Thousands of Connecticut residents are affected by Trump’s decision to end TPS for Haitians, Syrians, and others. Today I asked the legislature for approval to direct $5M from the Federal Cuts Response Fund to support these individuals suddenly losing their work authorization and legal status.
Many TPS holders have called Connecticut home for years, raising families, building businesses, contributing to our economy, and enriching the fabric of our state. It is shameful that the Trump administration has decided to strip these individuals of their legal status and ability to work, knowing full well their countries of origin are still in the grips of violence and economic collapse. The added threat that ICE may target them for deportation shows the Trump immigration policy for what it truly is: cruelty and disruption rather than keeping communities safe.
The funding we’re announcing today is one way our state can help provide stability as the affected families face difficult decisions, but these communities need and deserve a solution at the federal level. Under Trump, the United States seems to have abandoned its role as a beacon of hope and refuge, but Connecticut will not turn its back on these communities.
NEW: @GovNedLamont announces $5 million from half-billion-dollar Federal Cuts Fund will assist workers losing federal temporary protected status this week
The nursing home industry says the move could seriously impact their already thin staffing levels
BREAKING: Several Senate Republicans are reportedly suffering from diarrhea today after they filmed themselves eating salads for lunch to troll Dr. Fauci after Fauci criticized Republican health policies including food regulation cuts and vaccine conspiracy theories.
BREAKING: Sen. John Cornyn says he will vote NO on Todd Blanche’s confirmation unless the Trump IRS settlement is rewritten to permanently eliminate the controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.
Cornyn says verbal assurances aren’t enough, warning the settlement could still be enforced unless it’s formally amended in writing.
Democrats sense Todd Blanche nomination is vulnerable
Sen Dick Durbin (D-IL): “Pardoning Jan 6 rioters & cop-beaters wasn’t enough for Pres Trump… So, two months ago, Blanche colluded with President Trump’s private lawyers to create a nearly $2 billion slush fund to benefit the Jan 6 mob”
Barron Trump is now being pulled into an investigation surrounding Andrew and Tristan Tate, and Donald Trump is reportedly furious. They exclaim the “children” of the President shouldn’t be investigated. How quickly they forget the relentless persecution of Hunter Biden !!
UPDATE: #Waterbury Hospital and several neighborhoods are impacted by what the city describes as a 'significant water main break.' https://t.co/RnVeylgdFd
MAJOR BREAKING: Trump’s political team is reportedly giving vulnerable Republicans permission to distance themselves from him as his falling approval threatens key battleground races.
After years of demanding absolute loyalty, even Trump’s own operation now appears to recognize that he may be becoming an electoral liability.
JUST IN: Sen. Mitch McConnell's office issued a statement from the senator on Monday saying that he will miss an upcoming Kentucky political event in order to continue his rehabilitation following a June 14 fall that left him hospitalized. https://t.co/ojELGaFHFJ