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For Tasnim Huque, the past few months have been full of surprises. Her Muslim parents, who immigrated to New York City from India’s sprawling eastern city of Calcutta in the…

ByCurtis Stephen 0Comments

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Jun 2010

Tough Love In The Big City

For young people born without that proverbial silver Spoon in their mouths, New York City has never been An easy place to grow up. It’s a tough love kind of…

ByE.R. Shipp 0Comments

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Jun 2010

Government Justice

Sewage, Cement And Staten Island's Future

The Port Richmond Water Pollution Control Plant is designed to handle 60 million gallons of sewage per day. Photo by: Marc Fader Projects to upgrade a sewage plant and construct a cement…

ByJake Mooney 0Comments

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Jun 2010

Justice

Churches On Front Lines Of Immigration Battle

Ruskin Piedra is the founder and director of the Juan Neumann Center, an organization tied to the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help church, which provides low-cost legal services…

ByKalyn Belsha 0Comments

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Jun 2010

Justice

Immigrant's Choice: Family Separation Or Child Mutilation

People on the street in Saint Louis, Senegal. The U.S. State Department says femal genital mutilation is widely practiced in Senegal. Photo by: Alexandra Pugachevsky Some deportees must choose whether to leave…

ByKateryna Stupnevich 0Comments

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May 2010

Justice

Paterson Moves to Pardon Convicted Immigrants

Drugs dominate the list of the top 10 crimes leading to legal immigrants’ deportation. A new state panel would expedite the pardon of old or minor crimes.

ByAbigail Kramer 0Comments

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May 2010

Justice

The Immigration March: New York's Homelands

As immigrants and their allies march in New York and around the country, City Limits looks at where New Yorkers came from.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2010

Justice

After Arizona Immigration Law, Activists See Local Problem

Civil liberties groups are suing the federal government to get information on a program that makes local jails—including New York—part of the immigration enforcement network.