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            Clinton to Propose Creation of Immigrant Affairs Office

   by Reuters

   Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton on Wednesday will propose the
   creation of a new national Office of Immigrant Affairs should she win
   the White House in November, as she seeks to woo minority and immigrant
   voters in New York less than a week before the state's primary.

   The office would coordinate policies and programs among federal
   agencies and with state and local governments, Clinton said at an event
   in New York City where she met with immigrant-rights activists.

   "It's an issue that cuts across all levels of government," she said.
   She added that it would expand the efforts of President Barack Obama's
   Task Force on New Americans, which was created in 2014 to help
   immigrants and refugees integrate better into the United States.

   In contrast, Republican candidates have largely proposed tougher
   immigration rules. Republican front-runner Donald Trump has called for
   building a wall along the border with Mexico and a temporary ban on
   Muslims entering the country.

   The New York primary on Tuesday could either help former secretary of
   state Clinton consolidate her status as the Democratic front-runner or
   hand a significant victory to rival Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator
   seeking to defy expectations and win the party's nomination for the
   November 8 election.

   Both candidates are campaigning across the state, looking to win over
   New York's diverse population, including voters from immigrant
   families. Around 19 percent of the state's population is Hispanic or
   Latino, according to the U.S. Census.

   With 247 pledged delegates at stake, the state is among the most
   significant nominating contests left on the calendar before the
   Democrats' July 25-28 convention in Philadelphia.

   Clinton holds a double-digit lead in opinion polls over Sanders in New
   York, the state where he was born and which she served for eight years
   as a U.S. senator. She also holds a commanding lead in pledged
   delegates overall so far, leaving Sanders only a narrow path if he is
   to win the nomination out from under her, a task some pundits say is
   already beyond him.

   A Democratic candidate needs 2,383 delegates to clinch the nomination.
   Those can come from any combination of pledged delegates won in
   primaries and caucuses, as well as so-called super delegates, who can
   vote as they choose.
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