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☆ Biden Plans Asylum Restrictions for Migrants
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Matthew Cullen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden is expected to sign an executive order tomorrow allowing him to temporarily seal the U.S. border with Mexico to migrants when crossings surge. The move, which is all but certain to be challenged in court, would represent the single most restrictive border policy instituted by Biden, or any other modern Democrat. If that level is set, the border would immediately be closed because roughly 3,500 migrants are currently apprehended each day. Biden pushed Congress earlier this year to enact a similar policy into law, but Republicans thwarted the bill, saying it was not strong enough. Many Democrats, including Biden, condemned a similar effort by Donald Trump in 2018 to restrict long-established protections for asylum seekers.

Persons: Biden, Donald Trump Organizations: U.S . White Locations: Mexico, U.S

☆ Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first woman president, promises to govern for all. Here are the top challenges she’ll face
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Complicating her administration’s debut, Sheinbaum will also have to contend with the shadow of her polarizing mentor, the outgoing President Andres Manuel López Obrador, from the same Morena party. In a speech following the election, Sheinbaum promised to govern for all and to be an investor-friendly president. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador raises Sheinbaum's hand after she was sworn in as Mexico City's mayor on December 5, 2018. Sheinbaum condemned the violence following Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel and has previously called for a Palestinian state. Still, under López Obrador, the Mexican government has accepted US deportations of tens of thousands of non-Mexican citizens under a 2023 Biden administration rule.

Persons: Claudia Sheinbaum, Sheinbaum, Andres Manuel López Obrador, “, ”, Carin Zissis, López Obrador, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Alfredo Estrella, ” Zissis, ” López Obrador, Jorge Zepeda, ” Stephanie Brewer, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Will Freeman, ” Freeman, López, coy, Freeman, Herika Martinez, ’, Joe Biden, Donald Trump –, Zissis, Brewer, Will Sheinbaum, Mau Torres, Ivonne Valdés Organizations: CNN, Bank of, Americas Society, Mexico City's, Getty, Washington Office, Latin, Mexican Army, National Guard, Reuters, Mexico City, Council, Foreign Relations, Crisis Group, Defense, “, US Border Patrol, AFP, American, Israel, Biden, United Locations: Mexico, Mexico City, Morena, Bank of Mexico, ”, AFP, Sheinbaum, Latin America, WOLA, Operation, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico’s, Morelos, Cuautla, Washington, States, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Gaza, Ukraine, El Paso , Texas, Chihuahua State, Israel, Palestinian, La Jornada, United States

CNN —Mexicans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in a historic election expected to return the country’s first woman president. More than 98 million voters are registered to cast a ballot in Mexico, and 1.4 million Mexicans are eligible to vote abroad. Mexico's opposition presidential candidate Xochitl Gálvez outside a polling station in Mexico City on June 2, 2024. Outside polling stations, voters told CNN that public security was one of their main concerns. Jorge Luis Plata/ReutersUS officials are closely monitoring the presidential election as it comes at a critical time for the Biden administration.

Persons: Claudia Sheinbaum, Xochitl, Jorge Álvarez Máynez, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Sheinbaum, ” Gálvez, Luis Cortes, ”, Jorge Luis Plata, Biden, CNN’s Michelle Velez, Priscilla Alvarez Organizations: CNN, Morena, PAN, ’ Movement, Reuters, Electoral Institute, coy, Republicans, Biden, Homeland Security Locations: Mexico, Mexico City, Yucatán, San Bartolome Quialana

☆ Faith-Based Groups That Assist Migrants Become Targets of Extremists
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Miriam Jordan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A man posing as a pest exterminator tried to gain access to a San Diego hotel that operates as a shelter for migrant families. The next day, a woman showed up claiming to be an immigrant in need of help. Voice mail left for the chief executive called him “scum” and “not really Christian.” A woman left another staff member an expletive-laced message about Catholics. She claimed that the nonprofit was flying migrants all over the country and profiting from an illegal operation. For decades, Catholic Charities and other faith-based organizations have played a crucial role helping federal authorities and local governments manage influxes of migrants.

