Speaker 1 (02:36):
… media friendly words is a good expression for it. If I tell them exactly what I think, that might not be the most helpful thing to say right now.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
[inaudible 00:02:49]
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
[inaudible 00:02:58]
Speaker 1 (03:00):
I was never taught secret words [inaudible 00:03:04].
Crowd (03:02):
[inaudible 00:03:27]
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Right across the street. So close across the street that on a couple of occasions when the supply briefs hasn't show up [inaudible 00:04:26].
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Any chance…
Speaker 2 (04:28):
I'm licensed, so I can walk across.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
[inaudible 00:04:41]
Crowd (04:28):
[inaudible 00:05:04]
Speaker 3 (05:39):
You've got a lot of cables around here, just warning you.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
Thank you. I will be cognizant. All right. Check test one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Channel one is the podium. Channel two should be camera mic, if I've got it set right.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
Three, four, five.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Test one, two, three.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Yeah, there you go.
Crowd (06:09):
[inaudible 00:06:18]
Speaker 2 (06:09):
I think it was a COVID thing.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
No, it was the… It is… There were [inaudible 00:06:40]
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Channel, channel.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Yeah, I have to keep going back and forth.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Channel one, I just checked my audio. So, channel one should be podium. Testing one, two, channel two. I've got as my camera mic, test one, two. Testing one, two, three. Test one, two. It's the same? Okay. All right. Is the sound all right? Okay, cool.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
You're firing on every theological syllabus.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Let's just keep going. [inaudible 00:07:20] take a COVID test. Yep. We all had to wear masks. And I could celebrate [inaudible 00:07:56], but I couldn't actually give it to anybody.
Crowd (07:56):
[inaudible 00:08:59]
Speaker 1 (09:27):
I knew him before he was prosecuted. He was still at Gallery Church. [inaudible 00:09:39] Yes. Yes. [inaudible 00:09:52] At 6:30.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
Yeah. I realized I didn't really dress for cold outdoor. [inaudible 00:10:21] Are you going to be based in… [inaudible 00:10:59]
Speaker 5 (10:58):
Oh my God. He was phenomenal.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
He's not gone though, is he?
Speaker 5 (11:11):
He's in Colombia.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
He's over there. [inaudible 00:11:25]
Speaker 4 (11:24):
He'll be back and forth?
Speaker 5 (11:24):
Yeah, he'll be back and forth. And he'll still be with us for at least through February.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (11:32):
And then by then he'll still be helping me out especially.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
Yeah. Well, it makes sense. It's grown into a huge organization that's doing phenomenal frontline work.
Speaker 5 (11:46):
Back to the [inaudible 00:11:53].
Speaker 4 (11:52):
I guess when he got started, it was probably like five or 10 people.
Speaker 5 (11:55):
Seriously. It was about, yeah, we were working out of the basement. Yeah, it was nice.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
It's a great story. It really is a great story.
Speaker 5 (12:04):
All right. You guys got the brief logistics [inaudible 00:12:09].
Speaker 4 (12:09):
He prays. I talk after him. I just follow instructions, man, "All right, now step over here."
Speaker 5 (12:20):
We've got some hot chocolate.
Speaker 4 (12:26):
Of course. [Inaudible 00:12:26] He was quite good last time.
Speaker 5 (12:27):
Yeah, he really was. He always is. Even when they [inaudible 00:12:32]. You saw that, right?
Speaker 4 (12:31):
It was just incredible.
Speaker 5 (12:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
[inaudible 00:12:43]
Speaker 5 (12:53):
[inaudible 00:12:53] Yeah. But he's still going to have to go check in other places. I'm sure he's going to wind up [inaudible 00:13:04].
Speaker 4 (12:58):
[inaudible 00:13:06] As long as, if it's just that.
Speaker 5 (13:06):
Yeah, exactly. But right now we don't… We hope. We'll see what happens.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
We were here last time.
Speaker 5 (13:13):
Are you in Baltimore?
Speaker 4 (13:17):
No, I'm in Prince George's County. Yeah. So, he lived… Well, I guess he's living again now in my district. So, it's the eastern border of DC. Yeah. Prince George is inside the beltway. Yeah. So, hopefully you can come back to his home.
Speaker 5 (13:35):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
It's incredible. There's a movie in here somewhere, but I think he's just wanting to get through it right now.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Okay. Appreciate it. So, where are you?
Speaker 5 (14:07):
[Inaudible 00:14:10].
Speaker 4 (14:15):
H, okay, that's right around the corner. My district doesn't go all the way over. I guess you're in Jamie Raskin's district out there, but I'm in the next one over.
Speaker 5 (14:22):
We are in Jamie Raskin's district.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
We're pretty active with [inaudible 00:14:28] Montgomery. He spoke at 25th anniversary celebration. [inaudible 00:14:34]
Speaker 4 (14:33):
Yeah, he's really good.
Speaker 5 (14:35):
He cut his finger right before coming on stage. So, he was bleeding on his script. [inaudible 00:14:47].
Speaker 4 (14:37):
[inaudible 00:14:47]
Speaker 5 (14:47):
But I've been doing the stuff with Kilmar. [inaudible 00:14:55] It's really great to see the way the Maryland community has come around [inaudible 00:14:55].
Speaker 4 (14:55):
Yeah, he's become a national figure. [inaudible 00:14:55] Well, his wife is really… I don't thin she gets the credit she deserves. [inaudible 00:15:26].
Speaker 1 (15:00):
He's in the best shape of his life. So healthy.
Crowd (15:00):
[foreign language 00:15:56]
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (15:00):
We are all Kilmar.
Crowd (15:00):
We are all Kilmar.
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (15:00):
We are all Kilmar.
Crowd (15:00):
We are all Kilmar.
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (15:00):
We are all Kilmar.
Crowd (15:00):
We are all Kilmar.
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (17:47):
We are all Kilmar. [foreign language 00:17:47] Good morning.
Crowd (17:48):
Morning.
