You know, you got people who are taking care of seniors who are doing construction of New homes, who are the preparing the food in the restaurants, who are delivering it. And if you lose those people, 40% of the city is immigrants. And many of them, you know, have someone in the family who's not documented. About a half million New Yorkers, some of them kids who've grown up here their whole lives. (09:48–09:51)
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Asserts that 40% of New York City's population consists of immigrants.
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