Persons: “, ”, James O’Keefe, O’Keefe, Donald J, Trump Organizations: Workers, Catholic Charities, Veritas Locations: San Diego

☆ Mexico election: What to know about a historic presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Aditi Sangal | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Here’s who is running for president:Claudia SheinbaumThe 61-year-old Sheinbaum is a former Mexico City mayor and climate scientist. A longtime political ally of incumbent President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, she was the Mexico City environment secretary from 2000-2006 when he was mayor. Her close alignment with López Obrador has been both a blessing and a curse politically. (López Obrador has repeatedly dismissed whispers that he favors a candidate that he could influence, telling press in February that he would “retire completely” after his term.) For a relative newcomer, Galvez’s entry into the presidential race has gained impressive momentum, experts say.

Persons: Here’s, Claudia Sheinbaum, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Sheinbaum, López Obrador, she’s “, “, Lopez, •, Xóchitl, Vicente Fox, • Galvez, ” Jorge Álvarez Máynez, Jorge Álvarez Máynez, San Pedro Garza García, • Máynez, López, Myriam Guadalupe Castro Yáñez, Greg Abbott, Gálvez, CNN’s Rafael Romo, David Shortell Organizations: Mexico City, National Guard, PRI, PAN, Federal Electricity Commission, Institute for Economy, National Migration Institute, National School of Social, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Texas Gov, Washington Locations: Mexico City, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Morelos, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán, Mexico, San, prohibitionism, UNAM, Texas, United States

☆ A homeless advocate of 40 years says finding homes for unhoused New Yorkers with vouchers has never been so hard
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

And the biggest program to help those in need of homes — the federal housing voucher system — isn't keeping up. With city shelters struggling, the government has set up more than 200 emergency shelters to house migrants, including in former jails and hotels. Greenberg said he decided to seek out homeless voucher holders after hearing from those who'd had an excruciating time finding an apartment. Ed Jones/Getty ImagesThe Interfaith Assembly set up a pilot program about six months ago to help homeless voucher holders find homes. Advertisement"I've spoken to landlords who want housing voucher holders, who've experienced some real damage to their apartments," Greenberg said.

Persons: —, Marc Greenberg, Greenberg, We're, Eric Adams, who'd, Ed Jones, they're, who've Organizations: Service, Coalition, Business, York, Interfaith Assembly, Homelessness, New, Apple, . New York, Assembly, Washington State Locations: York City, New York City, New York, . New, Oregon

☆ Why Mexico’s election is more important than ever for the United States
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Sofía Benavides | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But it’s not just the massive scale of the event that makes it so important in the eyes of observers across the border in the United States. Key to facilitating this shift was the creation of the USMCA trade agreement, which came into effect in 2020 between Mexico, the United States and Canada. “Mexico committed to addressing the two main Mexican issues affecting the United States and that will determine the next election: migration and fentanyl. “But the United States also has to dismantle the network of traffickers within (its own borders). There is a significant network of organized crime in the United States that the administration must arrest, bring to trial, and whose activities it must restrict,” she added.

Persons: Mexico’s, it’s, – Claudia Sheinbaum, Xóchitl Gálvez, Xochitl Galvez, Quetzalli, Claudia Sheinbaum, Raquel Cunha, Reuters “, ”, Rafael Fernández de Castro Medina, Lila Abed, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, “, ” Abed, Abed, Ulises Ruiz, Raquel López Portillo Maltos, Jorge Alberto Schiavon Uriegas, López Obrador, Schiavon Uriegas, Carin Zissis, Sheinbaum, Zissis, Lopez Obrador, ¨, Chandan Khanna, “ México, Jose Luis Gonzalez, “ López Obrador Organizations: CNN, Sigamos, Reuters, Center for US, Mexico Studies, University of California, Mexico Institute, Wilson, Workers, AFP, Getty, Mexican Council, Foreign Relations, Center for Studies, Foreign, Trump, Biden, Americas Society, National Guard, Army, ¨ Trump, Border Patrol, Mexican Refugee Aid Commission, Mexican Army, National Security Law, CIA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republican, Democratic Locations: United States, Morena, Mexico City, Mexico, San Diego, China, Canada, Ukraine, Cerritos, Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco, “ Mexico, Americas, Piedras Negras, Eagle, , Texas, Operation Juarez, Ciudad Juarez

