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Ayanna Pressley: “Lakeside, Lake street, home to some 2,000 businesses…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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Today it is quiet. Today it is quiet. It is quiet because of Fear. When we were at Midtown Global Market earlier today. What is it? We learned that Lakeside, Lake street, home to some 2,000 businesses, majority of which are owned by immigrants, are losing $30 million a month. Those are the sort of contributions that immigrants have been making to this. Okay, so the point is this is devastating families and devastating the economy here. (08:57–09:12)

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Asserts that immigrant-owned businesses on Lake Street are losing $30 million monthly.

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