Florida and texas. This is just over an hour. Todays event promises to be an engaging analysis of the 2020 president ial election and the latino vote. There is no question that 2020 for the first time in our countrys history, latinos were the largest ethnic minority, ith 32 million eligible voters and with record numbers of atinos turning out the vote. Ndeed, both president donald rump and president elect joe biden benefited from the high urnout of latino voters across the u. S. , yet the support that they received from this very diverse and complex electorate and why they are read in different parts of the country. While nationally the majority of latinos may lean democratic, when it comes to the state level, there are many constituencies that cannot be so easily counted on by either party. Todays conversation will highlight how record levels of latino turnout impacted the outcome of key races. The marquee battleground states. We are thrilled that maria selena, a trusted voice in the
Testimony from the dhs regarding its decision to ban residents of new york state from trusted Traveler Programs like global entry. Like global entry. On february 5, senior ghs official chad wolfe wrote to new york officials to inform them of the ban, without notifying congress and the members of the new york state delegation who sit on this authorizing committee. Mr. Wolf cited new yorks green light law, a justification for the ban, stating that the law, quote, compromises cbps ability to confirm whether an individual applying for ttp membership meets Program Eligibility requirements. Mr. Wolf then stated, quote, because the act prevents dhs from accessing new york dmv records in order to determine whether a ttp applicant or reapplicant meets Program Eligibility requirements, new York Resident wills no longer be eligible to enroll or reenroll in cbps trusted Traveler Programs. After that announcement, this committee continued to receive inaccurate and misleading testimony that repeated
School, i thought with us security and he is a fordham law great. Carol rosenberg will be talking to him about his book, she is an awardwinning Senior Reporter for the New York Times working in collaboration with the pulitzer center. She has been reporting in the u. S. , in the u. S. And at Guantanamo Bay since the day it opened on january 11, 2002. She started with the miami herald were before that she was reporting from at least and moved recently to the New York Times. She has won many awards including the robert f. Kennedy journalism award, the aba silver gavel award and she was part of the miami herald team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news and 2001. Let me tell you the format. Michel and carol will talk and then i will come back on and i will post some questions that have come from the audience. Give any questions please feel free to put them in the chat or if you prefer the q a, and i will get as many as i can. Without further ado, michel, carol, take it away. Thank
Native americans focusing on the aftermath of the revolutionary war and the initiatives of George Washington. Mr. Butterfield is the executive director for the library at mt. Vernon. Good morning, everyone. Good morning. If you all could take your seats, please. Happy leap day. What could be better than a bonus day and some real meaningful history content. Its a double win for me. I love it. Im thrilled to have you all here to your Virginia Museum of history and culture. I have the privilege of serving as the president and ceo here and im going quickly kick us off as we have an allstar lineup of speakers today for this wonderful collaboration. I will point out, since i see now faces that are not our usuals here at this museum that you are gathered today in the oldest Cultural Institution in the commonwealth of virginia. Were older than the smithsonian institution. Were older than half of the states of this country. In fact, in this is interesting to consider. With the topic we approach
Interviewing senator mack in 1982 cermak left a successful banking career to the senate where he served three terms in the u. S. Senate. He then served two terms before reelection so with that i will hand it over keep an eye on your chat feature. Thank you very much it is great to have this conversation with a man i admire so much in the New York Times today had an article about independent bookstores that i think is worth mentioning because i am a kindle guy but every time i read a book i by ten to send to friends its important to focus on the fact that as a nation we need to be literate and supporting authors across the spectrum. Im a big fan of yours and a big supporter i read it on the Amazon Kindle and if you have a chance to do it i would suggest you do that the independent bookstore especially during the pandemic so theres enough for my announcement. There are four independent bookstores participating. Thats why i brought it up. [laughter] we should name who they are the midtown