Days after a member of Queens Community Board 4 said a protected bike lane on 111th Street won’t be necessary because undocumented immigrants will be deported , Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg called the project “tremendously important” but stopped short of saying the city will definitely proceed with it. Longtime CB 4 member Ann Pfoser Darby said at a meeting on Tuesday that immigrants living in Corona will be sent “back home,” making bike lanes superfluous, and later doubled-down on her statement .
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Catholic Priest Urges Trump Protesters to Commit Suicide
A Catholic priest who posted a meme suggesting those protesting President Donald Trump’s actions should commit suicide said the controversial message was meant to be funny. Rev. Philip Pizzo, of the largely immigrant St. Benedict Joseph Labre Roman Catholic Church in Queens, New York, shared a social media post that said those against Trump should jump off a building, the New York Post reported .
A New York Judge Just Put a Temporary Halt to Part of Trump’s Muslim Ban
On Friday, January 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries . The following night , a federal judge in Brooklyn temporarily halted the deportation of immigrants – including refugees – from those countries.
Two Iraqis file lawsuit against Trump order banning travellers, refugees
Iraqi immigrant Hameed Darwish speaks with Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez after being released at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, US, on January 28, 2017. Photo – Reuters Iraqi immigrant Hameed Darwish speaks with Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez after being released at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, US, on January 28, 2017.
Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel sparks hot debate
If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama’s approach to Israel, he might have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, his pick for U.S. ambassador. The bankruptcy lawyer and son of an Orthodox rabbi is everything Obama is not: a fervent supporter of Israeli settlements, opponent of Palestinian statehood and unrelenting defender of Israel’s government.
Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel sparks hot debate
If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama’s approach to Israel, he might have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, his pick for U.S. ambassador. The bankruptcy lawyer and son of an Orthodox rabbi is everything Obama is not: a fervent supporter of Israeli settlements, opponent of Palestinian statehood and unrelenting defender of Israel’s government.
Trumps pick for ambassador to Israel sparks hot debate
If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama’s approach to Israel, he might have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, his pick for U.S. ambassador. The bankruptcy lawyer and son of an Orthodox rabbi is everything Obama is not: a fervent supporter of Israeli settlements, opponent of Palestinian statehood and unrelenting defender of Israel’s government.
Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel has all sides on edge
If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama’s approach to Israel, he may have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, his pick for US ambassador. The bankruptcy lawyer and son of an Orthodox rabbi is everything Obama is not: a fervent supporter of Israeli settlements, opponent of Palestinian statehood and unrelenting defender of Israel’s government.