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Putnam Vigil Scheduled In Support Of Separated Immigrant Families Putnam Vigil Scheduled In Support Of Separated Immigrant Families
Putnam Vigil Scheduled In Support Of Separated Immigrant Families Residents from the area will come together late Monday afternoon in support of separated immigrant families. A vigil has been scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Putnam County Courthouse in Carmel as a federal court-ordered deadline nears for the reuniting of immigrant children and parents. According to officials, “about 3,000 young children were separated from their parents at the southwest border as part of Trump’s illegal 'zero tolerance' policy of criminally prosecuting asylum-seeking parents. Many of the children are under the age of 5.” ICE official Robert Guadian said children under age 5, …

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by Zak Failla
News
CEO Of Westchester Facility Housing Migrant Kids Speaks Out CEO Of Westchester Facility Housing Migrant Kids Speaks Out
CEO Of Westchester Facility Housing Migrant Kids Speaks Out The President and CEO of a Westchester facility which is home to several children who were separated from their families from their parents at the Mexican border, is the latest official to speak out against President Donald Trump’s administration’s policy impacting migrant families. Many of the children are being housed at Children’s Village in Dobbs Ferry, which, according to its website, “works in partnership with families to help society’s most vulnerable children so that they become educationally proficient, economically productive, and socially responsible members of their communities.”…

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Politics
NY Moving Forward With Lawsuit After Trump's About-Face On Child Separation NY Moving Forward With Lawsuit After Trump's About-Face On Child Separation
NY Moving Forward With Lawsuit After Trump's About-Face On Child Separation Although President Donald Trump has reversed course from his administration’s policy of separating migrant families crossing the United States border from their parents, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is moving forward with a lawsuit against the administration. Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that ends the administration’s policy, and in effect, abandoning the president’s previous stance that only Congress can fix the problem. Trump told reporters this week that he “didn’t like the sight or the feeling of families being separated. (He) thinks anybody with a heart would feel strongl…

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Politics
Some Migrant Kids Separated From Parents In Westchester, Cuomo Says Some Migrant Kids Separated From Parents In Westchester, Cuomo Says
Some Migrant Kids Separated From Parents In Westchester, Cuomo Says Some migrant children who were separated from their parents at the border of the United States and Mexico are being housed in shelters in Westchester County, according to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “We have about 10 facilities in this state. We haven’t spoken with all of them. We know there are over 70 children, just by the ones that we have talked about but they are in Dobbs Ferry, Lincolndale, Irvington, three in the Bronx, one in Syosset and one in Kingston,” Cuomo said during a conference call on Tuesday when he announced his intention to sue the federal government over the treatment of…

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by Zak Failla