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Still, it is intended to signal that City Hall is standing with its large immigrant population in a deep blue city already well-known for resisting Trump.

One resolution to reaffirm "our commitment to immigrant students, families and staff" describes this month's presidential vote as "the election of the candidate who campaigned on an anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ+ agenda."

Federal agents, local police officers and National Guard soldiers could be redeployed to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deal with unauthorized immigrants.

Although Trump is widely expected to do away with the program, immigrant labor advocates said they don’t expect officials in the new administration will rescind work permits that have already been granted.

As of 2022, there were an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., and mass deportations would break up mixed-status families and could send shock waves through parts of the economy.