☆ Fact check: Trump’s post-conviction monologue was filled with false claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Instead, Trump delivered a rambling monologue that was filled with false claims on subjects ranging from the Manhattan trial to immigration to tax policy. He said this time that “you have violent crime all over this city at levels that nobody’s ever seen before.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is not even close to true. Michael Cohen’s crimesCriticizing key prosecution witness Michael Cohen, Trump repeated a claim he made during the trial in April. Facts First: There is no basis for Trump’s claim. It was dead.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is false.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, New York City Trump, Michael Cohen’s, Michael Cohen, Cohen, “, Robert Mueller, Trump’s, ” Cohen, ”, ” Trump, Biden, Joe Biden, Alvin Bragg’s, –, Bragg, Matthew Colangelo, Colangelo, Judge Juan Merchan, Merchan, Bradley Smith, Rather, Smith, Congo ’ Trump, Africa –, Patrick Muyaya Katembwe, ” Serge Mombouli Organizations: Washington CNN, New York City, New, Trump, Republican, Intelligence, Biden, DOJ, of Justice, federal, Department, Democrat, Justice Department, Congo, Democratic, CNN, PAC, Nord Locations: Manhattan, New York, , New York City, New York City, –, Russia, Moscow, York’s, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Africa, United States of America, Republic of, Germany, Russian, Trump’s, Ukraine

☆ Biden administration preparing to announce border executive action as early as Tuesday
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Priscilla Alvarez | Kayla Tausche | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The Biden administration is preparing to roll out a sweeping border executive action as early as Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the discussions, who cautioned that timing is fluid. The executive action is expected to be reminiscent of a controversial measure from the Trump era. CNN previously reported that officials were discussing announcing the executive action after Mexico’s election on June 2 and before the first presidential debate. Some Democrats on Capitol Hill have also encouraged White House officials to consider having the president make another visit to the border in the coming weeks. A White House spokesperson previously told CNN that no border trip for Biden is under consideration at the moment.

Persons: CNN —, Biden, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, “, — Organizations: CNN, Republican, Congressional, Administration, White, Capitol, Biden Locations: France, ”, Mexico

☆ Elon Musk has been getting Trumpier. A direct line to Trump may be next
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Clare Duffy | Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Elon Musk has sought to accumulate political capital commensurate with his extravagant wealth. Musk has discussed advising Trump should he win the 2024 election, the Journal reported, citing unnamed sources. Musk called Trump directly via cellphone to explore a role that could potentially give Musk significant influence over US policies. Reporting that Musk and Trump’s relationship has improved comes after Musk’s politics have become more aligned with Trump’s. For Musk to have a direct, private line to a future President Trump “would seem to be a blatant conflict of interest,” said Darrell West, a senior fellow in the governance studies program at the Brookings Institution.

Persons: CNN — Elon Musk, Musk, Donald Trump, Trump, Brian Hughes, –, Andrew Harnik, ”, Darrell West, ” West, Herika Martinez, —, Donald Trump’s, Biden, Ron DeSantis, Robert Kennedy , Jr, Paul Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, White supremacists, Imran Ahmed, X, CCDH, Donie O’Sullivan Organizations: CNN, Republican, Wall Street, Trump, SpaceX, Tesla, Brookings Institution, Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Traffic Safety Administration, Justice Department, Migrants, US Border Patrol, AFP, Getty, Twitter, US, Republican Florida, Politico Locations: Paris, El Paso , Texas, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua State, Mexico

