Yahay Obeid, who arrived in the US from Yemen aged 8, trained as a pilot, and now controls air traffic at JFK airport, is more than just a model American immigrant.
叶海•奥贝德8岁从也门来到美国，接受过飞行员培训，目前是肯尼迪机场的航管员，他的身份不仅仅是一名模范美国移民。
At the height of the first administration of Donald Trump, he was held up in a speech by his Democratic representative, the Bronx’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as a victim of the “Muslim ban”, the government shutdown, and the “anti-immigration sentiment” flowing from the White House.
在唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)第一届政府任期的高峰时期，布朗克斯的民主党代表亚历山德里娅•奥卡西奥-科尔特斯(Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)曾在一次演讲中将他描述为“穆斯林禁令”、政府关门以及源自白宫的“反移民情绪”的受害者。
But on Tuesday, Obeid and probably thousands of fellow members of the Muslim community in the Bronx — which contains both the poorest and bluest Congressional districts in the US — voted for Trump, as did many of the area’s Hispanic and Latino inhabitants.
但周二，奥贝德和布朗克斯区穆斯林社区的数千名成员投票支持特朗普，该地区的许多西班牙裔和拉丁裔居民也是如此。布朗克斯区是美国最贫穷和最蓝的国会选区。
“What we have done right now is hold the Democrats accountable,” said Obeid of the borough’s 65,000 new Trump voters, who the Republican candidate targeted with a pledge to fight inflation and illegal immigration. “They have taken our vote for granted.”
“我们现在所做的就是让民主党人承担责任，”奥贝德谈到该区6.5万名新的特朗普选民时说，这位共和党候选人承诺打击通货膨胀和非法移民。“他们认为我们的投票是理所当然的。”
In a swing that shook the Democratic establishment in New York City, Kamala Harris won just 73 per cent of the vote in the Bronx — 10 percentage points lower than Joe Biden achieved in 2020. Voting patterns across the borough, where more than 70 per cent of registered voters are Democrats, suggest the party shed support among communities that once formed its core base.
在一场震动纽约(New York City)民主党机构的选举中，卡玛拉•哈里斯(Kamala Harris)在布朗克斯仅获得了73%的选票，比2020年乔•拜登(Joe Biden)的得票率低了10个百分点。布朗克斯各地的投票模式显示，该区登记选民中超过70%是民主党人，但民主党在曾经构成其核心基础的社区中失去了支持。