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Feb. 20, 2014 - Philadelphia City Council members María Quiñones Sánchez, Jannie Blackwell and Jim Kenney along with community organizations called for an end to compliance with non-mandatory ICE holds from federal deportation agents to local law enforcement. Council members also called on the Nutter Administration to work transparently with community organizations in drafting new policy.
Interviewer/Producer: Teresa M. Lundy, City Council Media Fellow
Videographer/Editor: Joe Aquino, City Council Media Fellow
A
So
happy
to
say
that
we
are
not
alone
in
this,
and
there
are
people
here
as
City
Council
members
who
are
working
with
us
to
be
able
to
make
sure
that
the
democratic
process
is
upheld
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
When
discussing
policies
that
affect
our
communities
and
I
want
to
introduce
the
first
of
those
great
allies.
Councilwoman
Maria,
quinones,
Sanchez,.
B
When
odia
primeramente
le
quiero
dar
la
gracia,
a
todo
lo
miembro
de
la
comunidad
immigrant,
a
que
segun
ido,
los
Los
la
persona,
delahaye
Glacia,
SI,
todos,
K&C
dope,
all
today
de
movimiento,
tan
importante,
we
have
spanish
media
posterior
to
right.
I
want
to
thank
my
mic
all
of
the
members,
but
particularly
Mike.
My
council
colleagues
m
Kenny
for
the
resolution
and
the
discussion
that
will
take
place
in
a
couple
of
weeks
about
what
is
a
good
policy.
B
I
think
that
there
has
been
some
movement
and,
while
will
encouraged
by
the
mayor's
formation
of
the
office
of
immigrant
affairs,
the
executive
order
on
language
access.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
policy
that
is
forward
thinking.
So
it's
not
enough
to
say
we.
We
are
concerned
about
ice,
it's
more
of
what
is
the
entertainer
cost
to
the
city?
What
is
the
burden
on
the
taxpayers?
What
is
the
burden
on
our
court
system
on
our
Police
Department?
Let's
have
that
public
discussion
and
then,
let's
talk
about
a
policy
that
makes
sense.
B
We
have
sister
cities
who
have
been
much
more
progressive
than
we
have
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
about
how
it
deals
with
this
comprehensive
immigration
debate
that
is
taking
shape
in
there
in
this
country.
A
detainer
by
itself
is
not
the
answer.
The
police
department
has
all
of
the
power
that
it
needs
to
fully
investigate,
prosecute
convict
and
when
necessary,
when
someone
is
convicted
to
initiate
a
deportation
process.
What
we're
asking
the
city
of
Philadelphia
to
do
is:
let's
have
that
public
that
it
paid
in
this
council
chamber.
B
Let's
have
the
public
discussion
that
we
need
and
let's
ensure,
that
we
have
a
progressive
policy
like
Newark,
who
has
said
no
all
together
or
Washington
DC.
Who
has
said:
let's
do
this
if
the
federal
government
wants
a
detainer,
you
pay
for
it.
Let's
have
that
discussion
and
that's
what
folks
in
the
advocates
this
historic
collaboration
of
advocates
is
talking
about
a
couple
of
weeks
ago.
I
was
a
university
of
penn
at
the
bipartisan
center.
B
B
Deportation
is
as
unamerican
as
you
get.
We
are
splitting
up
families
so
I'm,
proud
to
join
my
council
colleagues,
and
these
advocates
and
saying
to
the
administration:
let's
do
this:
let's
do
this
right.
Let's
do
this
in
a
way
that
we
educate
and
formulate
policies
that
will
work
for
everyone.
Thank
you
special.
C
Thanks
to
councilman
Kenny,
his
office
in
my
office
wrote
this
legislation
back
in
November
to
talk
about
the
issue
of
ice
and
all
that
that
means
we
just
opened
less
than
a
month
ago,
an
immigration
office,
naturalization
immigration
office
at
41st
and
fountain
to
represent
Philadelphia
and
certainly
all
the
outlying
areas,
and
on
Wednesday,
though,
before
the
mayor's
Commission
on
African
and
Caribbean
immigrant
affairs,
we
had
a
large
discussion
on
this
issue.
The
African
and
Caribbean
communities
will
be
well
represented
or
march.
Third,
at
one
o'clock
we
will
have
a
wonderful
partnership.
C
We've
worked
with
them,
one
group
since
05
that
we
helped
form
and
another
for
the
past
23
years,
that's
called
echoes
of
Africa,
and
so
we
look
forward
to
doing
our
part
and
this
horrendous
issue
to
make
sure
that
all
people
in
our
city
are
protected,
no
matter
where
they've
come
from
and
what
their
agenda
is.
All
people
who
want
to
live
good,
clean
lives
have
a
right
to
be
here
and
have
a
right
to
the
Tree
of
Life
without
worried
about
being
detained,
her
ass
and
stop.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
being
here.
