Immigrant and Refugee Families, Faith Leaders, Victims and Civil Rights Advocates and Business Leaders Urge Albuquerque City Council to Reaffirm Albuquerque as Immigrant Friendly City
"Albuquerque— a blueprint for mass deportation in addition to an uptick of ICE activity targeting Albuquerque’s immigrant communities in past weeks, over 40 immigrant and refugee-based organizations, faith-based institutions, victims and civil rights advocates, and business leaders and approximately 375 community members turned out to urged the Albuquerque City Council to vote in favor of Albuquerque reaffirming it’s status once again as an Immigrant Friendly City and to commit to strengthening City policies in light of new threats in a Trump-era. The memorial passed on a 6:1 vote with Councilors Peña, Benton, Sanchez, Davis, Gibson (Democrats), and Winter (Republican) voting in favor and Councilor Jones voting against."