Francesca Hong: “Public safety fails when people are too scared to call 911…”

“So just want to remind folks that immigrants are essential to our communities, our schools, clinics, workforce. Their safety makes all of us safer. And Public safety fails when people are too scared to call 911 to send their kids to school, to go to court, to go to the grocery stores. And authoritarianism targets the most vulnerable. So we cannot normalize the Trump raids detention camps. We have to do everything we can to uphold democracy, due process, and real safety.” (00:15–00:26)

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