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Protesters and elected officials gathered in Battery Park to speak against President [[Donald Trump]]’s [[executive order]]s banning immigrants from seven [[Muslim]] majority countries. Among the speakers were Sens. [[Cory Booker]], [[Kirsten Gillibrand]] and Chuck Schumer, Mayor [[Bill de Blasio]], Velazquez, activist [[Linda Sarsour]] and Rep. [[Jerry Nadler]].<ref>[https://www.nyunews.com/2017/01/29/protestors-in-battery-park-respond-to-jfk-detainees/Washington Protestors in Battery Park Respond to JFK Detainees], Jemima McEvoy and Sayer Devlin, Square News, January 29, 2017</ref>

Protesters and elected officials gathered in Battery Park to speak against President [[Donald Trump]]’s [[executive order]]s banning immigrants from seven [[Muslim]] majority countries. Among the speakers were Sens. [[Cory Booker]], [[Kirsten Gillibrand]] and Chuck Schumer, Mayor [[Bill de Blasio]], Velazquez, activist [[Linda Sarsour]] and Rep. [[Jerry Nadler]].<ref>[https://www.nyunews.com/2017/01/29/protestors-in-battery-park-respond-to-jfk-detainees/Washington Protestors in Battery Park Respond to JFK Detainees], Jemima McEvoy and Sayer Devlin, Square News, January 29, 2017</ref>

==Green New Deal==

===Green New Deal===

The [[Green New Deal]] was introduced as H.Res.109 with 84 Democrat co-sponsors on February 7, 2019, including Velazquez.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190208215631/https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5729035/Green-New-Deal-FAQ.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2018/12/11/congressional-support-for-a-green-new-deal</ref>

The [[Green New Deal]] was introduced as H.Res.109 with 84 Democrat co-sponsors on February 7, 2019, including Velazquez.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190208215631/https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5729035/Green-New-Deal-FAQ.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2018/12/11/congressional-support-for-a-green-new-deal</ref>