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Brad Lander: “Most [immigrants] don't have lawyers.”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Brad Lander Discusses Nonviolent Advocacy and Immigration Rights

Published | Video Starts at 01:13

If you happen to speak Spanish or one of the languages they speak, you can help them understand what's going on. Most [immigrants] don't have lawyers. You bear witness. You can, you know, talk to ICE agents in the way or lawyers in the way that Bishop Pham did. (01:13–01:16)

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Asserts that the majority of immigrants in court do not have legal representation.

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