☆ Mexico’s next president will be a woman. But violence has overshadowed the glass ceiling being shattered.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Sheinbaum is riding on a wave of popularity with the support of her long-time ally, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and their leftist Morena party. Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gestures during an event in Mexico City. It was a strategy that saw the son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman released on the orders of López Obrador in 2019 to avoid bloodshed. The Supreme Court upheld an opposition complaint and ordered López Obrador to return the National Guard to civilian jurisdiction. Amid ongoing “gender-based violence, including femicides and disappearances,” Kloppe-Santamaría said, getting a female president at this moment feels “very paradoxical.”

Persons: Claudia Sheinbaum, “, Sheinbaum, –, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Xochitl Gálvez, Raquel Cunha, ” Stephanie Brewer, ”, López Obrador’s, Enrique Peña Nieto’s, Ulises Ruiz, Galvez, ” Gálvez, …, ” Brewer, Felipe Calderón, “ Militarization, López Obrador, Joaquin “ El Chapo ” Guzman, Armando Perez Luna, Ivan Macias Ivan Macias, Brewer, Falko Ernst, Gema, Santamaría Organizations: CNN, Mexico City, PAN, Reuters, Washington Office, Latin, Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics, –, coy, Mirador, AFP, Getty, National Guard, Defense, Defense . Police, National Action Party, REUTERS, Crisis, ” CNN, Defence, George Washington University ., Galvaz, Mexico City police Locations: Mexico, ”, Chiapas, Mexico’s, Guatemala, Morena, Mexico City, “ Mexico, Latin America, WOLA, Mirador San Miguel, Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco State, militarization, Maravatio, Michoacan, Mexican, femicides

☆ Modi’s latest campaign message to supporters: ‘God has sent me’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a new message for supporters on the campaign trail: God has chosen him. “This is why I have dedicated myself to God.”Modi continued: “God doesn’t reveal his cards. This, he added has “rallied his base who feel pride in such religiosity.”India is a deeply religious country. “(He is) the first prime minister, they say, to be unashamed about this faith,” Sinha said. It ignited widespread anger among Muslim leaders and opposition politicians and calls for election authorities to investigate.

Persons: CNN —, Narendra Modi, “ I’m, God, ”, ” Modi, doesn’t, Modi, Subir Sinha, “, ” Sinha, Ganga, I’m, Ram, Modi’s, ” Modi fasted, Lord Ram, Pratishtha ”, –, spokespeople Organizations: CNN, CNN — India’s, NDTV, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, South Asia Institute, SOAS University of London, ” Locations: India, Varanasi, Ayodhya

☆ India’s election campaign turns negative as Modi and ruling party embrace Islamophobic rhetoric
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is increasingly resorting to overtly Islamophobic language during his election campaign, critics and observers say, as he seeks a third straight term governing the world’s most populous nation. It’s coming directly from the prime minister. The BJP did not respond to a request for comment on the rhetoric being used by party leaders during this campaign. The prime minister has set an ambitious target for his alliance to win 400 seats in the country’s Lok Sabha, or lower house of Parliament, in this election. BJP party spokespeople subsequently said Modi was talking specifically about undocumented migrants.

Persons: Narendra Modi, –, Modi, we’ve, ” Milan Vaishnav, “, surrogates, “ Modi, it’s, ”, Asim Ali, It’s, ” Modi, he’s, Jaiveer Shergill, Irfan Nooruddin, Weeks, Arvind Kejriwal, Ali, Santosh Kumar, Alishan Jafri, Vaishnav, ” Nooruddin, Prakash Singh, spokespeople Organizations: CNN, Indian, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, South Asia, Carnegie Endowment, International, Home Minister, Indian National Congress, “, Georgetown University, Indian Army, Hindustan Times, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: “, BJP, Lok, Delhi, Pataliputra, India, Australia, United States, China, Britain, Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh

