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QUEENS WEEKLY, JUNE 30, 2019
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as Pelosi pointed out, a
number of Republicans
support the Deferred
Action for Childhood
Arrivals program. Pelosi
revealed that her strategy
for the Senate involved
working with evangelical
communities who make up
part of the Republican base
in order to put pressure on
Senate Republicans to pass
the bill.
One of the panelists
Steven Choi, executive
director of the New York
Immigration Coalition,
said that he was dismayed
with amendments
that would block some
DREAMers from getting
legal status if they have
gang ties that were added
to the House version of
the bill.
“Here in New York,
we’ve seen how destructive
those kinds of allegations
can be where essentially
everyone is going to get
labeled a MS-13 member,”
said Choi.
Choi argued that
advocates for the
legislation need to make
an economic and moral
case, both to Democrats
and Republicans as well if
they want to rectify some
of the amendments he
found disappointing in the
House bill.
On the impending
Supreme Court decision
on the 2020 Census, Pelosi
said that she was not
optimistic that the court
would strike the question
on citizenship.
“We have to be prepared
for the worst,” Pelosi said.
She added that she found
the situation particularly
concerning for New York
House Democrats because
data indicates that the
state could lose two
congressional seats based
on population shifts. As
one possible solution, the
House Speaker suggested
that needed to put more
funding into the census to
ensure its accuracy.
She commended Meng’s
role on the appropriations
committee, suggesting
that she has
positioned herself to
make an impact on
this issue.
Read more at QNS.com.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Elmhurst on June 24 to talk about immigration reform
legislation. Photo: Max Parrott/QNS
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