Feb. 12, 2025 By Tangerine Clarke
Scores of immigrants last Saturday, chanting, who built Richmond Hill, who is going to protect Richmond Hill, and who will keep us safe, demonstrated against the Trump Administration’s rhetoric that is driving fear in nationals.
“Please Show Some Compassion, Mr. President,” “We are All Immigrants,” “Together we are Home,” “America is a Nation of Immigrants,” and “United we Stand” were written on placards at a peaceful Unity Rally on Liberty Avenue in Queens. Many gathered ahead of the November 5 election to call on the community to vote for the 47th President.
Candidate for NY City Council District 28, Japneet Singh, one of the organizers and a member of the Sikh community, sent a strong message that the community must be safe. “Fear has no home here. This community was built on the backs of immigrants, and we want to make sure that our immigrant brothers and sisters are safe here. We are not condoning criminals. We are here for the rights of the people who work hard and are doing the right things but are feeling unsafe, said Singh, who called for law-abiding undocumented immigrants to get legal status in the United States.