☆ NYC hotel rooms are averaging over $300 a night as many hotels exclusively house migrants, reducing supply during a tourism boom
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewFor travelers planning trips to New York City, be prepared to shell out more money than ever for a hotel. But it's not just an uptick in travel to New York City that is driving up prices. Related storiesAnd, as The New York Times recently reported, the migrant crisis has also caused a jump in hotel rates. AdvertisementThis has reduced the supply of available rooms and helped drive up prices for guests looking for accommodations across the city. According to CoStar data, the hotels now sheltering migrants have cordoned off roughly 16,500 rooms from the available hotel supply, resulting in nearly 122,000 available rooms for travelers.

Persons: —, it's, Daniel H, Lesser, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump, Greg Abbott, Eric Adams Organizations: Service, Business, New York Times, Times, Republicans, Independents, Texas Gov, New, Wall Street Locations: New York City, New York, midtown Manhattan

☆ Why UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called an election he’s expected to lose
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Luke Mcgee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

London CNN —When British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that the United Kingdom would hold a general election on July 4, many observers wondered: why now? British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech calling for a general election, outside 10 Downing Street, in London on May 22. Their time in office didn’t begin formidably. In 2010, after 13 years of Labour rule, David Cameron won the general election but didn’t win a majority in parliament. Eventually, the Conservative Party had enough of the chaos and put Sunak in charge as a safe pair of hands.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Sunak, Maja Smiejkowska, he’s, we’ve, ’ ” Sunak, didn’t, David Cameron, Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Johnson, Henry Nicholls, Liz Truss, –, Starmer Organizations: London CNN, British, Conservative Party, Labour Party, Labour, International Monetary Fund, CNN, IMF, Liberal Democrats, Conservative, Vale, Glamorgan Brewery, Getty Locations: United Kingdom, London, Downing, Glamorgan, Barry, Wales, AFP, Rwanda, Sunak

☆ Election Updates: Tom Cotton emerges as a top contender in Trump’s V.P. race.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Michael C. Bender | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

“I woke up, I said, ‘I wonder, will it be hostile or will it be friendly?’” Mr. Trump said. It was a love fest.”As is often the case during Mr. Trump's speeches, the truth was a bit more complex. But Mr. Trump observed that Mr. Levitt had exited his business too early and was unable to make a comeback when he wanted to years later. The reason, Mr. Trump said, was that he had squandered his momentum. “You have to always keep moving forward,” Mr. Trump said.

Persons: Miles, Donald J, Trump, “, ‘, ”, Biden, Hiroko Masuike, Trump’s, —, Unprompted, Mr, Indiana Mitchell, Rafael Brito, ” Mr, Brito, Melvin Howard, William Levitt, Levitt, ” Jeffery C, Mays Organizations: New York State, Trump, South Bronx . Credit, New York Times, Dominican, Queens, New York Police Department Locations: Bronx, New York, York City, Crotona, Florida, “ New York, South Bronx, United States, Dominican Republic, ”, Central Park, Long

☆ Businesses push Biden to grant work permits to longtime undocumented immigrants
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

She knows there’s a bigger pool of experienced workers out there, but she can’t hire them because they are undocumented immigrants. The coalition argues Biden can do more through executive action under current law, including by expanding work permits to spouses of US citizens. All of Indiana dairy farmer Steve Obert's employees are authorized to work, but he is among the business leaders advocating for more work permits for longtime undocumented residents. Courtesy Steve ObertAll of Obert’s 15 non-family employees are foreign born and have work permits. But he knows that undocumented workers contribute a lot to the industry, as well as to the communities where they live.

