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Vol. 32, Issue 5 BROOKLYN EDITION Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2021
COVID
CASES
SPIKE
Caribbean governments
strap in against covid
By Bert Wilkinson
Asking Caribbean people to
mask up and obey scientific
rules to prevent the spread of
the COVID-19 pandemic, several
governments in the region
moved this week to re-impose
nightly curfews and have stepped
up enforcement measures in the
wake of spikes in the number of
positive cases in the weeks after
the Christmas holidays.
Bahamian Prime Minister,
Hubert Minnis Tuesday extended
the archipelago’s state of
emergency measures and orders
until nearly the end of May, contending
that while these rules
will no doubt further rough up
the economy, they are necessary
to curb the spread of the
virus in the tourism-dependent
nation. “We are letting our
guards down, which can have
devastating effects on our country
moving forward. We want to
remind the public that we must
all be vigilant, because it only
takes one individual to become
infected, and the virus can have
catastrophic and devastating
effects on our society,” he said.
He extended the measures
hours before Barbadian Prime
Minister, Mia Mottley similarly
took to the airwaves to speak to
Barbadians about the need for
the island nation to embark on a
second major nightly lockdown
and curfew that would effectively
curb almost all activities from
7 pm to daybreak. This overrides
the previous 9 pm to 5 am
system that was in place. The
new arrangements are effective
from Feb. 3, giving locals significant
lead time to prepare for
it even as Barbadians rushed to
supermarkets and other business
places from early Wednesday
to stock up supplies of food,
New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks to reporters outside the U.S.
Supreme Court after justices heard oral arguments in the consolidation of three cases
before the court regarding the Trump administration’s bid to end the Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in Washington, U.S., Nov. 12, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan
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AG James vows to fight alongside
Biden to stop deportations
By Nelson A. King
New York Attorney General,
Letitia James on Wednesday
vowed to fight alongside the
new Joe Biden administration
in stopping deportations.
Tuesday night, a federal
judge in Texas issued a
temporary restraining order,
in effect for two weeks, that
blocked President Biden’s plan
to pause the deportation of
undocumented Caribbean
and other immigrants for 100
days.
“As we continue to reel
from a public health crisis
that has affected every corner
of this country, the last thing
we should be doing is moving
to deport more immigrants
— many who are standing
on the frontlines of the pandemic
and delivering essential
services to Americans nationwide,”
James told Caribbean
Life.
“These immigrants are
delivering our packages,
stocking our grocery shelves,
providing us with health
care, and so much more,” she
added.
“I strongly support President
Biden’s willingness to
freeze these deportations as
the administration reviews its
policies, and I will continue
to review the court order as
I stand ready to take legal
action,” the New York Attorney
General affirmed. “I stand
shoulder-to-shoulder with our
immigrant community.”
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