It's safe because we are a city full of immigrants. And we're not the outlier. I mean, you look at New York City, you look at Laredo, Texas, you look at San Diego, There's a correlation between immigrants making our communities better, stronger, and, yes, safer as well. And so I make this point to you because it's not just that it's a bummer that people don't get us. It's that when they don't get us or when they purposefully lie about who we are. (20:34–20:43)
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