Jessica Ramos: “It's largely because of the lack of work permits and because…”

“I'm born and raised in the neighborhood, and I can tell you that we've seen it for decades. Never at this scale, Never at the scale that we're seeing. Why is that, then? I think It's largely because of the lack of work permits and because traffickers have figured out how to take advantage of immigrants. who can't find their place in our city. You know, when the federal government doesn't have the wherewithal to at least give work permits while we figure out whether they …” (02:13–02:23)

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