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (17:50):
My name is Lydia Walther-Rodriguez, and I am the chief of organizing and leadership with CASA. [foreign language 00:18:04] I want to start off by congratulating you. Courageous freedom fighters. We are out here on this cold Friday morning once again in front of the Baltimore field office. [foreign language 00:18:25] Those of you who are also at home watching this fight, I also want to congratulate you for the continued effort to ensure that freedom and justice persevere. [foreign language 00:18:51]
(18:51)
We are here with Brother Kilmar once again. This morning, he is going to be checking in with ICE. Kilmar has become a symbol of inspiration, strength, love, and perseverance. [foreign language 00:19:29] We want to say thank you to Kilmar for all of his fight, his continued struggle, and sharing his story with all of us. [foreign language 00:20:01] We know that this administration continues to oppress our working class and immigrant families, and they have time and time again continued to retaliate against people who stand up and demand their constitutional right, their due process, as Kilmar has. [foreign language 00:20:45]
(20:48)
I want to say that we will not give up. Will we give up?
Crowd (20:51):
No.
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (20:52):
Will we give up?
Crowd (21:00):
No.
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (21:02):
[foreign language 00:21:03] This hate, this administration will not win. Love will win. [foreign language 00:21:17] Thank you to the US District judge, her courageous judgment ruling that ICE in this administration can no longer detain Kilmar, is the reason why he is standing free here today, and he was able to reunite with his family yesterday. [foreign language 00:22:00]
Crowd (21:52):
[foreign language 00:22:05]
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (22:09):
[foreign language 00:22:09] And this fight will continue to be the people's fight. This victory is a community victory. This fight is a community fight. When we fight.
Crowd (22:18):
We win.
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (22:20):
When we fight.
Crowd (22:25):
We win.
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (22:41):
[foreign language 00:22:43]
Crowd (22:41):
[foreign language 00:22:42]
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (22:43):
[foreign language 00:22:42] We will now be hearing from our faith leader, our congressmen, and Kilmar before we head inside. I want to call on Pastor Vanacore to open us up in prayer. [foreign language 00:23:01]
Crowd (22:55):
[foreign language 00:23:01]
Pastor Vanacore (23:01):
In advent, we are taught to prepare the way for the coming of the Lord. [foreign language 00:23:25] So, hear the words of Isaiah 40: three to five. [foreign language 00:23:35] A voice cries out, "In the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord makes straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up in every mountain and hill be made low. The uneven ground shall become level in the rough places of plane. Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."
(23:55)
[foreign language 00:24:00] So, God, we pray this morning for our brother Kilmar. [foreign language 00:24:43] We pray, oh God, for our brother Kilmar to walk into this building and to walk out again a free man. [foreign language 00:24:57] We ask for him, Oh, God, to celebrate Christmas and the rest of this holy season in the arms of his family. [foreign language 00:25:04]
(25:04)
We ask, oh, God for justice to be served and for Kilmar to emerge victorious from all of his legal struggles and for him to win the right to live in peace in this community for the rest of his days. [foreign language 00:25:31] We pray, oh, God, for his family. [foreign language 00:25:43] We pray, oh, God, for CASA and for all of the warriors here today and at home who are fighting for his freedom. [foreign language 00:25:55]
(25:57)
And we pray for all immigrants, all children of God, to be released from the racism and oppression of this administration, this unjust system, and for all flesh to finally see the glory of God. [foreign language 00:26:20]
(26:20)
Amen and amen.
Crowd (26:34):
Amen.
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (26:40):
[foreign language 00:26:41] Thank you so much to our pastor. I now want to call on Congressman Glenn Ivey.
Glenn Ivey (26:47):
Thank you very much. Kilmar, it's great to see you. Welcome home. Welcome home. Welcome home. This time he's going to get to stay home, right?
Crowd (26:58):
Yes.
Glenn Ivey (26:59):
That's right. The Trump administration's behavior has been nothing less than shameful, from start to finish. They stayed after him because they knew they made a mistake when they took him away the first time, when they kidnapped him the first time, but they couldn't admit it and they pretended like they couldn't bring him back from El Salvador because they said they didn't have the power to do it.
(27:20)
Three courts told them to do it. Even the Supreme Court told them to do it. They still didn't want to comply, but eventually they brought him back. But you know what they did then? In order to cover up the fact that they hadn't brought him before, they brought these fake charges down in Tennessee.
(27:36)
The criminal charges, it's shameful. It's shameful. I think those charges are going to go the same direction that the James Comey and Leticia James charges went, right? That's right. Because they're all coming from the same place. So, now he gets to come back today after the judge in Greenbelt said, and did she dress down the Trump administration or what? Did you read that opinion?
(27:59)
She told them all about themselves and the misconduct and the way they evaded the law and been treating the law incorrectly and been acting illegally. So, he's here today because the judge stood up in Greenbelt and said he should be here. A judge stood up in Tennessee and said he should be here. The Supreme Court said he should get his due process, and he's going to get that.
(28:22)
When we fight.
Crowd (28:23):
We win.
Glenn Ivey (28:24):
When we fight.
Crowd (28:26):
We win.
Glenn Ivey (28:26):
And we're going to win this. Now, he's going to go in there in a minute. Last time we were here and they took him inside, he didn't get to come out immediately, but we keep winning. The judges keep telling them they're wrong. The judges keep telling them to stop breaking the law. The judges keep telling them to let him come home. Kilmar, welcome home. You're going to get to stay this time. When we fight.
Crowd (28:47):
We win.
Glenn Ivey (28:47):
And we will not stop fighting.
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (28:49):
That's right.
Glenn Ivey (28:49):
Stay strong.
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (28:50):
That's right. That's right.
Crowd (28:51):
We are all Kilmar.
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez (28:59):
[foreign language 00:28:59]
Audience (28:59):
[Spanish 00:29:01] Kilmar.
Speaker 6 (28:59):
[Spanish 00:29:02] Kilmar.
Audience (29:14):
[Spanish 00:29:04] Kilmar.
Speaker 6 (29:15):
[Spanish 00:29:15] Kilmar.
Audience (29:15):
[Spanish 00:29:15] Kilmar.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (29:15):
[Spanish 00:29:15].
Translator (29:19):
Good morning. My name is Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (29:21):
[Spanish 00:29:26].
Translator (29:32):
I stand before you as a free man, and I want you to remember me this way with my head held up high.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (29:39):
[Spanish 00:29:40].
