“There’s no law yet…it’ll be months before the legislation passes.”
That’s a volunteer operator at the City University of New York’s immigration call center. It is receiving thousands of calls, many about the latest on the immigration bill.
Volunteers from all cultures and backgrounds have stepped up to help answer the phones.
“I’m handling Spanish calls and Brazilian, too. People who speak Portuguese. And we are handling calls from all over New York, but even from Idaho.”
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg told the volunteers that they were taking part in something positive.
“This country needs more immigrants. We’ve got to make sure that immigrants that are here get a chance to participate and build our country. And Washington’s crazy in terms of trying to keep the very people out that build our country and are our future, so you’re helping a lot.”
The call-in program has had an effect. One new citizen is Emma Dyer who emigrated from Panama. Emma found out about the call-in program on television.
“Being a citizen, people know your voice counts, you can make change. That piece of paper means to be a lot of things. Number 1, I can go to the airport - any airport – buy a ticket going to anywhere and coming back with no answer and no question because I have my passport.”
最新
2013-11-25
2013-11-25
2013-11-25
2013-11-25
2013-11-25
2013-11-25