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Un agente de la Patrulla Fronteriza estadounidense del sector de Swanton en 2015
Por la frontera noreste de los Estados Unidos, en el sector de Swanton, que incluye partes de Vermont, Nueva York y Nuevo Hampshire, se han dado en los últimos meses dos tipos de cruces: unos cruzan de los Estados Unidos a Canadá; otros van desde Canadá a Estados Unidos. En ambos tipos de cruces se ha visto un aumento en los últimos meses.
The rally comes after state lawmakers released budget proposals that include up to $389 million for public housing and Section 8 residents who were left out from the state’s pandemic-era Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). But tenants are pushing for more, pointing to estimates that public housing tenants across New York owe nearly $590 million in rent.
Promise NYC was intended to help asylum-seeker families whose immigration status makes them ineligible for other, federally-funded child care assistance. But the program, which offered subsidized care for 600 children, is only slated to continue for the remainder of the school year. “I really don’t know what I’m going to do,” said one participant with a 7-month-old son.
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