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Scott Stringer: “We should not be in the business as a city making it harder…”

Featuring: Scott Stringer, Democratic | Former Candidate, Mayor of New York City

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New York City Forum on Sanctuary City Laws and Immigrant Protections

Published | Video Starts at 22:40

We're a history of New York where immigrants come here from all different walks of life at all different backgrounds and do the work that nobody else wants to do. And We should not be in the business as a city making it harder for [immigrants]. them. But having said that, we also have to make sure that the streets are safe, that women feel that they can go home at night, that children can walk freely. (22:40–22:44)

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Asserts that the city should not make it harder for immigrants to work.

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