Illegal aliens in New Jersey have gone on a hunger strike to lobby state lawmakers to pass a taxpayer-funded program that would provide them with potentially billions in unemployment and stimulus benefits. This month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and state Democrats struck a budget deal that includes $2.1 billion of taxpayer money for nearly 300,000 illegal aliens. Those eligible will get a one-time payment of $15,600 , the equivalent of about $300 a week for a year. The aid to illegal aliens in New York is $1.1 billion more than tax credits and grants authorized for small businesses in the state. Now, illegal aliens in New Jersey — backed by groups like Make the Road, the New Jersey Immigrant Alliance for Justice, and the New Jersey Policy Perspective — are on a hunger strike to lobby Gov. Phil Murphy (D) for a New York-style benefits program. The illegal aliens are asking for $2,000 direct cash payments and $600 weekly benefits. NJ.com reports : After more than 400 days without access to relief funds, 34 undocumented immigrants and allies, including Quiroga, are on a hunger strike until Gov. Phil Murphy or the state Legislature commits to meaningful relief for excluded workers. Sunday marked the 12th day of the fast. [Emphasis added] … Days after the hunger strike began, Murphy officials floated the idea of a $40 million fund for excluded workers during a phone call with progressive immigrant advocacy groups , including Make the Road, New Jersey Immigrant Alliance for Justice, and New Jersey Policy Perspective. Advocacy groups balked, saying far more money is needed to help the undocumented workers who have been accumulating debt since the pandemic began. [Emphasis added] Open borders activists have called Murphy’s suggestion of $40 million for illegal aliens in New Jersey “crumbs.” In New York, illegal aliens went on a hunger strike that lasted 23 days before Cuomo and state Democrats included the taxpayer-funded ...
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Baseball Report: Yankees Not Looking Like Much Of A Contender
( CBSNewYork ) — It’s still way too soon to make any projections based on early-season performances. There’s a lot of baseball yet to be played, and teams are still rounding into form. But if the season to date is any indication, the American League-favorite New York Yankees have some serious work to do. The Oakland A’s, however, have figured out how to win. The Yankees have stumbled to an AL-worst 5-10 record so far, while the A’s are one of the hottest team in baseball. This week’s Baseball Report looks at the Yankees’ horrific start, the A’s’ eight-game winning streak (after a horrific start of their own) and Marcus Stroman’s beautiful behind-the-back play on a sharp grounder back to the mound. READ MORE: Rask, Bruins Blank Sabres 2-0 For 5th Consecutive Victory Yankees Not Looking Like Projected Contender The Tampa Bay Rays swept the Yankees at home in a three-game weekend series that extended their losing streak to five games and dropped their early-season record to 5-10. It’s the first time the team has been last in the AL since 1968. The Yankees wasted another decent outing from Gerrit Cole to lose, 4-2 and looked lifeless at the plate and in the field. Aaron Judge struck out three times and is 4 for his last 28. Giancarlo Stanton hit a home run in the second inning, but he is just 3 for his last 26. The 10,000-plus fans booed them off the field after the final out. The team’s batting average sank to .210, just one point above the Cleveland Indians, which have the worst team average in the AL. It’s also their worst team average through the first 15 games since 1968. The batting line for the slugger-filled Yankees is a pathetic .210/.296/.346, with just 15 home runs in 16 games. They have a 139 strikeouts, their worst ever through the first 15 games. Such a poor showing at the plate for a team with such high expectations might call into question the job security of the manager and hitting coach. General manager Brian Cashman recently ...
