSO WANT OUR
[2:40:11] BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO DEPEND
[2:40:12] ON A LABOR OR ASIAN COMMUNITIES
[2:40:14] TO STEP UP AND THEIR ADVOCACY
[2:40:16] EFFORT.
[2:40:17] UM.
[2:40:19] AGAIN, THANK.
[2:40:19] YOU SO.
[2:40:20] WELL, DOCTOR RUBIO.
[2:40:22] YEAH, HE'S GOING TO FOR ME THEN
[2:40:23] I'M OKAY.
[2:40:24] UH, OKAY.
[2:40:25] SO JUST.
[2:40:26] A QUICK RESPONSE TO
[2:40:27] COUNCILOR FLYNN'S QUESTION
[2:40:28] ABOUT EMPLOYMENT.
[2:40:29] IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT
[2:40:30] FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD THEIR WORK
[2:40:33] AUTHORIZATION ONLY BECAUSE
[2:40:34] OF TPS, THEY LOST THAT ON
[2:40:36] AUGUST.
[2:40:37] 5TH SO.
[2:40:37] THEY DON'T HAVE JOBS TO BE
[2:40:39] WORRIED ABOUT GOING.
[2:40:41] TO UM YOU KNOW, SOME OF.
[2:40:42] THOSE.
[2:40:43] PEOPLE GOT ALTERNATE UM WORK
[2:40:45] AUTHORIZATION THROUGH ASYLUM
[2:40:47] AND YES, THEY CAN GO TO THAT
[2:40:48] WORK WORRIED ABOUT GETTING.
[2:40:49] PICKED UP BUT BUT THE PEOPLE.
[2:40:51] AT TPS.
[2:40:52] UM.
[2:40:52] THEY DON'T HAVE A JOB TO GO
[2:40:54] BACK TO AND A LOT OF THOSE
[2:40:55] PEOPLE GOT THEIR HEALTH
[2:40:55] INSURANCE.
[2:40:56] AND.
[2:40:56] PAID FOR THEIR HEALTH CARE
[2:40:57] THROUGH THEIR JOB.
[2:40:58] AND SO.
[2:40:59] THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO.
[2:41:00] FORGO UM MEDICAL ATTENTION
[2:41:02] UNTIL THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED TO
[2:41:04] AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO.
[2:41:05] GO TO EMERGENCY ROOMS.
[2:41:07] UM, AND SO JUST IN TERMS
[2:41:08] OF SUMMING UP, UM, I JUST WOULD
[2:41:10] LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY UM.
[2:41:12] THERE'S YOU KNOW.
[2:41:13] THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO
[2:41:14] ON IT'S A GREAT CRISIS.
[2:41:16] BUT I'LL INVOKE THE HAITIAN
[2:41:17] PROVERB.
[2:41:17] OF MEN UM, BELL SHAPED MANY
[2:41:19] HANDS MAKE LOVE LIGHT AND IT'S
[2:41:21] BY EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER
[2:41:23] AND WORKING ON A MILLION
[2:41:24] DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE
[2:41:26] WE'RE GOING TO CARRY THIS LOAD.
[2:41:28] GREAT.
[2:41:28] THANK YOU DOCTOR GUMBO.
[2:41:29] YEAH.
[2:41:30] AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
[2:41:31] THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE
[2:41:32] WITH YOU.
[2:41:34] UH ESPECIALLY AGAIN THANK YOU,
[2:41:36] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR YOUR
[2:41:37] LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE,
[2:41:39] COUNSELOR AND CULPEPPER, FOR
[2:41:41] EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING
[2:41:42] TO BRING US TOGETHER.
[2:41:43] KELSEY.
[2:41:43] THAT WILL BE A THANK YOU FOR
[2:41:45] YOUR, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTFUL
[2:41:46] INSIGHT AND THINKING OUTSIDE
[2:41:47] OF THE BOX.
[2:41:48] UH, WHAT I WANT US TO LEAVE
[2:41:50] THIS ROOM HERE IS THAT THERE IS
[2:41:53] WILL PAIN WILL PAIN HAPPENING
[2:41:56] IN EVERY SINGLE CORNER OF OUR
[2:41:58] COMMUNITIES.
[2:41:58] FAMILIES ARE HURTING.
