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VIDEO: Responses to “Climate of Fear” Report
On Wednesday, the Southern Poverty Law Center released a report showing that Latino immigrants in Suffolk County live in a “climate of fear,” which is fostered by anti-immigrant rhetoric and unresponsive policing. After the press conference, I caught up with local immigrant advocates and some of the people involved with creating the report, and asked them what they thought about the findings, and where the county should go from here:
Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Project and one of the report’s editors:
Henry Fernandez, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and a contributing editor for the report:
Nadia Marin-Molina, executive director of The Workplace Project:
Joselo Lucero, president of the Fundacion Lucero de America and the brother of slain Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero:
New York State Assemb. Phil Ramos (D-Central Islip):
Maryann Sinclair Slutsky, campaign director for Long Island Wins:
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