Testimony of Win for the New York City Council Committee on Immigration Hearing

Thank you, Chair Aviles and the esteemed members of the Committee on Immigration for
holding this hearing on protecting immigrant communities from the harmful policies of the
incoming Trump Administration and for the opportunity to submit testimony.

My name is Jade Vasquez, and I am the Director of Policy and Research at Win, the largest
provider of shelter and supportive housing to families with children in New York City and the
nation. We operate 16 shelters and nearly 500 supportive housing units across the five boroughs.
Each night, nearly 7,000 people call Win “home,” including 3,600 children. A significant portion
of households in Win shelters are led by immigrants, including mixed status families, recent
arrivals legally seeking asylum, and undocumented families.

Last week, Win released Project Hope, a report outlining administrative and legislative actions
New York City and State lawmakers can take to protect low-income, homeless, and immigrant
New Yorkers from the draconian policies laid out in Project 2025, the 900-page policy book
released by conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation last year.