[2:42:01] AND THEY ARE HURTING DEEPLY AND
[2:42:02] THAT THIS HUMAN DIMENSION
[2:42:04] OF WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS
[2:42:06] SOMETHING FOR US TO CARRY WITH
[2:42:07] US AS WE GO ABOUT OUR BUSINESS
[2:42:09] IS TO REMEMBER AS WE ARE
[2:42:12] PROBABLY ENJOYING OUR TIME, YOU
[2:42:14] KNOW, WITH OUR OWN FAMILIES
[2:42:15] THERE ARE FAMILIES WHO CANNOT
[2:42:16] AFFORD TO BE WITH THEIR
[2:42:18] CHILDREN, CANNOT AFFORD TO BE
[2:42:19] WITH THEIR PARENTS AND BECAUSE
[2:42:21] OF THAT WE ARE CALLED TO DO
[2:42:23] WHATEVER IT TAKES.
[2:42:25] TO FIGHT TO PROTECT AND.
[2:42:27] TO SUPPORT.
[2:42:27] AND AT THE END OF THE DAY I
[2:42:29] WOULD SAY UM, I AM GRATEFUL FOR
[2:42:31] THE WORK THAT I'M DOING BECAUSE
[2:42:33] I KNOW WHEN I GO TO SLEEP I
[2:42:35] HAVE THIS SMILE THAT I BROUGHT
[2:42:37] TO SOMEONE'S LIFE AND THAT'S
[2:42:39] REALLY IT'S THE SENSE OF WHY I
[2:42:41] AM HERE.
[2:42:42] WE ALL ARE HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE
[2:42:44] A CALL TO SERVE.
[2:42:45] YOU CALLED TO DO SOMETHING.
[2:42:47] AND WHATEVER WE CAME TO DO.
[2:42:49] THAT THING EVERY SINGLE.
[2:42:50] DAY OF OUR LIVES LET'S DO IT
[2:42:52] BECAUSE.
[2:42:53] WE CAN LIVE A HAPPIER LIFE BY
[2:42:56] BRINGING HOPE, BY BRINGING A
[2:42:57] SMILE TO SOMEONE'S LIFE.
[2:42:59] SO THIS IS A BIG.
[2:43:00] CRISIS, BUT.
[2:43:01] THIS IS ALSO A BIG OPPORTUNITY
[2:43:02] FOR ALL OF US TO STEP UP.
[2:43:04] AND SHOW THAT WE ARE REALLY UM
[2:43:06] IN THAT WE CARE ABOUT EACH
[2:43:08] OTHER.
[2:43:08] SO THANK.
[2:43:09] YOU FOR.
[2:43:09] WHAT YOU DO.
[2:43:10] AND LET'S CONTINUE TO FIGHT.
[2:43:11] THANK YOU, DOCTOR GABEL.
[2:43:14] COUNSELOR WEBER.
[2:43:18] THANK YOU.
[2:43:19] UH I UH YESTERDAY UH WAS UH
[2:43:22] SOMEBODY A.
[2:43:24] CONSTRUCTION WORKER, UH, DIED
[2:43:26] UH, YOU KNOW, UM, FALLING OFF A
[2:43:28] SCAFFOLDING IN JAMAICA PLAIN
[2:43:29] AND MADE ME THINK ABOUT THERE
[2:43:32] WAS A THERE'S A BOOK BY JIMMY
[2:43:34] BRESLIN I THINK IT'S CALLED THE
[2:43:35] SHORT SWEET DREAM OF EDUARDO
[2:43:36] GUTIERREZ ABOUT A MEXICAN
[2:43:37] IMMIGRANT WHO COMES TO NEW YORK
[2:43:38] AND HE DIED, UH, IN A, YOU
[2:43:41] KNOW, FALLING OFF A SCAFFOLD IN
[2:43:42] A SIMILAR WAY.
[2:43:42] AND IN THE BOOK HE, UH JIMMY
[2:43:45] BRESLIN HAS A LINE SOMETHING
[2:43:46] ALONG THE LINES OF LIKE I DON'T
[2:43:48] THINK PEOPLE SOMEBODY'S RIGHTS
[2:43:49] SHOULD BE DICTATED UH, BASED ON
[2:43:51] WHAT SIDE OF A LINE THEY WERE
[2:43:52] BORN ON.
