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Espaillat member of the Appropriations Committee and Maloney, president of supervision and investigation of the House of Representatives, urged the federal agency in the letter to exercise its administrative authority and require air carriers and ticket agents that provide requested refunds to passengers when an air carrier cancels or materially changes a flight to, from, or within the United States.
New York. After sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, the first and only congressman of Dominican origin in U.S. territory, Adriano Espaillat (D-13), announced on Wednesday that the federal agency will adopt new rules to strengthen the protection of airline customers. "I congratulate Secretary Buttigieg and the Department of Transportation for this recent action to protect airline consumers, prioritizing people over companies' profits," the congressman said.
Un grupo de representantes demócratas avanzaron con un plan para intentar que ocho millones de inmigrantes indocumentados puedan obtener una ‘green card’, el primer paso a la ciudadanía.
Se trata de la Ley de Registro, enviada a la Cámara de Representantes la semana pasada, que busca reformar la fecha para que un indocumentado solicite la Residencia Legal Permanente, si puede demostrar que lleva más de siete años viviendo en EE.UU. y no tiene récord criminal.
Nueva York. El congresista de origen dominicano en esta ciudad, Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) destacó el crecimiento poblacional y el avance sostenido de los dominicanos en el exterior, lo que ha servido de ejemplo a las nuevas y futuras generaciones de quisqueyanos.
El congresista sostiene que la comunidad dominicana en el exterior está pasando por su mejor momento.
NEW YORK; USA.– Washington congressman of Dominican origin, Adriano Espaillat, and leaders of the Harlem community issued the following statements demanding justice in the murder of college basketball star Darius Lee and the mass shooting that left eight people injured “After hearing news of the shooting this weekend in Harlem, I immediately contacted law enforcement to ensure that there is an immediate investigation into the murder and untimely death of Darius Lee and the shooting that left several injured people in our community,” said Rep. Adriano Espaillat.
New York City is quite literally a city built by immigrants, and proudly so as it celebrated the 10th anniversary of former President Barack Obama’s historic Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. U.S. Rep Adriano Espaillat (D-Harlem) said, in a separate conference, that DACA has been transformative to the lives of young immigrants, but “the program falls short of a pathway to citizenship” and “is by no means a substitute for fixing our broken immigration system.”
InformadoRD, NEW YORK.-El congresista Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) emitió sus declaraciones en respuesta al tiroteo masivo de este fin de semana en Harlem, en cual resultó muerto el jugador de baloncesto universitario Darius Lee y otras ocho personas heridas.
Each spring, members of Congress put their pen and papers aside to host a visual arts competition — known as the congressional art competition. Art entries are open to only high school students to gain the opportunity of a lifetime to recognize their own talent and encourage their artistic side.
Now that April 27 deadline has passed, a panel of judges in Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s District 13 will decide the winner that will be recognized both in their district and at an annual award ceremony in Washington, D.C.