Persons: Lisa Winton, Winton, Biden, ” Winton, ” Lisa Winton, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Trump, , ”, Karoline Leavitt, “, ” It’s, Steve Obert, Jessica Vaughan, Rebecca Shi, ‘, ’ ”, Shi, Vaughan, Tara Watson, Bush, Obama, Kerri Talbot, Trump’s, Steve, ” Obert Organizations: CNN, Winton Machine Company, American Business Immigration Coalition, Employers, Time, Trump, Pew Research Center, Labor, National Agricultural Workers Survey, Center, American, National Milk Producers Federation, Immigration Services, Center for Immigration Studies, Department of Homeland Security, Migration Policy Institute, Williams College, Immigration, Indiana Dairy Producers Locations: Suwanee , Georgia, Winton, Georgia, America, Indiana

☆ Senate border bill exposes Democratic divisions as White House attempts to ramp up pressure on GOP
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Priscilla Alvarez | Lauren Fox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The Senate will vote Thursday on a border security bill that is dividing the Democratic caucus and failed earlier this year, exposing rifts within the party even as they try to shift the narrative on border security. Sources say those talks included reviving the stalled border security measure that initially failed after former President Donald Trump told GOP lawmakers to knock it down. “I will not vote for the bill coming to the Senate floor this week because it includes several provisions that will violate Americans’ shared values. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer acknowledged over the weekend that not every Democrat may vote for the bill in a letter to colleagues. They think we’re nuts.”But Republican Sen. James Lankford, a key negotiator on the border bill, said he’ll vote against the measure Thursday.

Persons: Donald Trump, “, ’, ” Sen, Cory Booker, Booker, Chuck Schumer, Sen, Alex Padilla, “ It’s, ” Padilla, Virginia Democratic Sen, Mark Warner, ”, Republican Sen, Lisa Murkowski, ” Murkowski, James Lankford, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Tom Suozzi, Murphy, Schumer, ” Robyn Barnard, ” Barnard, We’ve, Brian Schatz, Maine Sen, Angus King, CNN’s Sam Fossum Organizations: CNN, Democratic, White, New, New Jersey Democrat, Republicans, GOP, Senate, Virginia Democratic, Republican, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Tuesday, Democrats, Democratic Rep, of, Human, ”, Democrat Locations: Ukraine, New Jersey, Virginia, Alaska, New, Hawaii, Maine

☆ Trump holds campaign rally in the Bronx as he seeks to make inroads with Hispanic and Black voters
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Kate Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold a rally Thursday in the Bronx as his campaign looks to make inroads with Hispanic and Black voters ahead of November’s election. A Trump campaign official told CNN that several factors, including the former president’s long history of living and working in New York and his efforts to win over minority voters, played into the decision to hold the Bronx rally. The Bronx is a Democratic stronghold, which Trump lost by about 68 points to Joe Biden in 2020. Residents in the South Bronx, where Trump’s rally is taking place, are mainly Hispanic (64%) and Black (31%), according to the US Census Bureau. Several House Republicans from New York said they could no longer make it to Trump’s event due to changes in the chamber’s voting schedule Thursday.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, “, Elise Stefanik, ”, Barack Obama, Janiyah Thomas, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Ritchie Torres, Torres, CNN’s Kit Maher Organizations: CNN, Trump, New York, Republican, Democratic, Residents, Census Bureau, Republicans, Biden, Americans, African, gaslight, NY1, The New York Times Locations: Bronx, Trump’s New York, New York, Crotona Park, South Bronx, Manhattan, New, “ New York, Central Park, Charlottesville , Virginia, Cortez, Crotona

☆ How Should the Stories of Migrants Be Told?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Dinaw Mengestu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

THE SILENCE OF THE CHOIR, by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr. Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s second novel, “The Silence of the Choir,” opens with the arrival of 72 migrants in a fictional Sicilian village called Altino, an ideal narrative framework to test a novel’s empathetic capacity. The migrants may be the newcomers, but Sarr is too interesting and thoughtful a writer to simply answer the inevitable question: Will the good people of Altino learn to care about these men? His interest, rather, is in finding what kind of narrative form, if any, is best suited to such a task. Traoré’s story is so hard to tell that Sarr interrupts the narration halfway through and turns it into a play.