Translator (29:39):
I come here today with so much hope, and I thank God who has been with me since the start with my family.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (30:07):
[Spanish 00:30:10].
Translator (30:25):
I thank God for all of the freedom fighters he has put in my life, including my life partner and wife, Jennifer. Even though she is not here today, I know she is with me in spirit.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (30:35):
[Spanish 00:30:39].
Translator (30:48):
I also give gratitude for my brother Cesar, my family, my mother, Cecilia.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (30:53):
[Spanish 00:30:57].
Translator (31:02):
I am grateful and give gratitude to all of the people that have been fighting with me since day one, who God has put in my life and my family's life.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (31:19):
[Spanish 00:31:22].
Translator (31:31):
This includes my entire legal team, my union, Smart, everyone at CASA.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (31:57):
[Spanish 00:31:57].
Translator (31:58):
To all of the faith leaders, to all of the churches, to everyone at home who continues to pray for me, I want you to know that prayer is powerful and I am grateful for all of your prayers.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (32:28):
[Spanish 00:32:29].
Translator (32:36):
Yesterday, I spent time and celebrated and enjoyed my family who is everything for me, especially so close to Christmas and being in this holiday season.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (32:45):
[Spanish 00:32:49].
Translator (33:09):
I stand here today with my head held up high, and I will continue to fight and stand firm against all of the injustices this government has done upon me.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (33:20):
[Spanish 00:33:23].
Translator (33:29):
I want to tell everybody who is also suffering family separation, God is with you. This is a process. Keep fighting.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (33:54):
[Spanish 00:33:59].
Translator (34:16):
I tell you to hold your head up high. Never hold your head down. Stand firm. Know that this is something that is called injustice and you will win.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (34:25):
[Spanish 00:34:28].
Translator (34:42):
Regardless of this administration, I believe this is a country of laws, and I believe that this injustice will come to its end.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (34:51):
[Spanish 00:34:56].
Translator (35:06):
Keep fighting. Do not give up. I wish all of you love and justice. Keep going. Thank you so much.
Speaker 6 (35:11):
[Spanish 00:35:27] Kilmar.
Audience (35:11):
[Spanish 00:35:28] Kilmar.
Sarah (35:11):
I was just going to introduce myself. Sorry. Hi. I'm Sarah with Banner.
Speaker 7 (35:11):
Hi.
Sarah (35:11):
We talked to interview [inaudible 00:40:12].
Speaker 7 (40:12):
That's right. Yeah.
Sarah (40:13):
Yeah. I just want to introduce myself. [inaudible 00:40:15] so far.
Speaker 7 (40:17):
Oh, great. Great, great, great.
Sarah (40:18):
Yeah. I'm just curious to know, is this regular part of being released from [inaudible 00:40:25]?
Speaker 7 (40:22):
No. No, it's not.
Sarah (40:22):
Okay.
Speaker 7 (40:26):
Yeah, no, this is intentionally done just to mess with them, honestly. So the judge ruled clearly that the tension in the first place was unlawful. So she ordered his immediate release. Just that, right? His immediate release. And immediately afterwards, ICE demanded [inaudible 00:40:57]. We're really uncertain. We don't know the nature of what's going to happen in there. We expect them to come out. But there's no guarantees at this point because they keep changing.
Sarah (41:12):
Sure. Do you mind if I … Just because we're tending to say what happened, do you mind if I just say it's uncertain we don't know what's going to happen, but we can come out and contribute to you? Is that okay?
Speaker 7 (41:22):
Yeah, sure. But as a matter of fact, we'll get a report back from the attorneys as soon as this-
Sarah (41:28):
Oh, great.
Speaker 7 (41:28):
Whatever this is. And this check-in, this so called check-in. And we expect … Hopefully, it won't take too long. Whatever's going to happen is going to happen within an hour, we would expect. And at that point, we'll have the attorneys [inaudible 00:41:47] back exactly what happened.
Sarah (41:48):
Got it. Okay. Well-
Speaker 7 (41:48):
That's our plan for the day.
Sarah (41:49):
I'll be here.
Speaker 7 (41:50):
Yeah. We want to keep … We'll have a continuing rally.
Sarah (41:54):
Sure. For sure.
Speaker 7 (41:55):
We have a couple more speakers to fill in the time. And then at the end, we'll do a press [inaudible 00:41:58].
Sarah (41:58):
Okay. Sounds great.
Speaker 7 (41:58):
Figure out exactly what happened.
Sarah (41:58):
Great. Well, thank you.
Speaker 7 (41:58):
No, of course. Yeah, yeah.
Sarah (41:58):
You saw the story this morning?
Speaker 7 (41:58):
No. The mind [inaudible 00:41:58]? No.
Sarah (41:58):
Okay. Well, it's all there.
Speaker 7 (42:13):
We've obviously been dealing with this. So yeah, oh, great. Hope that came out okay.
Sarah (42:17):
No, you're all good. It's nice to meet you.
Speaker 7 (42:18):
Nice to meet you too. Yeah.
Sarah (42:18):
I'm sure we'll run into each other.
Speaker 7 (42:21):
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks.
Speaker 6 (42:21):
[Spanish 00:42:33] Kilmar.
Audience (42:21):
[Spanish 00:42:33] Kilmar.
Speaker 6 (45:11):
When immigrants are under attack, what do we do?
Audience (45:28):
Stand up, fight back.
Speaker 6 (45:29):
When immigrants are under attack, what do we do?
Audience (45:29):
Stand up, fight back.
Speaker 6 (45:29):
When immigrants are under attack, what do we do?
Audience (45:29):
Stand up, fight back.
Speaker 6 (45:29):
Stand up, fight back. When immigrants are on the attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back.
Audience (45:29):
Stand up fight back.
Speaker 6 (45:29):
When immigrants are under attack, what do we do? Stand up fight back.
Audience (45:29):
Stand up, fight back.
George Escobar (45:49):
Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.
Audience (45:51):
Good morning.
George Escobar (45:51):
[Spanish 00:45:55].
Audience (45:51):
[Spanish 00:45:57].
