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☆ New York’s Migrant Crisis Is About to Get Worse
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Carine Hajjar | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ How to Survive on New York’s Subways
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Carine Hajjar | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

For my dad, a common one is “always keep your head on a swivel,” meaning be aware of your surroundings. Since moving to New York City this fall, it’s one I’m hearing more often. Last week two officers from the New York City Police Department standing by the turnstiles at a Midtown Manhattan station handed me a pamphlet. It was titled “Personal Safety Tips,” issued by the NYPD’s Community Affairs Bureau. Inside, it had several categories, like “PURSE/WALLET SAFETY” and “WALKING—BE STREET SMART,” with corresponding guidance.

☆ Will Hispanic Voters Turn Nevada Republican?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Carine Hajjar | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Las VegasNevada is the quintessential political bellwether. Of the 26 presidential elections between 1912 and 2012, the nationwide winner carried the Silver State 25 times. But lately, Democrats have been on a roll. In 2016 Hillary Clinton duplicated Gerald Ford ’s 1976 feat, and Democrats control both U.S. Senate seats, three of the state’s four House seats, every statewide elected office except secretary of state, and both legislative houses in Carson City. “A coordinated campaign over the last how many years has turned Nevada blue,” Sen. Jacky Rosen , who defeated Republican Sen. Dean Heller in 2018, told NBC News in April.

Will voters put a check on the unrequited ambitions of the Democratic left? They might not be Lincoln-Douglas, but they’d still be instructive. Review & OutlookThe Los Angeles candidate for mayor says she now knows how Angelenos feel after she was robbed. Her two handguns were stolen too.

☆ Migrant Busing Brings the Border Crisis to Sanctuary Cities
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-11 | by ( Carine Hajjar | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

It was 6 a.m., and the buses from Texas had yet to arrive. An hour later, empty buses from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority would line up to transport migrants across New York City. At around 8, 80 asylum-seeking migrants filed out of the two buses arriving from the Lone Star State, one sent by Mr. Abbott from the border and another by the city of El Paso. Messrs. Castro and Espaillat shook everyone’s hand, saying: “Bienvenidos a Nueva York.”Since early August, Gov. Ron DeSantis one-upped Mr. Abbott by sending a small plane full of Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.

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