Community leaders condemn anti-immigration demonstrations [Video]

YWCA CEO Medora Uppal called for solidarity and the denouncement of hate in Hamilton at a news conference outside city hall Thursday.

Cathie Coward The Hamilton Spectator

Local community leaders are condemning recent anti-immigration demonstrations in the city and combatting misinformation about newcomers in Hamilton.

“Immigrants are welcome here,” Terri Bedminster, executive director of Refuge: Hamilton Centre for Newcomer Health, said at a news conference Thursday morning organized by Hamilton Immigration Partnership Council.

Kate McCullough is a reporter for the Hamilton Spectator,covering education. Reach her at [email protected].

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