George Escobar (46:07):
[Spanish 00:46:01]. Oh, this is … Oh, thank you. I'm new, so I don't even know where the microphone is. So welcome everybody once again. My name is George Escobar and CASA's new incoming executive director. Thank you once again for being here. Thank you once again for standing up and fighting back for our immigrant community. Thank you so much. [Spanish 00:46:33]. So again, thank you so much for making sure that we continue to underline that this country is a country of immigrants. This was founded by a country of immigrants, and it will always be a country of immigrants. So thank you all for being here. And for all of us, what we hope is that we can stand here and await the results of whatever this check-in process is. Want to reiterate again the injustice that Kilmar underlined today, the fact that a federal judge ordered his immediate release yesterday, less than 24 hours ago.
(47:36)
He was only released from a Moshannon Detention Center in another state in Pennsylvania, and was only released at 5:00 PM last night. And yet, we are here again, less than whatever that is, 18 hours later, here mandated to report to ICE at AM, 8:00 AM the next morning. He barely had enough time to greet his family, to have a meal together and to see his child and his children. This is the cruelty that we see every day from this administration.
Audience (48:22):
Shame, shame, shame.
George Escobar (48:24):
An administration who takes pleasure in this type of behavior. An administration who day after day is violating court orders and is laughing at our judicial system, and continues to act in an unlawful manner. But what do we see today again, and what do we see in our immigrant community day after day, is doing everything they can to abide by the law, abide by the rules, and comply with whatever ridiculous thing they're presented. Kilmar, again, did not abscond. Kilmar did not violate any orders, did not violate any regulations. He is here again, standing proudly in front of us, and showing us that he is again looking the government in the face and doing everything possible to fight for his rights. So thank you so much for being here with us. We'd love for you to stay with us for a little bit longer and see what the results of this check-in is. We do plan to have the legal team report back the results of what occurred in this building, and hope that you can stay with us and learn what is next for Kilmar.
(49:51)
But in the meantime, I'd like to introduce our director here in Central Maryland, Crisaly De Los Santos, and we have a couple of other speakers we'd like to introduce to you.
Crisaly De Los Santos (50:01):
Thank you so much. Show me what community looks like.
Audience (50:03):
This is what community looks like.
Crisaly De Los Santos (50:07):
Show me what community looks like.
Audience (50:09):
This is what community looks like.
Crisaly De Los Santos (50:11):
Show me what community looks like.
Audience (50:13):
This is what community looks like.
Crisaly De Los Santos (50:16):
When immigrants are under attack, what do we do?
Audience (50:18):
Stand up, fight back.
Crisaly De Los Santos (50:21):
What do we do?
Audience (50:22):
Stand up, fight back.
Crisaly De Los Santos (50:23):
Good morning. Like George mentioned, my name is Crisaly De Los Santos and I'm the Baltimore Central Maryland director. Extremely proud to be here with each and one of you today standing in community because this is what we do when one of us is under attack. If one member of our community is under attack, we are all under attack and this is something that we've seen with Kilmar case and with the brutality that this regime has put into our community, especially all of our communities of color. We are here today because of the injustices, but we are also here today to bear witness and to make sure that there is transparency in the process, and that Kilmar is able to make it home one more time to his family and children.
(51:06)
With that, I want to pass it to a pastor and a council member who's doing great work here in Baltimore City. Not just fighting for Baltimore City residents, but for every immigrant and working class family out there. Please help me welcome Mark Parker.
Mark Parker (51:27):
Thank you, Crisaly. Here we are again. Here we are again asking for justice. Here we are again pointing out the evil, unlawful, immoral actions of this regime. Here we are again, praying for Kilmar, hearing his words, hearing his hopes, hearing his cries for justice, hearing his appreciation for the solidarity of our community. Here we are again. In Luke chapter 18, Jesus told a story about a persistent widow, about a woman who came up for a judge day after day after day demanding justice. Day after day after day demanding justice to a judge, to a person who Jesus said had no respect for God and no respect for people.
(52:15)
Here we are again, raising our voices alongside Kilmar's. His voice is not alone. He is surrounded by his family, by his community of faith, by a community of people, by lawyers. He is not alone in his cries for justice. Our voices rise together with his and our persistence, our persistence in spite of an administration, in spite of a president who have no respect for God, who have no respect for human beings, who have no respect for the law, who have no respect for the dignity of people, who have no respect for the very nature of our community and the bonds of mutuality that hold us together, who has no respect for any of those things. And yet, justice will be achieved through our persistence, through our cries. Not for any sense of shame on his part, not for any sense of shame or responsibility on the part of this administration, but because we refuse anything less than the justice that is due to our neighbor, Kilmar, and to all of our neighbors who are experiencing the same kinds of things that he has been.
(53:22)
Those who pass through this building, those who walk through the streets of this city, who are taken from their families and whose names are not in the newspaper, whose names are not on the television cameras, but who are suffering all the same, we cry alongside them and we cry out with them for justice, with persistence, because nothing else will do. Jesus goes on to say, "Will not God grant justice and quickly." Nothing about this has been quick. Here we are again, but we cry out all the same, knowing that our voices will be heard here in this city, in this country, and on high. Thank you for being here. Thanks to the colleagues. Thanks to my colleague, Councilperson Ramos, thanks to Congressman Ivy. Thanks to our partners from CASA, thanks to our faith leaders of many backgrounds and traditions, all of those who are in this work together, who know that justice is achieved through our persistence, through our public witness, through our telling of the truth, and through our prayers. Thank you all.
Speaker 6 (54:34):
Say it loud, say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here.
Audience (54:35):
Say it loud, say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here.
Speaker 6 (54:35):
Say it loud, say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here.
Audience (54:35):
Say it loud, say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here.
Crisaly De Los Santos (54:43):
Say it loud, say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here.
(54:45)
All right, everyone. Now I want to welcome someone, a true leader in our community, someone who doesn't just show up, but make sure that there's light shed in our community who are being trying to be silenced in this moment. Not just in our city, but for all immigrant and working class families, Councilwoman, Odette Ramos.
Odette Ramos (55:10):
Good morning. [Spanish 00:55:12], good morning. It is upsetting that we have to again be here today, but we're here to cheer on Kilmar and his family. But remember that Kilmar is not the only one. We are seeing parents snatched from their children. We are seeing heroes in our schools having to work with the families to make sure that the young people and their families are okay after their parents are snatched. The impact of what's happening here, not just with Kilmar, but so many others is shameful.
