Speaker 3: Agenda Item two Resolution 317 75 Strengthening Public Safety by affirming the city's support for immigrant and refugee witnesses, survivors and victims of crime.
Speaker 2: Also, Councilmember Gonzales.
Speaker 4: Okay. So this resolution supports immigrant victims or witnesses of crime, as well as immigrant survivors of abuse and affirms the city's support and practices around asking about immigration status. It highlights the city's certification practices of what is in one key town called the I-9 18b form as part of an individual's U visa application to immigration officials. This resolution commits the city to working with trusted community based organizations to support outreach and capacity building so that individuals who aren't aware of the fact that they qualify for this type of certification are made aware of the fact that this is this is an option that is currently available to them in our community. I want to extend a big thank you to Appalachia, and we're up as well as we have. Yes. And Grace Wong for Lee for lending their expertize to us on supporting immigrant survivors and immigrant victims or witnesses of crimes. We have made some edits to this resolution to accommodate some last minute requests that we got from from community. And my office circulated those revisions earlier today before the noon deadline. So I think before I make any additional comments or others make additional comments, I would like to first move to amend Resolution 31775 by substituting version two for version one eight and encourage my I would encourage thereafter my colleagues to support the resolution.
Speaker 0: It's been.
Speaker 1: Moved. Oh, so good move.
Speaker 2: We've got a substitute in front of us that's been moved and seconded. Any further discussion about the resolution as councilman regardless download it. Okay, why don't you continue and then move on?
Speaker 4: I would just say that in this climate where we continue to hear from our Department of Justice and the President, that that public safety is compromised by having undocumented immigrants in our community, that this resolution really affirms the fact that that is absolutely false and that we know that that there is a disproportionality in terms of the crime that is experienced by communities who belong to the immigrant and refugee community, whether they're documented or not. And one of the things that I will look forward to prioritizing in the next several months is work around making sure that the policies within the city are such that it makes it easy and seamless for victims and survivors and witnesses of crimes to be able to access the certification they need to be able to adjust their status. And I think this will be a huge help for domestic violence and sexual assault victims in particular. It is only fitting that we introduce and vote on this resolution today, as October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. And just some quick numbers that I wanted to share. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Statistics say that every 9 seconds in the U.S., a woman is assaulted or beaten, and that one in five women and one in seven men have been severely physically abused by an intimate partner. The rate of intimate partner homicide is higher among marginalized populations than their white counterparts at the rate of two times or higher in terms of marginalized populations and the disproportionate impact there. So I just really am looking forward to connecting with community based organizations, doing this work to make sure that that folks who are survivors in our community, who are witnesses to crimes in our community, know that this is a service that the city can provide that will give them relief to be able to continue to remain in this country. And that we believe that that is a clear strategy for boosting up public safety within our communities, and we are looking forward to the passage of the resolution.
Speaker 2: Thank you. And for the comments, colleagues. So we've got before us two votes, if I'm not mistaken. When you do, it's been moved and seconded that we amended the resolution known as Amendments two or version two in front of us. All those in favor of that amendment please signify by saying, I.
Speaker 1: Think.
Speaker 2: Any opposed. So the amendment is adopted and now I would move adoption of resolution 31775 as amended for the discussion. All those in favor of the resolution as amended, please signify by saying.
Speaker 3: I.
Speaker 2: And I opposed the resolution as adopted and the General Senate resolutions. Madam Clerk, item number three The short title, please.
A RESOLUTION strengthening public safety by affirming the City’s support for immigrant and refugee witnesses, survivors, and victims of crime.