“There is still a month before Trump is inaugurated,” one activist said. “They (Joe Biden and Kamala Harris) absolutely have the power to dismantle as much of the deportation machine as possible.”
Trump has provided few details, but pledged mass deportations to remove those who lack permission to be here – about 13 million people, roughly the population of Pennsylvania.
City Council is slated to vote on the project in just three weeks, and Wednesday was the second of eight days of committee meetings lawmakers are scheduled to hold on the arena before then.
To some the district is a model of convenience, easily reached by subway and highway with plenty of parking. To others it’s an asphalt wasteland, too often devoid of people and activity.
President-elect Trump promises an intense escalation in enforcement, including the mass deportations of millions of people. An estimated 47,000 undocumented people live in Philadelphia.
Susan Kim is on the board of Amkor Technology Inc. and is a philanthropist who sits on the board of directors of the Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia.
The proposed CBA allocates $25 million to neighborhoods, including $6.3 million for Chinatown. Other funding would go to year-round school, job training, small business lending, and City Council uses.
“Slow your roll!” implored the Rev. Gregory Edwards, interim executive director of POWER Interfaith, a network of about 200 congregations across the state.