Audience (55:54):
Shameful.
Odette Ramos (55:54):
Shameful.
Audience (55:54):
Shame.
Odette Ramos (55:54):
Shameful.
Audience (55:59):
Shame.
(55:59)
Shame.
Odette Ramos (56:00):
And we're here because we will not tolerate it. We will be fighting. We will continue to fight. We will tell what's his name in the White House, this is unacceptable. We will make sure that knowing that the fight that we've had and that Kilmar and his family have had, is not in vain. And it is so important that we continue to fight. I'm so grateful, not only for the people here freezing because it is cold, but also for residents across the city who continue to ask, "How can I help? What can I do? This is shameful. What can we do?" And we have answers. You can be trained to be a bystander if you see something happening with ICE. You can be trained on helping to be court watchers. You can be trained on making sure that everybody knows their rights, and can work with us and door knock and get the word out.
(57:02)
There are ways to be involved, to make sure that this isn't happening with our residents, and that we are bearing witness to the injustice and making sure that people know about it. So I am grateful to everybody to being here today, and grateful to Kilmar and his family for sacrificing so much, but being there to fight hard and showing us what bravery is. And all of us here, I want to thank everybody for being here. We will continue to fight. You will see so much more happening in Baltimore City. It is not over, but we will continue to fight together. Thank you.
George Escobar (57:39):
Amazing. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. That is amazing. And again, thank you to everybody here because if it not been for the solidarity that we've seen from so many members of the community, so many members, just in general of our friends and family and other community members, Kilmar
Speaker 8 (58:00):
… Members, Kilmar would have been forgotten like many other immigrants have. But a key piece, and you heard from him directly, a key piece that has always been a foundation for him has been his faith. And I want to acknowledge and thank the faith community and how they've responded to the need, how have they responded all over our country in support of their immigrant families and their immigrant members. And to speak a little bit about that solidarity, I wanted to bring up Bishop Carrie Schofield-Broadbent from the Episcopal Church. Thanks. Welcome.
Bishop Carrie Schofield-Broadbent (58:45):
Thank you. For Episcopalians and for so many other Christians, we are in the season of Advent. We are in the season of waiting and expectation where we realize that the Kingdom of God is not quite fully here yet. And yet we see glimpses of it. We are in the already and the not yet. We are in the already when we see people of faith showing up in prayer to support immigrants and refugees who are being treated unfairly and targeted. We are in the not yet because there are so many people scared for their lives. I'd like to offer words of prayer. I'd like to offer words of prayer from the Magnificat, which is a song of Mary. This prayer is in scripture. It's in Luke, first chapter. But I like to believe that Mary composed this song while she was burying Jesus and sang it to Him as a lullaby, when they were immigrants, refugees in Egypt, when Jesus was surviving the slaughter of the innocent, when he was growing up with his family.
(01:00:05)
"My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord. My spirit rejoices in God, my savior, for He has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day, all generations will call me blessed. The Almighty has done great things for me and holy is His name. He has mercy on those who fear Him in every generation. He has shown the strength of His arm. He has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones and lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel, for He has remembered His promise of mercy, the promise He made to our fathers, to Abraham and His children forever. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and will be forever." Amen.
Group (01:01:10):
Amen.
Speaker 8 (01:01:12):
Thank you. Thank you so much, Bishop. So helpful to hear of those words, especially in this cold. So also we want to bring up Bishop William Gohl from the Lutheran Church as well. Welcome Bishop.
Bishop William Gohl (01:01:37):
It's hard to believe that we are here again, freezing our you know what off. Hardly after we've just gotten done with the news that Kilmar is free again, here we are standing here in testimony and in witness that this is not okay and that this is not who we are and this is not what we want to be about. Many things have been said at this podium today that remind us of our better selves and remind us of what it is that we understand this holy experiment of America to be. And while it is good to exercise the freedom that we have to be here today, it is shameful that we have to be here again today. And so I join with my fellow faith leaders and people of goodwill throughout the city of Baltimore and the state of Maryland. And I am overcome again by those who sacrifice something of themselves for the sake of our siblings who are in this position.
(01:02:45)
For the nameless and the faceless who are not in the television, who are not in the newspaper, for the nameless and the faceless who are not known to us, we pray for them even as we accompany our sibling Kilmar. And we pray for that day when we do not have to come here at 6:00 in the morning for this ruse and for this ridiculousness. May we find good news in the season of Advent and the season of Christmas. May we find good news when our friends emerge from this courthouse and this check-in again today. Thank you for being here and thanks be to God for God's faithfulness in accompanying us.
Speaker 8 (01:03:34):
Thank you so much, Bishop. And again, as you've seen here, this struggle, this fight, this solidarity is a multi-faith effort on the part of the faith community. We have heard from many different faiths that have been all besides Kilmar, besides all of our immigrant families fighting for justice. And now I also wanted to bring up Rabbi Ariana Katz as well.
Rabbi Ariana Katz (01:04:05):
Good morning. Good morning. We have to face front because the cameras are there, but holy people, I love you. I'm glad we're here together if we have to be here at all. Hello, cameras. I want to tell you the story of our ancestor who knows what it means to be locked up over and over again, because when we're cold, we should be told stories.
(01:04:28)
And Joseph, that you might know from Genesis, who had a beautiful flamboyant coat, was thrown into the pits by his jealous brothers and he was sold into enslavement. Now, the story of Joseph is the story of an exceptional person. And as I'm so grateful for my incredible colleagues and leaders to say, there are so many people who are just as exceptional whose stories haven't been captured and told and shown up for. And it's deeply disturbing to see other families line up as we stand outside here chanting for Kilmar. And we know that our solidarity can extend as far, as far as our city, as our country, as our world.
(01:05:17)
But the exceptional story of Joseph is one in which he is captured and sold into enslavement by his own family, by the people that he was raised to trust. And then through his special ability to speak and be heard and to interpret the Word of Hashem, of God, he ascends in power and he is again falsely charged, accused of harm, and he is sent again now as a political pawn to save face for Potiphar. And in jail, yet again, he interprets the dreams of other political prisoners and because of that ability to hear Hashem's will, to interpret it for us, the living, he is redeemed from enslavement.
