Las percepciones de los estadounidenses sobre los inmigrantes indocumentados en el país están llenas de matices. Si bien el 56 por ciento de los votantes registrados apoya la deportación masiva, al mismo tiempo, la mayoría (64 por ciento) también opina que los inmigrantes indocumentados deberían tener una forma de permanecer en el país legalmente si se cumplen ciertos requisitos.
En cuanto se supo el resultado de las elecciones presidenciales, tanto los representantes, senadores como distintos defensores de derechos se pusieron a trabajar para crear listas de tareas pendientes que podrían lograrse antes del fin del mandato de Biden, que van desde fondos para la guerra de Ucrania, medidas en medio ambiente, hasta la nominación y confirmación de jueces federales.
Drilling for more oil and gas may not have legs in progressive New York, where local laws bar these efforts. But larger climate goals could suffer a blow.
El pasado 11 de noviembre, el presidente electo Donald Trump escogió a Tom Homan para ser el zar de la frontera de su administración, una pieza clave para llevar a cabo su plan de campaña sobre deportaciones masivas.
“We must use every dollar of our $113 billion New York City budget as a brick in the wall against whatever fresh hell Trump tries to cook up next year.”
Según las encuestas que hacen los medios de comunicación luego de que los votantes salen de las urnas, la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris obtuvo el 52 por ciento del voto latino, el más bajo apoyo a un candidato demócrata desde John Kerry en 2004. El 46 por ciento de los votantes latinos respaldó al candidato republicano.
With Donald Trump expected to return to the White House in January, City Limits takes a closer look at the former and future president’s platform and promises around key policy issues, and what that could mean in New York.
By 6 p.m., nearly 2.2 million New Yorkers and counting had turned up to vote in Tuesday’s election—many saying they were motivated by the chance for change and hopes for unity following a divisive presidential campaign season.
Beyond their big-ticket campaign promises, the next president could have substantial impact on housing in New York, from shaping tax incentives that make it easier to build new homes to federal resources for NYCHA and code enforcement programs.
In the nine days of early voting that kicked off on Oct. 26, just shy of 1.1 million New Yorkers had already made it to the polls, according to NYC’s Board of Elections. The numbers rivaled that of 2020, which saw 30,000 more people cast an early ballot.
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