I came to this country when I was 5 years old from Peru and under different circumstances.
I am here today to address the subcommittee about our city's support of what is really a humanitarian mission.
I am so proud that our community is stepping forward to help care for some of the vulnerable children arriving at the So...
I strongly support comprehensive immigration reform and lead a community that welcomes immigrants.
I think for most folks in our community this is not a political issue; this is about helping kids, about being compassio...
I think what we have found is that the kids that are arriving are just like any other children that you would see in our...
Plain and simple, this is a violation of the sanctity of ancestral lands of Indigenous peoples.
Last year, I met with a young girl named Vanessa from the San Carlos Apache Tribe. She talked about the importance of Oa...
We made a decision like really early on that we thought we needed to vaccinate all groups as soon as possible.
I always tell people too, you know, Long Beach, it’s the same size as Atlanta, Georgia, from a population perspective.
we're having 9/11-like events every single day.