(01:06:14)
And then he becomes only second in command to Pharaoh himself because of his ability to bring justice into the world to say when people are hungry, they should be fed and here's how we're going to do it. And Joseph, who is thrown into the pit, who is again arrested and sent into jail, ascends to power, freeing not only his family, but the entire world as far as he can see it.
(01:06:41)
Sometimes when we read our sacred texts, they feel like metaphors. Sometimes when we read our sacred texts, they feel like stories that could never actually happen or happen again. But we have this story of Joseph, our ancestor who is kidnapped again and again from his family and still rises to power and still rises to freedom because in every generation it seems we need to be reminded of this story.
(01:07:07)
And so I want to call in Joseph and all the angels and all the ancestors alongside all of us, the living who are walking alongside Yosef, who are walking alongside Kilmar, to know that though Kilmar has been thrown again and again into the pit, into a place of incarceration that we know he will rise, that we know that we pray that all families, all beloveds of God who have been thrown into the pit will rise and that it will be those who are thrown down who will be most powerful. We need them to lead. We need you to lead. May soon we see Kilmar walk out of this cursed building and into the arms of his beloved community and family. Amen.
Group (01:08:09):
Amen.
Speaker 8 (01:08:16):
Thank you so much everybody again. Thank you so much to the bishops, to the rabbi. Again, another demonstration of how this is a multi-faith, multi-generational, multi-racial effort in protection of our families. We at CASA are proud to stand with you, to stand by you and work with you to continue to protect our families and ensure they all have the same rights and same access to justice as anybody, regardless of where they come from, regardless of the language they speak, regardless of the color of their skin.
(01:08:56)
So I think we have some hopefully hopeful news that hopefully very soon we'll get some clarity on what's happening back there. But in the meantime, I think I would love to hear us chant a little bit more and I would love to hear us speak to that building and us to have an opportunity for Kilmar to hear us out here and have Kilmar understand that we're still out here fighting for him and we're still here standing with him.
Speaker 9 (01:09:36):
When immigrant families are under attack, what do we do?
Group (01:09:39):
Stand up, fight back.
Speaker 9 (01:09:41):
When immigrant families are under attack, what do we do?
Group (01:09:45):
Stand up, fight back.
Speaker 9 (01:09:47):
When immigrant families are under attack, what do we do?
Group (01:09:50):
Stand up, fight back.
Speaker 9 (01:09:50):
[foreign language 01:09:58].
Group (01:09:50):
[foreign language 01:10:05]
Speaker 10 (01:10:06):
As you guys see, there are many other families also walking inside the building. So I think us being here, making sure that we are supporting those people. We know Kilmar, it's in there, but as we've heard today, there are many, many families who are walking into that building with faith that they will be coming out and are actually not making it out. So let us remember that. Let us support everyone walking into that building and letting them know that we are here as a community, showing them strength. Many people are not even able to have their family members come in there or show support because of the fear of what could also happen to them. So let us be one family today and support everyone going into that building and whenever you guys have a chance. I know everyone's appreciated. Thank you so much for being on the cold. I am freezing, I'm sure many of you as well, but let us continue and hopefully soon we will have amazing news.
Speaker 11 (01:11:05):
It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
Group (01:11:19):
It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
Speaker 11 (01:11:20):
It is our duty to win.
Group (01:11:21):
It is our duty to win.
Speaker 11 (01:11:22):
We must love.
Group (01:11:23):
We must love.
Speaker 11 (01:11:26):
Each other and protect each other.
Group (01:11:28):
We love each other and protect each other.
Speaker 11 (01:11:30):
We have nothing to lose but our chains.
Group (01:11:31):
We have nothing to lose but our chains.
Speaker 11 (01:11:38):
I'm going to say it once again. It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
Group (01:11:46):
It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
Speaker 11 (01:11:47):
It is our duty to win.
Group (01:11:47):
It is our duty to win.
Speaker 11 (01:11:50):
We must love each other and protect each other.
Group (01:11:53):
We must love each other and protect each other.
Speaker 11 (01:11:53):
We have nothing to lose but our chains.
Group (01:11:57):
We have nothing to lose but our chains.
Speaker 11 (01:12:03):
When immigrants are under attack, what do we do?
Group (01:12:05):
Stand up, fight back.
Speaker 11 (01:12:08):
Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here. Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here. Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here. [foreign language 01:12:27]. Show me what democracy looks like.
Group (01:12:44):
This is what democracy looks like.
Speaker 11 (01:12:49):
Show me what democracy looks like.
Group (01:20:22):
This is what democracy looks like.
Speaker 11 (01:20:27):
Show me what democracy looks like.
Group (01:20:29):
This is what democracy looks like.
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
Show me what democracy looks like.
Group (01:20:34):
This is what democracy looks like.
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:13:07].
Group (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:13:07].
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:13:11].
Group (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:13:11].
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:13:12].
Group (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:13:14].
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:13:17].
Group (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:13:29]
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here.
Group (01:20:34):
Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here.
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here.
Group (01:20:34):
Say it loud. Say clear. Immigrants are welcome here.
Speaker 12 (01:20:34):
Say it loud. Say it clear.
Group (01:20:34):
Immigrants are welcome here.
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
Up, up with liberation. Down, down with deportation. Up, up with liberation. Down, down with deportation. Up, up with liberation. Down, down with deportation.
(01:20:34)
[foreign language 01:17:53].
Group (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:18:18].
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
Louder. [foreign language 01:18:20].
Group (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:18:22].
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
Louder. [foreign language 01:18:25].
Group (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:18:26].
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:18:29].
(01:20:34)
Up, up with liberation. Down, down with deportation. Up, up with liberation. Down, down with deportation.
Group (01:20:34):
Up, up with liberation. Down, down with deportation.
Speaker 13 (01:20:34):
Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here.
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here.
Speaker 13 (01:20:34):
Say it loud. Say it clear.
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
Immigrants are welcome here.
Speaker 13 (01:20:34):
When immigrants are under attack, what do we do?
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
Stand up, fight back.
