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The courtrooms where immigration justice plays out in and near New York City are where overtaxed lawyers, desperate families and shackled inmates bear the human weight of a broken system.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 0Comments

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Dec 2015

Economy

South Asian NYC Wrestles With Wage Theft

For many immigrants in places like Jackson Heights, the question is to report those violations to public agencies or not.

ByFarah Akbar 0Comments

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Nov 2015

Opinion

What History Tells us About Ben Carson’s Fear of Refugee Radicals

The presidential candidate says the Paris attacks should convince the U.S. to close its doors to Syrian refugees. But if the threat of a violent element justified blocking immigrants, a…

ByJarrett Murphy 6Comments

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Oct 2015

Uncategorized

What the Democrats Said About Immigration in Their 1st Debate

Immigration didn’t get a lot of airtime in Tuesday’s first Democratic debate of the 2016 season, but it did provoke an interesting exchange.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Oct 2015

Uncategorized

Who Gets Asylum in the U.S.?

Last year, nearly half went to people from China.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Oct 2015

Uncategorized

Are Immigration Courts Getting it Right?

With support from readers like you – matched by Beacon – City Limits will produce an investigative report on the immigration courts in the New York City area

ByCity Limits 2Comments

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Sep 2015

Opinion

Housing Discrimination Doesn’t Begin or End with ‘Poor Doors’

An advocate who has fought for fair housing catalogues the many subtle ways property owners and public policies lock out renters along lines of income, race, ethnicity, disability and more.

ByFred Freiberg 0Comments

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Jul 2015

In Depth

Looking for Farm Work? Here’s Where to Harvest Leads

New York farmers post agricultural jobs on a state website to see if domestic workers want the work. If not, temporary labor can be brought in from foreign countries under…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Oct 2014

Justice News

Immigration Detainers in NYC: The Numbers

The city honored more than 3,000 such detainers over a recent 12-month period, declined to enforce 1,200 and received $42 million less than it wanted for doing Washington’s immigration-enforcement grunt…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Sep 2014

Investigations Justice

Labor Trafficking Persists Amid Outrage Over Sex Trade

Sex trafficking is the target of increased awareness and enforcement. But other forms of the human trade—which might be more common—are proving hard to publicize or prosecute.

ByHayley Camacho 0Comments

Immigration Court Crisis Weighs on Lawyers, Families

South Asian NYC Wrestles With Wage Theft

What History Tells us About Ben Carson’s Fear of Refugee Radicals

What the Democrats Said About Immigration in Their 1st Debate

Who Gets Asylum in the U.S.?

Are Immigration Courts Getting it Right?

Housing Discrimination Doesn’t Begin or End with ‘Poor Doors’

Looking for Farm Work? Here’s Where to Harvest Leads

Immigration Detainers in NYC: The Numbers

Labor Trafficking Persists Amid Outrage Over Sex Trade

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