President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to launch a mass deportation of millions of undocumented people has become an issue of concern for New Yorkers. FOX 5's Duarte Geraldino reports.
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00:00President-elect Trump promising mass deportations on day one of his second term and today
00:04Thousands of protesters took to the streets in a show of solidarity and defiance against Trump
00:10Norte Geraldino was in the middle of it all and has this report
00:18Thousands of people backed by more than 30 groups took to the streets Saturday marching from Columbus Circle to Bryant Park
00:24We're here to send a message loud and clear after the election that even though this administration is going to target immigrant communities
00:32It's gonna target people of color low-income people of color that we're here to stay right? We're not retreating into the shadows
00:39We're actually gonna be more visible and powerful than ever Trump's victory on Tuesday increases the chances
00:44He'll keep his promise to roll back immigration benefits that keep families together
00:49Like temporary protected status which allows migrants to stay in the u.s. With their families central promise of Donald Trump's presidential campaign was
00:57Mass deportations, New York City has about four hundred thousand undocumented immigrants
01:02If that promise comes to pass it would have a huge impact on life in the city
01:10The West of futuro our future that's what they say they're marching for
01:15Janeri Solis is a US citizen raised here in New York. She brought her young children to the march
01:28Like many Janeri worries about family members who might be forced to leave if Trump follows through on mass deportations a study by
01:36FWD.us shows more than 19 million Latinos in America live with an immigrant relative and about a third could face family
01:44Separations on the Trump's immigration plans. Were you born in the u.s? No, I'm an immigrant myself. Yeah came from India
01:50My parents are refugees from Tibet
01:53Yeah, so they came to India from there. We got our I
01:57Came here when I was 10
02:00Immigrants I mean we were came here. My kids are born here, but I was raised here my whole life and
02:07Often people forget where they come from Trump is promising the largest deportation push in u.s. History
02:13But right now it's still unclear how or when this plan will take shape or for that matter
02:18How much it's going to cost from Columbus Circle Duarte Geraldino Fox 5 News