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Immigration that we have no knowledge
of any such incident. The T&T government
knows of no such instance and certainly
didn’t agree to any such exercises.”
Menendez sits on the foreign relations
committee.
He specifically named Trinidad as
one of the countries. The most southerly
island nation in the Caribbean is just
seven miles north of Venezuela.
Menendez’s assertion has come just
weeks after a visit to CARICOM member
nations Guyana and Suriname by
Pompeo. That visit had raised fears and
suspicions that the US was courting the
nations to assist it with any moves, military
or otherwise, that Washington had
had lined up against the Nicolas Maduro
government in Caracas. Guyana and Venezuela
share borders.
The US had in recent years been asking
Guyana to allow it step up military collaboration
with Guyana and to also permit
the Voice of America to beam propaganda
messages to Venezuela from transmitters
controlled by the station but the previous
administration had turned down such
requests.
Despite all the denials, Menendez
remains adamant that there were several
secret deportations of Venezuelans
using third countries to get around rules
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restricting travel.
“I am writing to request information
about U.S. deportations of Venezuelan
nationals that continued surreptitiously
during FY 2020 despite the Trump
Administration’s admission that returns
to Venezuela are not safe, and despite
the flight ban imposed by the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA). New documents
provided to my office confirm that
U.S. deportations to Venezuela continued
via third countries at least until March
2020, while the Trump Administration
has offered little assurance that it will not
continue to forcibly return Venezuelans to
a regime the United Nations recently stated
has committed crimes against humanity,”
the letter stated.
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our system with their wrongdoing.
“I urge everyone to not only vote for
Joe Biden for President but to continue
down the ballot on the Democratic line
and create not a blue wave but a blue
tsunami that will reverberate across the
nation,” he urged.
Perry’s call is vehemently echoed
by Democratic Congressman Yvette D.
Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants,
who represents the predominantly
Caribbean 9th Congressional District
in Brooklyn.
“This election is one of the most
important elections of our lifetime. Our
nation is in crisis, and we need to do everything
we can over the next two weeks
to defeat Trump, hold the House and flip
the Senate,” she told Caribbean Life.
The congresswoman said she was
“honored to receive overwhelming support”
from her constituents in June’s
Democratic Primary, adding that she
again looks forward to receiving their
support in the November poll.
“My Republican opponent this
November is a Trump loyalist; and, you
can guarantee that if we don’t hold
our House (of Representatives) majority
and defeat Trump, he will roll over and
do whatever Trump says,” said Clarke,
referring to her lone challenger, Haitian
American Republican Constantin Jean-
Pierre.
“We couldn’t have asked for better
champions than Vice President Joe
Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris in the
White House, and I will be proud to cast
my vote for the Democratic ticket,” she
continued. “I will be casting my ballot,
along with my family, during the early
vote period, which begins this Saturday,
Oct. 24, and I encourage everyone to
make a plan to vote either by absentee,
early vote or on Election Day on Tuesday,
Nov. 3.
“We got to start our robocalls encouraging
people to go out and vote Democratic
from the top of the ticket to the
bottom,” Clarke said. “Now that we turn
our sights to the November elections,
which will impact our community for
generations to come, I hope you stand
with me in our fight to defeat Trump on
Nov. 3.”
While she does not have an opponent
in the general elections, Guyanese-born
Democratic State Sen. Roxanne Persaud,
said her focus is on helping her State
Senate colleagues, “who have opponents
to retain their seats.”
“In Brooklyn, it is important that
Sen. Gounardes win his re-election,”
said Persaud, referring to State Sen.
Andrew Gounardes, who represents
New York’s 22nd State Senate District,
which includes the neighborhoods of
Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst,
Bath Beach, Gravesend, Gerritsen Beach,
Manhattan Beach and Marine Park. He
was first elected in November 2018.
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National Security, Stuart Young.
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