内容摘要："Watching them not only learn about the industry itself but apply the skills they learned to their career, the way they present themselves and socialise, is what I found personally most rewarding.

"Watching them not only learn about the industry itself but apply the skills they learned to their career, the way they present themselves and socialise, is what I found personally most rewarding.

Republican Anthony D’Esposito, representative for the now-hotly contested 4th district where the rally was held, warmed up the crowd for Trump, receiving a hearty welcome. “Long Island is a battleground island!” he roared.He flipped the district from Democratic control in 2022, even though President Joe Biden had dominated there two years prior. It's now a district Democrats want back.

Hammering warnings about crime, immigration and inflation helped the Republican Party capture key New York suburban districts - and control of the House - in 2022. Trump and down-ballot Republicans are hoping to replicate this success nationwide.“We're not a border state, but immigration is huge,” said Randie Lucano, 64, a small business owner living in the 4th district. “Economy is huge. Housing, the next generation. What can they afford?”Ms Lucano said she is an independent and considered voting for Robert F Kennedy Jr before he dropped out. Now, she said, she will vote Republican because she believes Trump will stem immigration and control the cost of living.

Nationally, likely voters who say the economy is a major issue in this election support Trump over Harris, 53% to 47%, a mid-September poll by CBS News/YouGov found.The poll also indicated that voters who view immigrants negatively support Trump; 73% of registered voters who support Trump said immigrants made the country worse, compared to just 13% of Trump voters who believe the opposite.

Long Island voter, Celine Kaur, 48, feels strongly about migrants. “We have terrorists that could be coming over,” she said, echoing Mr Trump’s rhetoric. “It's terrible. It's absolutely terrible.”

Ms Kaur said her parents immigrated legally from Guyana in the 1980s, but that new migrants drain resources. “I can't even get any kind of help, but they're coming yesterday, and they're getting so much help,” she said.She said increasing the council tax to 9. 99% as a one-off would actually help "make sure that we save the council taxpayers £111m worth of borrowing over the next 20 years".

"We're already trying to reduce that borrowing to make it more manageable, not just for now, not just for next year, but for our children and our grandchildren," she said.She said the tax made a "huge contribution" and the council was between a "rock and a hard place".

"We don't want to do this increase in council tax, but we know it's the right thing to do, not just for now, but for the future."Spaces at allotments have been made available because of "constant demand" for plots.