Senator Winfield Delivers Passionate, Personal Speech on Need to Rein in ICE

During Senate floor debate on Senate Bill 397, “An Act Concerning Democracy and Government Accountability,” state Senator Gary Winfield (D-New Haven) delivered a passionate speech drawing on personal experience, community trust, and the constitutional stakes of federal immigration enforcement in Connecticut.

“I’m here to tell you other people’s experiences matter. And yes, I represent New Haven and West Haven, but as I have said many, many times, I’m a member of the circle. So all of those experiences are important. The mixture of experiences are important. And reality is not my reality or your reality. Reality is where our realities meet, and when our realities meet, things like this come about.”

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Full transcript of Senator Winfield’s floor remarks: