(cont'd from yesterday's post)
New York's mayor has hope for positive change because of last week's election, like most American voters do.
When he reached out to the current administration for help, he found only deaf ears--no help came for his city's immigration crisis. But now he's optimistic that his concerns will be heard and some of his ideas put into effect:
“I am willing to sit down with this administration like I tried to sit down with the previous administration in my 10 trips to Washington to say: we have a problem that is overrunning our cities.”
Not in favor of mass deportation, he does hope for 1) federal money to help finance NYC's support of immigrants, 2) more secure border policies including background checks, and 3) sending some immigrants to less populated locations.
“When I talked about public safety in 2021, it was ignored. When I talked about migrants and asylum seekers in 2023, it was ignored.” He doesn't like being ignored.
A similar story applies to the Teamsters Union who for many years were loyal supporters of the now-left-wing party. They feel ignored. But the union president found an open, responsive welcome when he wished to speak to the political party convention of our president-elect.
from Politico
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