[2:43:53] UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT
[2:43:55] WE'RE SEEING HERE IS JUST YOU
[2:43:57] KNOW, IT'S IT'S THAT AND MIXED
[2:43:59] UP, UH, YOU KNOW, IN A STEW
[2:44:02] WITH WITH JUST WITH RACISM FLAT
[2:44:05] OUT RACISM AND, YOU KNOW,
[2:44:07] WATCHING PEOPLE BE HUNTED AND
[2:44:10] YOU KNOW, FORCED TO WEAR ANKLE
[2:44:12] MONITORS AND BEING DENIED
[2:44:13] MEDICAL CARE AND ALL THIS OTHER
[2:44:16] STUFF IT JUST IT IS SOMETHING
[2:44:17] THAT YOU KNOW, UH, JUST YOU
[2:44:19] KNOW, I WANT TO THANK THE
[2:44:21] PANELISTS AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR
[2:44:22] FOR FIGHTING AGAINST AND YOU
[2:44:24] KNOW, I THINK THERE'S THERE'S
[2:44:26] YOU KNOW, HIGHER CALLING FOR US
[2:44:28] IS TO TRY TO DO WE CAN AND
[2:44:30] WHETHER THAT'S YOU KNOW
[2:44:32] SOMETHING THAT THE THIS THE
[2:44:34] CITY DOES OR WE JUST DO AS
[2:44:37] INDIVIDUALS AND WE WORK WITH
[2:44:38] OTHER PEOPLE TO TO FIND
[2:44:40] SOLUTIONS FOR I MEAN I
[2:44:41] CERTAINLY UH HAVE MY SUPPORT
[2:44:44] AND UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST THANK
[2:44:47] YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
[2:44:48] BRINGING THIS DISCUSSION TO THE
[2:44:50] CITY HALL TODAY AND THANK YOU
[2:44:51] FOR SPEAKING SO ELOQUENTLY
[2:44:52] ABOUT IT.
[2:44:53] THANK YOU CHAIR.
[2:44:54] THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
[2:44:55] WHEREVER COMES OF FLYNN.
[2:44:58] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[2:45:00] UH, AS A NATION AND AS A CITY,
[2:45:04] WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO
[2:45:05] HELP THE PEOPLE OF HAITI THAT
[2:45:08] ARE LIVING HERE IN BOSTON AND
[2:45:10] LIVING HERE IN THE UNITED
[2:45:11] STATES.
[2:45:11] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[2:45:13] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FOR THE
[2:45:15] COUNCIL.
[2:45:15] WELL.
[2:45:16] LOUIJEUNE.
[2:45:16] I GOT A LOT TO SAY.
[2:45:17] THIS IS, UH THIS IS NOT JUST A
[2:45:20] HEARING FOR ME.
[2:45:21] THIS IS MY MORNINGS.
[2:45:22] THIS IS MY NIGHTS.
[2:45:23] THIS IS THE HEARTACHE THAT WE
[2:45:26] CARRY AND THAT WE'VE CARRIED
[2:45:27] FOR SO LONG WITH EACH OF YOU I
[2:45:30] DO NOT KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE
[2:45:32] AND HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO
[2:45:33] THIS WORK.
[2:45:34] BRIAN AND IDA MORONEY AND THE
[2:45:37] WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING OVER AT
[2:45:38] MIRA AND MY DAILY COME BACK TO
[2:45:40] AND DOCTOR GOBBLE UM I THE
[2:45:44] EMAILS, THE TEXTS, THE PHONE
[2:45:46] CALLS I DON'T KNOW WHERE I
[2:45:48] WOULD BE IN THIS WORK WITHOUT
[2:45:49] YOU.
[2:45:50] UM THIS WORK WOULD BE SO MUCH
[2:45:51] HARDER TO DO AND TO BEAR AND IT
[2:45:53] IS ALREADY INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
[2:45:55] AS AN AT-LARGE COUNCILOR WHO IS
[2:45:57] RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOWING UP IN
[2:45:58] EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD WHO DOES YOU
[2:45:59] KNOW, IN THE NORTH END TO LATE
[2:46:01] LAST NIGHT, UM, THAT THIS IS A
[2:46:05] PARTICULAR LOAD THAT VERY FEW.