Persons: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Alison Anderson, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s, ”, Mount, Sarr, Jogoy, Fousseyni Organizations: Choir Locations: Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Mount Etna, Sicily, Malian

☆ New York Begins a New Wave of Evictions From Migrant Shelters
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Luis Ferré-Sadurní | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

New York City will begin a new push to evict migrants from its shelter system on Wednesday as the city enters a more aggressive phase in its effort to ease the strain that the migrant crisis has placed on the city’s budget and shelters. The first wave of evictions will affect adult migrants who were given 30-day notices a month ago as part of the city’s push to enforce stricter time limits on shelter stays. Adult migrants who wish to stay longer can receive an extension if the city determines they meet one of several exceptions. As the rules are phased in, they will eventually cover all 15,000 adult migrants that the city is paying to house in an array of hotels, tent dormitories and other buildings. Officials are also seeking to make space for the hundreds of migrants still arriving from the southern border each week.

Persons: Eric Adams Organizations: Democrat Locations: York City

☆ Spain, Norway and Ireland’s recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to have little impact on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Luke Mcgee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Europe has struggled over the Middle East for a very long time. The decision by Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognize a Palestinian state tells us more about the domestic politics of those countries than anything else. In Ireland, Spain and Norway, support for a Palestinian state chimes with the broader electorate and is unlikely to receive any political blowback. European countries simply do not have a huge amount of influence in this area. That isn’t to say Europeans didn’t care about the Middle East, specifically the Palestinian cause.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Israel – Organizations: CNN, Israel, European Union, European Commission, European, EU Locations: Europe, Ireland, Spain, Norway, Israel, Palestinian, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Palestine, Oslo, European Union

☆ Trump removes video referencing ‘unified Reich,’ but his Nazi allusions are long-standing
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Donald Trump dabbles in Nazi allusions too often for it to be a coincidence. But the term “Reich,” which means a kind of empire, is also synonymous with the later Third Reich of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany. Some of Trump’s rhetoric suggests an ignorance of history and his own self-obsession. Some of Trump’s rhetoric seems designed to get a rise from his opponents and the media. And as extreme as a second Trump term might be, the Nazi Germany comparison feels extreme.

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☆ Mumbai, India: Billionaires, Bollywood celebrities cast their vote in the world’s largest election
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, along with his family, leaves a polling booth after casting his ballot in Mumbai on May 20, 2024. Sujit Jaiswal/AFP/Getty ImagesThe “King of Bollywood” Shah Rukh Khan was seen leaving a Mumbai polling booth with his family – wife Gauri, daughter Suhana, and sons Aryan and Abram. Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone arrive to cast their ballots at a polling station in Mumbai on May 20, 2024. Residents queue to cast their vote on May 20, 2024 in Mumbai, India. Voters wait to cast their vote in Chandivali, Mumbai, on May 20, 2024.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Shah Rukh Khan, Sujit Jaiswal, ” Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri, Suhana, Aryan, Abram, Amitabh Bachchan, ” Khan, “ Let’s, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Mukesh Ambani, Nita, Akash, Akshay Kumar, “, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Stringer, Shiv Sena —, Satish Bate, Sachin Chaudhary Organizations: CNN, Getty, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Indian National Congress, Hindustan Times, Getty Images Locations: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India’s, AFP, Andheri, “, India, Mumbai’s, West Bengal, Getty Images Mumbai, New York, Chandivali

☆ Trump's Truth Social posted a video with apparent Nazi messaging — his team says it wasn't him
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The video envisages an economic boom, the deportation of migrants, and tax cuts if Trump wins. The Trump campaign claimed the video was shared by a staffer who didn't see the reference to the "unified Reich" before posting it. President Joe Biden's campaign campaign said the post was "foreshadowing a second Trump term that says he will create a 'UNIFIED REICH,' echoing Nazi Germany." In 2016, Trump shared a quote by Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, an ally of Hitler, on X, then called Twitter. The Trump campaign at the time said that critics were "snowflakes grasping for anything" in response to the controversy.

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