Brooklyn pols to worried Kensington Bangladeshi immigrants: We’ve got your back
Bangladeshi Muslims in Brooklyn’s Kensington community who — like immigrant groups across the U.S. — harbor fears of deportation in the wake of the election of Donald Trump had those fears eased somewhat by their local leaders and elected officials last week.
Councilmember Brad Lander (D-Park Slope, Kensington), assisted by Community Board 12 member Mamnunul Haq, state Assemblymember-elect Robert Carroll and several local activists and organizers, gave an outdoor pep talk to dozens of Muslim residents on Friday at Avenue C Plaza.
They issued assurances that despite tough immigration-related talk from President-elect Trump, local Muslim residents have sympathetic area officials they can turn to for support.