[2:46:08] PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW
[2:46:10] HEAVY IT IS UM, AND HOW WE WORK
[2:46:14] AND WITH ALL CREATIVITY IS
[2:46:16] POSSIBLE TO REALLY HELP PEOPLE
[2:46:19] SOLVE PROBLEMS WHEN IT SEEMS
[2:46:20] IMPOSSIBLE.
[2:46:21] SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU
[2:46:22] FOR THE WORK.
[2:46:23] UM I WANT TO THANK UM,
[2:46:27] COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR HOLDING
[2:46:28] THIS HEARING.
[2:46:29] COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE STOOD
[2:46:31] WITH US WHETHER IT BE A CAFE
[2:46:33] AND MAKING PHONE CALLS AND JUST
[2:46:36] LIKE ALWAYS TEXTING ME OR
[2:46:37] ALWAYS CALLING ME ASKING YOU
[2:46:38] WHAT MORE CAN WE DO?
[2:46:39] WHAT MORE CAN WE DO THAT IS
[2:46:42] REALLY HELPFUL IN AN
[2:46:43] ENVIRONMENT THAT IS RACIST, IN
[2:46:45] AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS
[2:46:46] ANTI-BLACK, IN AN ENVIRONMENT
[2:46:47] THAT IS ANTI-IMMIGRANT.
[2:46:49] MY WORK HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
[2:46:50] ASIAN COMMUNITY HAS BEEN
[2:46:51] BLOCKED BY COLLEAGUES.
[2:46:53] IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE
[2:46:55] HAVE THE XENOPHOBIA AND THE
[2:46:57] RACISM OF THIS PRESIDENT THAT
[2:46:59] WE DON'T FALL INTO THAT TRAP
[2:47:01] OF SAYING WE CAN'T DO ENOUGH.
[2:47:03] THERE IS ALWAYS MORE THAT WE
[2:47:04] CAN DO WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP
[2:47:06] WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY,
[2:47:07] WITH OUR PHILANTHROPIC
[2:47:08] COMMUNITY, WITH THE STATE AND
[2:47:10] WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BOSTON
[2:47:11] RESIDENTS AT THE END OF THE
[2:47:12] DAY.
[2:47:13] SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
[2:47:15] ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE SHOWING UP
[2:47:16] GENUINELY AND AUTHENTICALLY IN
[2:47:17] THIS WORK.
[2:47:18] IT IS EASY TO JUST COME UP AND
[2:47:20] SHOW UP AND SAY THINGS, BUT TO
[2:47:22] DO THE WORK AND BE PART OF IT
[2:47:23] IS HARDER AND I WANT TO SAY
[2:47:25] THANK YOU VERY MUCH MA'AM BILL
[2:47:27] CHOPIN.
[2:47:28] THANK YOU.
[2:47:29] THANK YOU COUNCILOR EWING AND I
[2:47:32] JUST WANTED TO READ TWO
[2:47:35] STATEMENTS INTO THE RECORD UH,
[2:47:37] THAT I THINK REALLY HIT HOME.
[2:47:39] THE FIRST ONE IS WITHOUT
[2:47:42] IMMIGRATION, MASSACHUSETTS
[2:47:44] LIKELY WOULD HAVE EXPERIENCED
[2:47:47] OUTRIGHT POPULATION DECLINE
[2:47:50] OVER MUCH OF THE PAST CENTURY.
[2:47:52] AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE
[2:47:55] COMMONWEALTH'S ECONOMY DEPENDS
[2:47:56] HEAVILY ON IMMIGRANT WORKERS.
[2:47:58] ACROSS SEVERAL INDUSTRIES,
[2:48:00] ESPECIALLY IN HEALTH CARE,
[2:48:03] CONSTRUCTION, HIGHER EDUCATION
[2:48:05] AND THE BROADER KNOWLEDGE
[2:48:08] ECONOMY.
[2:48:08] WHILE IMMIGRANTS MAKE UP ABOUT
[2:48:11] 20% OF THE COMMONWEALTH'S
[2:48:13] POPULATION, THEY ACCOUNT FOR
[2:48:16] 24% OF THE LABOR FORCE.
