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===Anti "Muslim ban"===
===Anti "Muslim ban"===
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>
====Abolish ICE====
On July 12, 2018 Rep. [[Mark Pocan]] (D-Wis.) introduced H.R. 6361, in the House to abolish [[ICE]]. Eight House Democrats signed on as cosponsors: [[Pramila Jayapal]] and [[D. Adam Smith]] of Washington; [[Adriano Espaillat]], [[José Serrano]], Nydia Velázquez, and [[Yvette Clarke]], all from New York; [[Earl Blumenauer]] of Oregon; and [[James McGovern]] of Massachusetts. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), New York City Mayor [[Bill de Blasio]], and other Democrats all rallied behind the “Abolish ICE” banner.
===Green New Deal===
===Green New Deal===