GoFundMe Pages For Pembroke Crash Victims Raise Over $200,000
PEMBROKE (CBS) — GoFundMe pages for two young men killed in a crash in Pembroke have collectively raised more than $200,000 for their families. William Hickey and Joseph Birolini were both 23 years old. They attended Pembroke High School and played hockey there before graduating in 2016. Their online fundraisers have raised about $207,000 as of Tuesday morning. READ MORE: Five New Hotels In Massachusetts Make Travel + Leisure's 'It List' Hickey and Birolini were in an SUV that rolled over and hit a telephone pole on Elm Street around 1 a.m. Saturday. According to investigators, speed and bad weather may have been factors in the crash. READ MORE: It's Time To 'Move On' From Outdoor Mask Mandates, Infectious Disease Doctor Says The scene became a memorial over the weekend as friends and family dropped off flowers, hockey sticks, and jerseys. Former high school classmate Sean MacCormick said the two were big hockey players in town and loved the game. MORE NEWS: Boston Police Arrest Uber Driver Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Woman “I wanted to come by today and drop off some flowers cause I wanted to show my respect to them and the families,” MacCormick said. “How nice they were and how caring they were … they would do anything you were happy, like, you had a smile on your face.” ...
Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar Says the Derek Chauvin Trial ‘Feels Like a Closed Case’
Radical Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN) said the Derek Chauvin trial in Minnesota “feels like a closed case” to her while speaking with reporters Tuesday. “The case, to me, feels like a closed case, where it shouldn’t be… ummm.. even a question of whether there will.. uuhh… be an acquittal.. umm.. or a..a..a verdict that doesn’t meet the scale of the crime that was committed,” Omar said . Omar also articulated the trial’s verdict could mean a turning point in the community, saying she is “prayed up” and “holding on to one another.” “And hopefully, this verdict will come soon,” she remarked. During a press conference in Brooklyn Center, she also reiterated , “Our communities are tired and exhausted, really, at this repeated offense and assault that continues to happen.” “Where we continue to find ourselves in a state of mourning, in a state of exhaustion, in a state of trauma, and constantly seeing so much pain unearthed every single day,” she continued. “I know that we’ve been asking for accountability; we’ve been asking for transparency,” Omar said. “We’ve been asking for transformational change.” “And I know to me that Black Lives Matter is not a hashtag and should never be just a hashtag,” she said. “When we think about the police state, the police system, and we think about all of the systems of injustice that exist in this country, they are systems that have been created by men, and they are codified by law,” Omar concluded her remarks. In legal terminology, a “closed case” is a case that is complete and in the past, with nothing more to do, as opposed to a live case, which is an ongoing case. Perhaps what Omar meant to say is the case an open and shut case, which means a slam-dunk. Either way, Omar’s comments come as Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) used confrontational language regarding the case Saturday, stirring Judge Peter Cahill, who is presiding over the Derek Chauvin trial in Hennepin County, Minnesota, to say he hoped “elected ...
ABC’s Hostin on Chauvin Verdict — ‘This Is What Justice Finally Looks Like for My Community’
ABC News legal analyst and co-host of “The View” Sunny Hostin had an emotional reaction to the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd during Tuesday’s live coverage of the verdict announcement. Hostin said, “I was in law school during my first year when the verdict on Rodney King came out. It was an acquittal for four officers who, on video stomped and man, beat a man 56 times with a baton. I believed my eyes then, so I believed my eyes this time with George Floyd. And even though I that fast verdicts always hint at an agreement, even though all of my training told that they likely convicted on at least the highest count or at least the lowest count, because of the history in this country, because it is so rare that police officers are convicted, because black men and black boys are killed by police with impunity in this country, and that is just the truth, at a rate five times more than their white counterparts, because I am the mother of an 18-year-old boy who is now in South Africa, and I feel that he is safer in South Africa than he is in his own country, I am so relieved that this is what justice finally looks like for my community.” She added, “While I know this does not bring George Floyd back to his family, to his loved ones, to his brother who we have heard from so eloquently, at least I believe now that the movement that we have seen since his murder on video for the world to see is not just a moment. I really believe that this is a movement that we have seen, and for that, I am so very thankful that perhaps we will see real change, much-needed change in this country.” Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN ...