Speaker 13 (01:20:34):
When immigrants are under attack, what do we do?
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
Stand up, fight back.
Speaker 13 (01:20:34):
When immigrants are under attack, what do we do?
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
Stand up, fight back.
(01:20:34)
Everyone repeat after me. It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
Group (01:20:34):
It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
It is our duty to win.
Group (01:20:34):
It is our ability to win.
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
We must love each other and protect each other.
Group (01:20:34):
We must love each other and protect each other.
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
We have nothing to lose, but our chains.
Group (01:20:34):
We have nothing to lose, but our chains.
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
Show me what democracy looks like.
Group (01:20:34):
This is what democracy looks like.
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
Show me what democracy looks like.
Group (01:20:34):
This is what democracy looks like.
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
Show me what democracy looks like.
Group (01:20:34):
This is what democracy looks like.
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:20:39].
Group (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:20:41].
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:20:41].
Group (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:20:43].
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:20:46].
Group (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:20:55].
Speaker 13 (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:21:06].
Speaker 11 (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:21:10].
Speaker 13 (01:20:34):
[foreign language 01:21:13].
Speaker 11 (01:21:32):
Say it once, say it twice. We will not put up with ICE.
Group (01:21:43):
Say it once, say it twice. We will not put up with ICE.
Speaker 11 (01:21:45):
Say it once. Say it twice. We will not put up with ICE.
Group (01:21:46):
Say it once. Say it twice. We will not put up with ICE.
Speaker 11 (01:21:52):
No fear, no hate, no ICE in our states. No fear, no hate, no ICE in our states. No fear, no hate, no ICE in our states. No fear, no hate, no ICE in our states.
(01:22:10)
Say it once. Say it twice. We will not put up with ICE. Say it once. Say it twice. We will not put up with ICE. We will not put up with ICE. We will not put up with ICE. We will not put up with ICE. We will not put up with ICE.
(01:22:28)
[foreign language 01:22:41].
Speaker 13 (01:22:28):
[foreign language 01:22:43].
Speaker 11 (01:22:28):
[foreign language 01:22:47].
Speaker 13 (01:22:28):
[foreign language 01:22:47].
Speaker 11 (01:22:28):
[foreign language 01:22:47].
Speaker 13 (01:22:28):
[foreign language 01:23:04].
Speaker 11 (01:22:28):
[foreign language 01:23:08].
Speaker 13 (01:22:28):
[foreign language 01:23:11].
Speaker 11 (01:22:28):
[foreign language 01:23:16].
Speaker 13 (01:22:28):
[foreign language 01:23:20].
Speaker 11 (01:23:49):
Say it once. Say it twice. We will not put up with ICE.
Group (01:23:58):
Say it once, say it twice. We will not put up with ICE.
Speaker 11 (01:23:59):
Say it once. Say it twice. We will not put up with ICE.
Group (01:23:59):
Say it once. Say it twice. We will not put up with ICE.
Speaker 11 (01:23:59):
Say it once. Say it twice. We will not put up with ICE.
Group (01:23:59):
Say it once. Say it twice. We will not put up with ICE.
Speaker 13 (01:23:59):
No justice.
Speaker 11 (01:23:59):
No peace.
Group (01:23:59):
No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace.
Speaker 13 (01:23:59):
I am somebody. [inaudible 01:24:59] My father is somebody. My community is somebody. And they deserve [inaudible 01:25:12]
Speaker 11 (01:23:59):
The people united will never be divided.
Group (01:23:59):
The people united will never be divided.
Speaker 8 (01:25:36):
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Again, welcome. Welcome, everybody. We're going to continue with our program a little bit. So again, thank you everybody for the solidarity that you have shown today. Thank you so much for the strength you have shown today. Thank you for standing up for Kilmar. Thank you for standing up for our immigrant families. So now after what Kilmar has experienced during his incarceration, during his liberation and today's check-in, now we know what the results of this arbitrary check-in was. And to report back a little bit on where the case stands and what the next steps, I want to invite up to the podium, Kilmar's legal representative who's been with him from the beginning, Simon Motchenberg.
Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg (01:26:37):
Good morning. My name is Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg. I'm a partner with Murray Osorio, and together with the law firm of Quinn Emanuel, we represent Mr. Abrego Garcia in the civil case in Maryland, and then we also represent him in his immigration case. When Mr. Abrego Garcia received the notice leaving the detention center yesterday afternoon that he had a check in this morning, it seemed like a terrible case of deja
Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg (01:27:00):
… déjà vu, right? That he would just be freed in order to simply be cruelly rearrested again. So we were up late last night. Shortly after midnight, we filed an application for a temporary restraining order with Judge Xinis, and at 7:30 AM she granted the temporary restraining order prohibiting Kilmar Abrego Garcia from being rearrested at this check-in today.
(01:27:25)
As a result of that, I'm pleased to announce that Mr. Abrego Garcia will be walking back out those doors again later this morning unlike in August when he was only allowed to be with his family for one weekend.
(01:27:38)
The legal fight is far from over. It's a temporary order. The judge is going to set a briefing schedule. There's going to be another hearing on the matter. I wish I could say that with this, the government is going to leave well enough alone.
(01:27:51)
This man has suffered enough. He was tortured in prison earlier this year. His family has suffered enough. They've been separated for an entire year practically, with the exception of one short weekend in August. So I wish I could say that the government's decided that he's suffered enough for his temerity to stand up for his constitutional right to not be deported to a country where he already had a judge order that he not be deported to.
(01:28:16)
I wish I could say that this is the end of the story but I think we've all been here long enough to know that unfortunately the government is not going to leave well enough alone. They're going to keep throwing the weight of the Department of Justice, the weight of the Department of Homeland Security against this man and against his family, just like they've been doing against this country and against this nation for the whole year.
Spporter (01:28:35):
Shame!
(01:28:35)
Shame!
Supporters (01:28:36):
Shame!
Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg (01:28:37):
So they're going to keep going and we're going to keep going. We're going to keep fighting.
Spporter (01:28:40):
Keep fighting.
Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg (01:28:42):
Mr. Abrego Garcia has a number of options available to him. The government has a lot of tools in their toolbox, but he also has a number of options available to him. And now that he's got at least a brief reprieve and some assurances from the court that he can't be arrested today, he'll have time to consider those options in terms of his immigration status.
