As the son of immigrants, I have seen first-hand, many of the challenges immigrant families are forced to overcome.

Fighting for Immigrant Rights

New York State must ensure the basic human dignity and core constitutional and human rights of everyone, regardless of race or immigration status, especially in the immigration and criminal legal systems, by:

• Ensuring all immigrants facing deportation have the right to an attorney,

• Ceasing over-policing and unconstitutional stops by law enforcement, and

• Prohibiting all state and local government employees from collaborating with federal immigration authorities to facilitate immigration-related arrests and detention.

• Pass Senate Bill S3076A, The New York For All Act, helping immigrant New Yorkers lead freer lives and take care of family, preserving state and local resources for our communities, and ensuring New York dollars cannot be diverted to carry out ICE cruelty.

• Pass Senate Bill S7879, The New York is Home Act, guaranteeing human rights protections to non-citizens, granting voting rights in state and local level elections, and extending access to social services.

• Pass Senate Bill S7562, which prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status by police officers and other public employees and state entities. This legislation is critical to ensuring that immigrant New Yorkers can live and work without the constant fear of their personal information being turned over to ICE.