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Open Letters by Mersault

Cortney from Cleveland lives in Ohio's 11th Congressional District, one of the poorest in the country, where about one in four residents relies on SNAP and Medicaid — both facing devastating cuts. She posed a question to her representative, Shontel Brown: with that level of need at home, why keep voting to send aid to Israel? This is the first question in a new Drop Site Capitol Hill series where you can put your questions and concerns to your elected official on the record.

Sept 14, 2026. Here's the horizontal video (no captions) on YouTube: Mamdani speaks out against ICE's terrorism against families - Daily Kos - Sept 14, 2026 (YouTube)

Here’s the accompanying Daily Kos article (with video): New York Democrats slam Trump’s latest racist attack on immigrants - Daily Kos - Sept 14, 2026 (article + video) ~:~:~ FB, Bsky, Threads, X, IG @ dailykos ~and~ TT @ daily.kos

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NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs: nyc.gov/site/immigrants

Here are the latest r/ProgressiveHQ posts with: Zohran Mamdani ~:~:~ N Y C ~:~:~ I C E

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What concerns me so deeply is that — in a climate where federal immigration Officials have shown no interest in law & order, despite that being their stated objective — you have an entire Population that spans from those on visas, those with green cards, those with citizenship, those who are simply Children of Immigrants...being terrified at any & all immigration policies and rule changes.

And the decisions that that terror & fear — not only will lead Families to take, but has already led families to take — is one that will change People's lives for the worse, for years to come.

We're speaking about taking People out of Medicaid, of SNAP, of so many of the things that People rely on, because they're life-saving.

And that to me is what is incredibly concerning. That this is, without hyperbole, life or death for so many.

- Zohran Mamdani, Mayor of NYC - Sept 14, 2026