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Congressman Tom Suozzi will co-chair a group of Democrats to provide a platform for ongoing discussions regarding border security and collaborate with colleagues.

Tom Suozzi appointed co-chair of border security task force

Congressman Tom Suozzi and Henry Cuellar launched the Democrats for Border Security Task Force today. The group of 26 House Democrats is dedicated to addressing the country’s immigration and border … more

3/15/24

The Biden border crisis comes home to New York

New York is in tough shape. Between the rising costs of goods, a deteriorating public safety situation and an ever-increasing tax burden on residents . . . more

By Anthony D'Esposito | 11/2/23

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said that the county will have no hand in helping New York City with its massive influx of migrants seeking asylum, that have been shipped in by border states.

County Executive Bruce Blakeman says Nassau is not a 'sanctuary county'

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” Those words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty have served as a beacon of … more

By Brandon Cruz | 8/17/23

‘Biking Borders’ brings out the best of humanity

The 2019 documentary “Biking Borders,” chronicling the nine-month, 9,320-mile cycling adventure of two college friends, Max Jabs and Nono Konopka, from Berlin to Beijing, opens with the pair struggling to stay upright . . . more

1/6/22

I still plan to mask up

To mask or not to mask? That is the question — not only mine, but just about everyone else’s, too. The confusion about the necessity of masks . . . more

By James Bernstein | 5/27/21

Suozzi witnesses ‘broken’ system on border trip, envisions an 'Ellis Island solution' at border

U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi was among a bipartisan group of members of Congress who spent two days touring the Mexican border this week. Six Democrats and three Republicans, all members of the Problem Solvers Caucus, are working to find a bipartisan solution to immigration issues. more

By Laura Lane | 4/16/21

the Rev. Moira Ahearne of Merrick’s Community Presbyterian Church, sitting, third from left, toured the border wall in Mexico’s Sonoran Desert with a delegation from the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Manhattan from Oct. 12-19.

Merrick pastor visits the U.S.-Mexico border

For eight days, the Rev. Moira Ahearne, of Merrick’s Community Presbyterian Church, saw for herself the trials and tribulations that asylum-seekers face daily at the U.S.-Mexico border. She ate homemade tortillas alongside migrants at a resource center in Agua Prieta, Mexico, toured overcrowded tent cities rife with misery and felt the eerie, omnipresent eyes of the drug cartels that control the area watching her. more

By Alyssa Seidman | 11/7/19

Dems veer hard left, headed for a cliff

Watching the Democratic debate marathon(s) two weeks ago drove home to me just how far to the political left the Democratic Party has veered. If it keeps this up . . . more

7/10/19

Showing migrants compassion is never a crime

I remember an expanse of scrubland with massive saguaro cacti stretching out to a ridge in the distance. The sun was setting, and the evening light crept over the rocky outcrop before me. From behind the cacti, ragged-looking men suddenly appeared . . . more

6/21/19

The immigration crisis needs real leadership

The past few weeks have generated a swirl of news on the seemingly never-ending issue of immigration. Not much of that news has been good, and some of the actions taken in Washington have been downright unproductive. more

6/14/19

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