The roles that these immigrant workers take on are most often positions that native workers are unwilling to fill, such as agriculture and food processing jobs.
The hand-counting of ballots threatens to delay results by days, weeks or even months, and is more prone to error.
The hours and days immediately after voting ends could offer foreign adversaries like Russia, Iran and China or domestic extremist groups the best chance to mess with America’s decision through disinformation.
The crimes include efforts to persuade former Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to certify the counting of the electoral votes on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021.
The lawsuit accuses Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo of violating state election law and it claims her policy will “lead to irreparable harm to the voting rights” in the county.
The Democratic vice presidential nominee can be expected to effectively remind voters at Tuesday’s debate how women’s reproductive freedom is on the ballot in November.
It’s a practice known as ballot gathering – or ballot harvesting — that’s been a source of national controversy over the years.
“It’s an environment where pregnancy loss is potentially criminally suspect,” said Lourdes Rivera, president of Pregnancy Justice.
Trump has repeatedly said he was proud to help overturn Roe v. Wade by appointing conservative justices during his term in office.
There are 480 higher education leaders from across the country who have signed a letter opposing “undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live and work” on their campuses.
“We should be expanding access, not taking it away. Every child deserves a fair and equitable start, and I’ll fight in Congress to protect programs like Head Start that make that possible,” said Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, a Democratic candidate for Congress in PA-01.
The Bucks County Sheriff’s office has an application pending to participate in ICE’s 287(g) “task force model”, which essentially makes local law enforcement officers de facto ICE agents.
There were hundreds of rallies and protests against the Trump Administration across the country Saturday.
The goal of the proposed legislation is to protect women who receive abortions and the doctors and nurses who provide this reproductive health care.
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