[2:48:17] AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
[2:48:20] WAY HAITIANS ARE BEING PULLED
[2:48:26] DOWN IN A MIGHTY WAY WITHOUT.
[2:48:30] AND I THINK THAT TOOK A BOW,
[2:48:32] YOU REALLY HIT IT WHEN YOU SAID
[2:48:35] THE REAL WORK IS GOING FROM
[2:48:39] DOOR TO DOOR TO MAKE SURE
[2:48:42] PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE
[2:48:47] SIGNIFICANCE OF NOT ONLY THE
[2:48:49] HAITIANS CONTRIBUTION TO THE
[2:48:50] ECONOMY BUT TO THE DEVASTATION
[2:48:54] THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN THE
[2:48:56] HAITIAN COMMUNITY NOW.
[2:48:57] AND YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT
[2:49:00] FOLKS ALIENATE THEMSELVES
[2:49:03] EMOTIONALLY AND MENTALLY AND
[2:49:05] IGNORE IT AS IF IT NOT
[2:49:08] HAPPENING BECAUSE IT'S NOT AT
[2:49:10] THEIR DOOR AND I THINK WE HAVE
[2:49:12] TO TAKE IT TO EVERY DOOR SO
[2:49:14] EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE
[2:49:16] SIGNIFICANT OF WHAT HAITIANS
[2:49:19] ARE EXPERIENCING NOW BECAUSE
[2:49:22] YOU'RE RIGHT I USED TO GO TO
[2:49:24] MATTAPAN WHERE REVEREND KIKI WE
[2:49:26] STOPPED BY.
[2:49:27] WE LOOK AT THE VIBRANCY
[2:49:29] OF FOLKS IN AND OUT E WHEN YOU
[2:49:32] GO THROUGH MATTAPAN NOW IT'S A
[2:49:34] SHAME.
[2:49:35] IT'S LIKE.
[2:49:38] WHAT DO THEY CALL THOSE TOWNS?
[2:49:40] NO STONE?
[2:49:42] NO IN THE SOUTH THEY CALL
[2:49:43] OF THE.
[2:49:43] SUNDAY SUNDOWN AND IT REMINDED
[2:49:47] ME WHEN I RODE THROUGH MATTAPAN
[2:49:49] OF US SON DOWNTOWN AND THAT
[2:49:52] JUST CAN'T HAPPEN.
[2:49:54] SO I JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT
[2:49:55] EVERYONE THAT'S LISTENING WILL
[2:49:57] GO OUT AND TELL SOMEBODY.
[2:49:59] WE'LL COME OVER AND MAKE SOME
[2:50:00] CALLS.
[2:50:01] I WANT TO COME OVER TO JAMAICA
[2:50:02] PLAIN AND MAKE SOME CALLS AND
[2:50:04] REALLY MAKE AN EFFORT IN THE
[2:50:09] CITY OF BOSTON TO REALLY MAKE A
[2:50:11] DIFFERENCE.
[2:50:12] I WANT TO THANK YOU TO ALL
[2:50:13] OF OUR PANELISTS, UH, MY
[2:50:15] COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND EVERYONE
[2:50:16] WHO PARTICIPATED IN TODAY'S
[2:50:18] HEARING.
[2:50:20] THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED
[2:50:22] DRAMATICALLY SINCE OUR APRIL
[2:50:24] HEARING.
[2:50:24] WHAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY WILL
[2:50:27] HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW
[2:50:29] THE TERMINATION OF THE HAITIAN
[2:50:31] TPS IS AFFECTING BOSTON
[2:50:33] RESIDENTS AND WHERE ADDITIONAL
[2:50:36] LEGAL ESPECIALLY LEGAL,
[2:50:38] ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
[2:50:40] IS STILL NEEDED.
[2:50:41] LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO
[2:50:43] WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION,
[2:50:45] OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, MY
[2:50:47] COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE
[2:50:49] AFFECTED HAITIAN RESIDENTS AND
[2:50:50] THEIR FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO
[2:50:52] THE RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT
[2:50:55] THAT THEY NEED.
[2:50:56] THIS HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER
[2:50:58] 0299 IS A JOINT.
[2:51:00] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[2:51:02] THANK YOU.
[2:51:03] IT'S THANK YOU.