All posts tagged "Population"

NEW YORK — In eastern Queens and suburban Long Island, a test of the potency of immigration as a political tool is playing out in a special congressional race that may offer lessons for both parties in the nationwide November general election. Any takeaways may be limited to the particulars of a unique race: a battle between a savvy and well-known centrist Democrat and a novice Republican nominee who has been evasive on the issues but has increasingly embraced Donald Trump. The shadow of George Santos, the unpopular truth-indifferent Republican who previously held the seat, hangs over the race......

FORT WORTH, Texas — The year 2100 is a mere 77 years away from now, but by then, the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex could be the most populated area in the country. A study by moveBuddha, a relocation technology company, predicts that by 2100, over 33 million people could call North Texas home. Currently, New York City (8.3 million) and Los Angeles (3.8 million) are the most populated cities in America. The study used data from the U.S. Census Bureau to examine metropolitan areas across the country with more than 250,000 residents. MoveBuddha then took the 2010-2020 U.S. Census growth rates for e......

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Diego de Jesús Delgado Meléndez traveled thousands of miles from his home in Venezuela and trekked some of the world’s most dangerous terrain in search of a way to provide for his 11 children. And yet, when he finally entered the U.S., after 85 days and 3 deportations, his journey hadn’t finished. Delgado Meléndez, 40, is among the 36 migrants who arrived in Sacramento on two Florida chartered flights nearly two months ago. After traveling through Central and South America, they found themselves flown to Sacramento as political pawns in the dispute over immigration policy.......

CHICAGO — The first 75 or so arrivals stepped out of buses at Union Station clutching clear plastic bags that held few possessions. This was almost a year ago. Each had been to the United States-Mexico border with the hope of immigrating to this country. Once there, they were put on buses bound for the self-styled sanctuary city of Chicago. Many did not speak English. Some spoke English, but felt more comfortable speakingSpanish. Most came from Venezuela and Nicaragua and Cuba. They were mothers and children and fathers and single men and single women, and they shared two things in common: The......

YEADON, Pa. — For two Thanksgivings now, Karen Serrano Roberts has been missing from her family’s dinner table in Yeadon. It’s beginning to look like this will be a second Christmas away from home, too. Karen Roberts, a Mexican national who has lived in the United States for most of her life, has been stranded in Mexico for the last 18 months, separated from her U.S. born husband and five children due to her immigration status. Born in Puebla, Mexico, in 1991, Roberts, 31, was brought to the States when she was 4 without legal documents, she said. For part of that trip, she said, “I was in the......

NEW YORK — Despite Mayor Eric Adams’ high-profile efforts to reduce the number of New Yorkers living on the streets, the city is seeing a rise in street homelessness. The number of people sleeping on the street is up in 2023, according to an annual one-night survey released at the start of the Fourth of July weekend. The annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate, or HOPE survey, is conducted by the Social Services Department every year in January. This year, the survey counted 4,042 people sleeping on the city’s streets, in parks, on the subways, on benches and under highway overpasses — ab......