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as the trump admin rapidly changes immigration policy, it can feel hard to keep track of what rights different groups — citizens, green-card & visa holders, the undocumented — have.
an easy-to-follow breakdown of legal rights and how they're shifting, by @albertsun.bsky.social & miriam jordan:
an easy-to-follow breakdown of legal rights and how they're shifting, by @albertsun.bsky.social & miriam jordan:
What Rights Do Immigrants, Citizens, Green-Card Holders and Visitors Have?
The expansion of immigration enforcement actions by the Trump administration has thrown the status of some rights into question. See what is unchanged, what is expanded and what is in dispute.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
as the trump admin rapidly changes immigration policy, it can feel hard to keep track of what rights different groups — citizens, green-card & visa holders, the undocumented — have.
an easy-to-follow breakdown of legal rights and how they're shifting, by @albertsun.bsky.social & miriam jordan:
an easy-to-follow breakdown of legal rights and how they're shifting, by @albertsun.bsky.social & miriam jordan:
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NYC’s congestion would not be tolerated on public safety grounds in Europe. Their codes are predicated on fire departments’ ability to quickly reach every part of a city from big, centralized fire stations with specialized equipment – impossible here www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/the-fire-sta...
November 20, 2024 at 8:28 PM
NYC’s congestion would not be tolerated on public safety grounds in Europe. Their codes are predicated on fire departments’ ability to quickly reach every part of a city from big, centralized fire stations with specialized equipment – impossible here www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/the-fire-sta...
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If you took the stereotype about Democrats from working-class immigrant voters – that it’s a party of rich white people and poor people who don’t want to work and just want welfare – and tried to create a housing policy to match it, what would you end up with? Inclusionary zoning.
November 9, 2024 at 4:08 PM
If you took the stereotype about Democrats from working-class immigrant voters – that it’s a party of rich white people and poor people who don’t want to work and just want welfare – and tried to create a housing policy to match it, what would you end up with? Inclusionary zoning.
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A tiny pinprick wildfire in NJ, with these precise wind conditions, is managing to poison ~8 to 12 million people.
Probably the worst impact per actively burning fire-acre in US history
Probably the worst impact per actively burning fire-acre in US history
November 9, 2024 at 7:12 PM
A tiny pinprick wildfire in NJ, with these precise wind conditions, is managing to poison ~8 to 12 million people.
Probably the worst impact per actively burning fire-acre in US history
Probably the worst impact per actively burning fire-acre in US history
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I'm going to agree to disagree on Prop 2. The City Council knows the permit process is broken, but instead of fixing it for years, they've let it just lumber on because no one was in charge of enforcement. The result was impassible/unsafe bridges pedestrian paths/unusable sidewalks.
The esteemed Hell Gate Editorial Board is here to help you decide how to vote on all of the propositions on our ballot this year.
Vote YES on 1, NO on 2 through 6.
Here's why:
Vote YES on 1, NO on 2 through 6.
Here's why:
Hell Gate's Guide to the Six Ballot Propositions
Vote YES on 1, NO on 2 through 6. Here's why.
hellgatenyc.com
November 1, 2024 at 3:44 PM
I'm going to agree to disagree on Prop 2. The City Council knows the permit process is broken, but instead of fixing it for years, they've let it just lumber on because no one was in charge of enforcement. The result was impassible/unsafe bridges pedestrian paths/unusable sidewalks.