So to send individuals back at this time, I think is just misguided. But I have a practical reason, too, and it is because my district, we do We have health care workers that are Haitian and nursing homes will lose qualified, skilled workers if these individuals were stripped of their status and deported. status and deported. I think we need to be. And no one has really been, I think, more vocal, at least in New York City, about illegal immigration. (08:10–08:22)
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