Local elected officials are taking action after India Prime minister Narendra Modi recently moved to limit immigration to certain religious groups.

The Muslim Advocacy Council joined dozens of Albany residents at City Hall to speak out against what they said is a disenfranchisement of millions of Muslims in India.

City officials passed a resolution that symbolizes solidarity with Muslim residents and denounces legislation in India that they said would limit citizenship to more than 200 million Muslims.

Councilman Alfredo Balarin says he authored the resolution to take action against the injustices in India.

"We need to speak just as loudly to our friends when they act against our values as we do to our foes. We're here to do that today at the local level, and encourage work to be done at the federal level," said Balarin.

The resolution was unanimously passed by the council.