D
Let
me
try
to
break
this
down
a
little
bit
on
personal,
a
personal
level
and
I'm
glad
that
the
theme
of
family
is
is,
is
the
main
theme
of
this
this
event
and
the
main
theme
of
our
thrust
going
forward.
Every
citizen
who
lives
in
this
city
is
part
of
our
family
they're,
their
part
and
parcel
of
our
family,
no
matter
where
they've
come
from
whether
they're
born
here
or
they've,
decided
to
come
here,
because
we
want
them
to
come
here,
but
they're
part
of
our
family.
D
If
your
child
does
something
miss
behaves,
you
don't
turn
your
child
over
to
two
strangers
in
a
van
who
takes
your
child
away
and
holds
them
for
a
couple
weeks.
While
you
figure
out
what
they
did
wrong
and
how
to
punish
them,
we
have
a
great
police
department.
We
have
a
great
district
attorney.
He
has
a
great
charging
unit,
we
have
great
judges
and
we
have
great
court
system
and
I
think
that
we
ought
to
be
able
to
sort
it
out
ourselves
without
involving
any
other
governmental
entity.
D
When
we
want
to
involve
governmental
entities
and
the
things
we
want
them
to
be
involved
in,
they
advocate
that
responsibility.
They
don't
want
to
help
us
with
education
and
what
helped
us
the
things
we
need,
but
they
want
to
help
us
deport
people
from
our
city,
cities
like
New,
York,
City
and
Chicago.
They
get
it
right.
They
understand
that
they
understand
the
value
of
immigration,
they
understand
the
value
of
people,
whether
they're
documented
or
whether
they're
not
documented
and
we'll
figure
it
out.
D
If
you
mess
up
and
you
get
arrested
by
one
of
our
police
officers
or
two
of
our
police
officers
and
you
get
taken
to
the
district
ER
to
the
Roundhouse
and
your
process
normally
and
you
get
bail
or
you
can
either
make
bail
or
you
can't
make
bail
you
get
charged,
you
don't
get
charged,
you
go
to
court,
you
get
found
guilty
or
you're
innocent,
but
we
do
it.
We
don't
allow
to
agents
from
the
federal
government
to
take
you
away
to
a
federal
prison.
D
D
This
is
ultimately
about
fairness
is
about
being
fair
to
people,
as
I
said
before,
sometimes
people
mess
up
and
get
arrested
and
it's
sad
and
Native
Americans
get
arrested
just
as
data
philadelphia's
get
arrested
just
as
native
as
far
and
people
get
arrested,
and
we
treat
we
don't
want
to
treat
people
differently.
Let's
give
them
a
path
to
citizenship,
let
them
work,
pay
taxes
come
above
out
of
it
out
of
the
shadows
and
be
at
Philadelphia
citizens.
That's
all
we're
about,
and
we
don't
need
the
federal
government.
D
The
federal
government
doesn't
do
much
right
anyway,
I'd,
let
alone
stuff
like
this,
which
causes
us
brief,
causes
family
disruption
and
dis
dissolvent,
sometimes
with
families.
You
know,
Family
Values
means
keeping
families
together,
even
when
somebody
gets
a
rest
over
some
stupid.
So,
let's
just
let's
just
go
forward
and
try
to
make
our
own
way
and
keep
it
within
our
own
Philadelphia
family.
Thanks
for
being
here.
B
We
want
to
make
sure
that,
during
our
public
hearing
by
the
resolution
sponsored
by
Councilman,
Kenny
and
Councilwoman
blackwell,
that
we
really
get
a
sense
of
what
the
cost
factors
are,
what
are
the
mitigating
factors
so
that
we
ensure
that
we're
writing
a
policy
that
is
as
proactive
as
it
can
be.
That
is
as
inclusive
of
the
advocates
as
possible
and
that
it
really
still
educates
folks
about
the
importance
of
public
safety
not
being
hampered
by
what
we're
trying
to
do.
Well.
D
I
think
that
we
need
to
coalesce
the
organization's
of
the
city,
and
then
communities
in
the
city
that
are
affected
by
this
have
them
give
them
a
voice
and
let
them
express
to
their
government
their
they're
upset.
With
this
policy,
I
mean
I've
been
upset
with
this
policy
for
years.
I
see
no
reason
why
we
should
be
an
agent
or
arm
of
the
federal
government
when
it
comes
to
immigration.
What
they
want
to
do
that,
if
that's
their
national
policy,
let
them
enforce
it.
We
don't
need
how
help
them
enforce
that
policy.
D
We
have
enough
of
a
court
system,
Police
Department
DA's
office,
to
do
our
job
to
make
people
safe.
We
don't
need
their
help
when
we
ask
for
their
help.
They
refuse
it
so
when
we
don't
want
them
to
help
they
need
they
want
to.
So
you
know,
I
think
that
it
is
a
an
ongoing
process
and
trying
to
get
some
sense
to
this.
We
need
immigration
in
the
city
to
make
the
city
grow.