Comments by "girl from the bronx by way of el barrio" (@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288) on "Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 7" video.

  1.  @diro2ss  Be careful. That's how NAFTA happened. That's how a lot of USA jobs got shipped to other nations. There are solutions, but we have to be more careful this time. A full hemisphere approach is absolutely necessary.
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  2.  @beckyfarmer4430  NYC public schools have a strict vaccination policy for all students.
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  3.  @diro2ss  I'm not sure I said anything about taking rights and liberties away from anyone. We have not updated our immigration legislation in decades, so of course our immigration system is completely dysfunctional. Including a guest worker program in a new immigration bill would probably be more helpful than sending jobs to Latin American countries. We really can't negotiate work opportunities for Venezuelan asylum seekers because we don't even have a diplomatic relationship with that country right now. If we focused on the western hemisphere, we would be living up to the Monroe Doctrine. We could prioritize Haiti for instance. We could also recognize that a lot of this disruption now was out in motion when we were supporting horribly corrupt dictators in the region. Now those chickens have come home to us to roost. If we sit down thoughtfully with as many stakeholders as possible from our hemisphere, maybe we can come up with real ideas to update our immigration system. Then Congress has to actually sign the legislation. Hey, Congress, do the work instead of generating content for your websites. 🗽
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  4.  @Bl00dMalice  Nope. Adams is just a bad mayor who is embarrassing himself and stepping in Abbott's obvious trap. Fiorello LaGuardia is rolling in his grave.
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  5.  @diro2ss  I believe that the USA can have an impact on migration conditions in our hemisphere if Congress will finally pass updated immigration legislation. But MTG and friends are busy spending tax payer dollars on investigations of everything except their own dear leader's wrongdoings. The upheaval in our hemisphere was set in motion many years ago when we supported corrupt dictators in the region. A real dialogue with all stakeholders in the Western Hemisphere to create real solutions would be more effective than Abbott with his hair on fire and Adams who frankly is just a bad mayor. I voted for the guy, now I cannot wait to vote him out. NBC also provided some bad reporting here. It looks like they were trying to combine a "first day of school" story with an immigration story. I believe enrollment in schools had actually decreased a bit after the pandemic, so public schools can probably adjust to 20,000 students. NYC is a city of 8 million people; we are accustomed to doing big things. Accommodating English language learners is also nothing new to us. Again, Adams is just a bad mayor. Overcrowding in housing is the more serious issue, and again there are solutions for this. There are many empty residential units that are being warehoused while real estate interests try to hold out for higher prices and higher rents. In addition, repurposing underutilized commercial space for residential use is absolutely possible, but Adams has not explored that, not that I have heard. Creating artificial scarcity in the housing market grossly inflates rents. But Adams doesn't want to stand up to NYC real estate power brokers, because they funded his campaign. I voted for Adams, but he has been a bitter disappointment. For instance, if he would develop positive relationships with other stakeholders in NYS, if he had a working relationship with the governor, he could find solutions. He just does not know how to do his job. PBS news hour did a piece on this story and included a comment from the New York Immigration Coalition stating that this problem is more about using resources properly, not lack of resources. I wonder if Adams is listening to the many groups in NYC who know quite a bit about housing and immigration. In my experience, this new mayor does a lot of talking, a lot of photo ops, but not a lot of listening. NYC unable to manage immigration.... it's a laugh. Adams stepped into Abbott's trap, and he is giving Abbott lots of drama and media attention. I wish Fiorello LaGuardia could come back to life and give Adams the lecture he deserves.
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