By Melinda Rolls The Trump administration has moved swiftly to carry out a series of executive orders on immigration that are intended to crack down on illegal immigration and secure the border. Those orders, though, may be more about instilling fear in immigrants to force them out of the country rather than using Immigration and CustomsContinue reading “Hofstra law professor breaks down Trump’s immigration strategy”
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Immigrant exodus? Trump policies spark uncertainty, fear in Nassau
By Scott Brinton Sergio Jimenez, of Amityville, an activist with an immigrant rights coalition that includes the Workplace Project in Hempstead, was recently approached by an acquaintance with an unusual proposition: The man asked whether Jimenez would take over his car payments. The Honduran man had had enough of the Trump administration’s treatment of theContinue reading “Immigrant exodus? Trump policies spark uncertainty, fear in Nassau”
Reflections on 2024: The racial divide in America’s electoral decision
Opinion and Analysis By Scott Brinton Updated Nov. 19, 2024, 8 a.m.: There is no singular, well-defined reason that Kamala Harris lost her 2024 bid for the presidency. There are many. What is clear is this: Race played a part in this year’s presidential election, whether we want to acknowledge it or not. Harris, theContinue reading “Reflections on 2024: The racial divide in America’s electoral decision”
After town hall, CNN punditry holds Harris to a higher standard
Opinion By Scott Brinton As a media observer, I found CNN’s after-action report on its Oct. 23 town hall with Vice President Kamala Harris to be a classic case of beltway elitism in which the network’s commentators, on the right and left, went to extraordinary lengths to dissect Harris’s every statement through the prism ofContinue reading “After town hall, CNN punditry holds Harris to a higher standard”
