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Haitian Americans fight back against Trump’s false claims
Sophia Cai October 16, 2024 Haitian Americans across the country are pushing back against former President Trump’s baseless claims about them by protesting, promising to vote and coming together to celebrate their culture. Why it matters: As Trump makes immigration the closing argument of his 2024 campaign — without much regard for whether his claims about immigrants are true — Haitian American communities…
Trump warns he’ll expel migrants under key Biden immigration programs
BY REBECCA SANTANA Updated 6:33 PM CDT, September 25, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, who has made anti-immigration rhetoric a key part of his reelection campaign, warned Wednesday that he would kick out hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have entered the country under two key Biden administration programs if he’s reelected. Speaking to Fox News, Trump…
What would Donald Trump’s ‘mass deportation’ plan look like?
Shelby Talcott Sep 26, 2024, 5:08am CDT THE NEWS Donald Trump is making increasingly grand promises to enact the “largest deportation program in American history,” asking voters to imagine a presidency in which “illegal aliens” are rounded up en masse for removal, and even some legal immigrants are stripped of their current status and sent…
Supreme Court weighs veterans’ disability denials, affecting ‘untold numbers’ of vets
The case could have “profound implications for untold numbers of veterans,” challengers said. Maureen Groppe October 16 2024 WASHINGTON − Norman Thornton, a veteran of the first Gulf War, thinks the government downgraded his level of disability from PTSD. Joshua Bufkin was denied post-traumatic stress disorder benefits after leaving the Air Force because doctors didn’t…
Phoenix Mayor Gallego responds to arrest of disabled, deaf Black man
By: abc15.com staff Posted 12:31 PM, Oct 16, 2024 PHOENIX — Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego has responded to ABC15’s report of a disabled and deaf Black man who was arrested by Phoenix police officers. Tyron McAlpin, a Black man, who is deaf and has cerebral palsy is facing felony aggravated assault and resisting arrest charges after he was repeatedly…
Racially balanced workplaces may protect employees against cardiovascular disease
Published September 26 In the first study of its kind, researchers from UC Berkeley School of Public Health found that Black workers in Michigan automobile manufacturing plants with a greater number of Black colleagues had better cardiovascular health than Black auto workers who worked in overwhelmingly white plants. The retrospective cohort study, published online in September ahead…
Voting is good for your health. These doctors want to help.
A growing cadre of health care professionals believes civic engagement can improve quality of life. Written by Maura Kelly Published October 9, 2024 On a cold winter night more than five years ago, a woman brought her infant and toddler to Boston Children’s Hospital’s ER because they were shivering so hard that she worried they…
Trump vs. Harris: Who Would Benefit Black Americans’ Health Care?
October 10, 2024 by Isaac Morgan With the 2024 presidential election less than a month away, both candidates are honing in on major issues affecting Black Americans and people from all walks of life, including health care — a pivotal issue for many struggling to obtain quality and affordable plans amid inflation. Former President Donald Trump…
Need to go to the hospital? Texas and Florida want to know your immigration status
State Sen. Victor Torres represents predominantly Hispanic Osceola County in Central Florida. At Sunday Mass at his local church, immigrants often tell him they are scared to seek health care. “They say, ‘My mother is ill, or my kid is sick, but I don’t have insurance,’’’ the Democrat said in an interview. “And I tell…