(01:29:02)
Whether he chooses to apply for asylum or not, that'll be one of the many choices that he has. But as his legal team, we're here standing with the community, supporting him every step of the way. And we're not going to let up this fight because we understand that this is not… At the end of the day, this isn't about one man and one family.
Spporter (01:29:22):
That's right.
(01:29:23)
That's right.
(01:29:23)
Right.
Supporters (01:29:23):
That's right.
Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg (01:29:23):
This isn't even about one community. This isn't even about the issue of immigration. This is about the conflict between power and law.
Spporter (01:29:33):
That's right.
Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg (01:29:33):
And the Trump administration has always chosen to use this case. God only knows why they chose this person, but the Trump administration has always chosen to use this man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, to try to stand for the principle that they get to do whatever they want, whenever they want, to whomever they want with no consequences. That when people break laws, they have to suffer to the maximum, but when the government breaks laws, there's no consequences.
(01:29:59)
That's the principle that the Trump administration, that Attorney General Bondi, that Secretary Noem, that's the principle that they're trying to put forward with this case. But yesterday's order from Judge Xinis and now the temporary restraining order this morning represent a victory of law over power. Let the rules apply to everyone.
(01:30:19)
We have very, very few laws that protect immigrants in this country. The laws are pretty bad to begin with. So when those very few laws that protect immigrants are broken, there needs to be consequences for the government. And that's the principle that we're all fighting to protect in this case as his legal team.
Spporter (01:30:35):
Thank you.
Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg (01:30:35):
[foreign language 01:30:39]
Speaker 15 (01:34:52):
So are there any… We'll take questions. Simon?
Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg (01:34:57):
I'm going to go inside. I'll-
Speaker 15 (01:34:58):
You still have to go? Okay. So Simon will be returning. He still has to go inside, but are there any questions of what we just heard from Simon that we can answer indirectly? All right. We'll wait for him to come out. All right. All right. We expect him to come out shortly. The good news, as you all heard, confirmed from his legal representative, is that Kilmar will be exiting those doors, and Kilmar will be free as of tonight. So again-
Spporter (01:35:34):
The people united!
Speaker 15 (01:35:35):
Thank you so much. We did this because of you. We did this because we continue to fight.
MUSIC (01:35:41):
So the people united will never be divided!
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The people united will never be divided!
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The people united will never be defeated!
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The people united will never be defeated!
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The people united will never be defeated!
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The people united will never be defeated!
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Tell me what democracy looks like.
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This is what democracy looks like.
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Tell me what democracy looks like.
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This is what democracy looks like.
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Tell me what democracy looks like.
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This is what democracy looks like.
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Tell me what democracy looks like.
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This is what democracy looks like.
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[inaudible 01:42:43] what do we do?
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What do we do?
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Speaker 16 (01:35:48):
Anthony? Anthony?
Speaker 15 (01:35:48):
[inaudible 01:43:04] Simon. Simon. Is it on?
Speaker 14 (01:35:48):
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Speaker 15 (01:43:16):
Sure. So let's… Again, thank you all for joining us. So Simon had a chance to check in inside and love to hear any results of your conversations inside. Simon, please.
Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg (01:43:36):
Yeah. Hi, my name is Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg. With me is Briya Brown, another attorney with Murray Osorio. We're among the more than 30 attorneys who've been representing him throughout this process since late March when we filed this case between the law firms of Murray Osorio, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, CASA, and many others.
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Well, please to announce that this time ICE did not violate a judge's order and they allowed him to leave. He did a check-in. The check-in was in fact that. We'll never know what their plans were for this morning, whether it was a check-in, whether they were planning to arrest him just like they did in late August, but he's walking out the door and he's heading back to Prince George's County to be with his family, with his child, with his wife. They're waiting there for him. Everyone is extremely, extremely happy about this.
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Obviously, everyone knows that it's not the end of the story, that as long as the government keeps coming after him, we're going to keep having to defend him. But for now, it's a very important victory and we will let you know when the next hearing is scheduled in front of the judge, but the judge has ordered that pending the scheduling of a hearing in district court in Greenbelt, Maryland, he's not to be arrested.
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So there will be a hearing before the court in Greenbelt, Maryland, at which he will attend. I couldn't even begin to count how many hearings we've had in this case in Maryland. And this will be the first that he actually gets to attend for himself and see the judge and the judge will get to see him and we'll decide what happens going forward.
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As I mentioned earlier, he's got a lot of options. It's going to be up to him to choose based on his marriage to a US citizen with an extreme special needs US citizen child based on the fact that in 2019, the only reason he was denied asylum in the United States was that he failed to apply within one year of arriving. Well, the government fixed that problem for him, right?
Spporter (01:45:43):
Right.
Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg (01:45:45):
And he certainly got a strong claim for asylum having been tortured in prison by the government of El Salvador. It's a sort of classic claim for asylum. So he's got a lot of options and now he's got a little bit of time to sort of weigh those options and decide what he wants to do.
Stephanie Douglas (01:46:01):
Quick question. Stephanie Douglas from CBS, Baltimore. Can you talk about next steps as, I know you said you guys plan to file for asylum? When do you guys plan to do that?
Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg (01:46:12):
That's going to be up to him. He's got the choice, right? I mean, Costa Rica… Whether he wants to take that or not, whether he wants to fight for asylum. So I can't tell you what his next steps are going to be.
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And also in large part, because we don't know what the government's next steps are going to be, but the government has a lot of tools in toolbox. There's a lot that can throw in him, but he's also got a lot of legal options and he's got a lot of lawyers and a lot of community support fighting for him.
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Speaker 17 (01:46:35):
You got to let him through. You got to let him through. Hey! You got to let him through. Hey, where are you going? This way. This way, this way. You said you're from the left?
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We are all Kilmar.
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We are all Kilmar.
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We are all Kilmar.
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We are all Kilmar.
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We are all Kilmar.
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We are all Kilmar.
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We are all Kilmar.
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We are all Kilmar.
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We are all Kilmar.
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We are all Kilmar.
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We are all Kilmar.
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We are all Kilmar.
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