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Vol. 31, Issue 5 QUEENS/LONG ISLAND/BRONX/MANHATTAN Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 2020
Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke. Photo by Nelson A. King
By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn Democratic Congresswoman
Yvette D. Clarke on
Monday expressed outrage over
a United States Supreme Court
ruling that allowed the Trump
administration to deny green
cards to Caribbean and other
immigrants who may need government
aid.
“As a product of the hopes
and dreams of an immigrant
family, I am outraged by the
Supreme Court’s decision to
implement the public charge
rule – a cruel policy Donald
Trump has crafted to jeopardize
the lives of our nation’s most
vulnerable,” Clarke, the daughter
of Jamaican immigrants, told
Caribbean Life.
“Historically, the United
States has served as a place of
refuge for individuals around
the world seeking to fulfill the
American Dream,” added the
representative for the 9th Congressional
District in Brooklyn.
“Immigrants are our neighbors,
our friends, leaders in our communities
and even our members
of Congress.
Continued on Page 22
By Bert Wilkinson
Six key Caribbean Community
nations will hold general
elections this year and in at
least three of them, the economy
and racial tensions will
be key campaign issues. Also
in the same three — Guyana,
Suriname and Trinidad — the
incumbents face tough reelection
battles from upstart opposition
parties or groups. Voting
along ethnic lines has traditionally
been a key factor in these
three and could determine outcomes.
Guyana which just weeks ago
became one of the world’s newest
crude oil exporters, will most
likely go to the polls first among
the seven with the March 2
date set by incumbent President
David Granger since last year.
Parliament has already been
dissolved.
And as is usually the case
with elections in the region’s
most resource-rich nation,
there is some amount of confusion
about the number of eligible
voters on the list of electors.
The country’s population
is listed at around 780,000. Yet
Continued on Page 20
Outrage over public charge rule decision
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