NYLAG Immigrant Protection Unit Co-director Jodi Ziesemer spoke with BK Reader at a Key to the City event about our work with the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) to prepare our immigrant neighbors for the incoming federal administration:
“While Trump’s policy has yet to have been fleshed out, Ziesemer said the past is their best reference for what to expect. ‘It’s difficult…. especially [for the] people who did this work and the first Trump administration,’ she added.
“She was particularly concerned about how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents would be deployed throughout the city…
“Legal aid organizations are ramping up their efforts to help migrants become naturalized by helping them fill out their paper work at the ‘Key to the City’ events. ‘We’re ready to fight,’ Zeisemer said.”
