Think about what you’d do if you saw a car accident on your street. You’d call the police, right? Without even thinking. You trust that they’ll show up and help.

Now, picture your neighbor, Maria. She’s a mom from Guatemala. She sees the same accident. But for her, that instinct to help is choked by fear. What if the officer asks for her papers? What if a call for help ends with her in detention, and her kids coming home to an empty house?

That isn’t a made-up story. That’s the real, gut-wrenching calculation many immigrant families in New York make every single day. It’s a fear that forces good people into the shadows, and that silence makes all of us less safe.

That’s why we need to pass Bill S2235A, the Protect Our Immigrant Communities Act. It’s built on a simple idea: our local pol

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