“I really have been thinking about all the kids who don’t get a warm welcome like Amal is,” says high school junior Isabel Ramirez. Read more:
Commissioner Laurie Cumbo welcomes Little Amal to New York City.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis seized headlines last week when he flew migrants who had recently arrived in Texas to Martha’s Vineyard. The move recalled Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sending buses of migrants to Washington, D.C. and New York City.Her name is Little Amal — and she’s a 12-foot puppet who’s supposed to represent a refugee looking for her mother.
Ramirez and her classmates were part of a sing-along to welcome Amal. “I think it is really important to welcome everyone that we can,” she added. “But not everyone gets that.” “Part of why I wanted to come was I’m a formerly an undocumented person,” Almirañez explained. She took heart from the big turnout: “People might be coming for the fun of it, but there is a flier going around, conversations happening, and I think that’s really what we want. For people to be talking.”some of the performers were crying. Jennifer Malenke has starred in several Broadway productions.
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