'Continue To Demand Freedom': Kilmar Abrego Garcia Sends Message About Deportation Attempt

5 months ago

At a vigil and rally for Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Monday, Kilmar Abrego Garcia spoke about his attempted deportation and sent a message to immigrant families about the attempt.

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00:00my name is Kilmar Abrego Garcia and I want you to remember this remember that I am free

00:30and I was able to be reunited with my family

00:45this was a miracle thank you to God and thank you to the community power

00:59and this is why I want to thank each and every one of you who marched lift your voices never

01:11stopped praying and continued to fight in my name

01:16Gracias a mi pareja de vida, mi esposa Jennifer, mi hermano Cesar

01:24mi madre Cecilia y toda mi familia

01:29thank you to my life partner and wife Jennifer to my brother Cesar to my mother Cecilia

01:36to my children to my nieces and nephews to all of my family

01:40Gracias a casa mi segunda casa

01:44a mi sindicato SMART

01:48a todos los pastores

01:51a todas las iglesias organizaciones y mis equipos legales

01:57thank you to casa

01:59my second home

02:00to my union SMART

02:03to all of the organizations

02:05all of the faith leaders

02:06all of the partners

02:08and my legal team

02:08I have come to know how the community has stood up

02:22with so much support

02:24and has hugged me with so much solidarity

02:39and I also want to thank God

02:41who has been giving me blessings since day one

02:44to me and to all of my family

02:46When I was finally able to reunite with my family

03:02all of those emotions

03:03all of those memories

03:05will be forever ingrained in me

03:07seeing them again filled me with gratitude

03:17and filled me with hope

03:19to me happiness is simply being with my family

03:32and being able to spend simple memories with them

03:51When I was detained

03:52I remembered memories with my family

03:55going to the park with them

03:57going to the trampoline with my children

04:02with my strength and hope to continue fighting

04:07those moments will continue to give me hope

04:11to continue in this fight

04:15to all of the families

04:17who have suffered separations

04:22and who live constantly

04:25for the threat of being separated

04:29I want to tell you

04:30to all the families

04:38who have been separated

04:40or to all the families

04:42who have been threatened with family separation

04:46this administration has hit us hard

04:49but I want to tell you guys something

04:50God is with us

05:03and God will never leave us

05:05God will bring justice to all of the injustice

05:08that we are suffering

05:17our community

05:19no respalda

05:22y al final se va a ser justicia

05:24el amor y la familia

05:27triunfará

05:29with our community

05:30by our side

05:32and with our family

05:33by our side

05:35love will trump

05:36nunca pierdan la esperanza

05:40never lose hope

05:41volverán a ver a su familia

05:43you will once again see your family too

05:45independientemente lo que pase hoy

05:49regardless of what happens here today

05:52con eyes

05:53prometenme esto

05:56in my eyes checking

05:57promise me this

05:59que seguirán luchando

06:01orando

06:04creyendo en la dignidad

06:05y la libertad

06:07no solo para mí

06:09para todos

06:16promise me that you will continue to pray

06:20continue to fight

06:21resist and love

06:24not just for me

06:26but for everybody

06:28continue to demand freedom

06:31thank you so much

06:35we are all

06:40we are all

06:41kill mark

06:42we are all

06:43kill mark

06:44we are

'Continue To Demand Freedom': Kilmar Abrego Garcia Sends Message About Deportation Attempt

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