Local activists started Sunset Park Emergency ICE Watch, a volunteer group that looks to protect the neighborhood’s immigrant communities.
In an interview with Nowy Dziennik, a Polish woman shares her story of being detained when trying to re-entering the U.S. for overstaying a previous visa.
Fear over implementation of the policy has led to many immigrants disenrolling in public benefit programs, sometimes needlessly.
The president’s ‘racialized rhetoric is unacceptable as it prevents survivors of crimes like domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and more from getting the help they need to begin to heal. ‘
As Congress weighs creating a legalization path for farm workers, New York farmers and laborers are adjusting to a state law that strengthens workers’ rights.
This is not an exhaustive list but offers a variety of opportunities that exist in the city.
On Monday, New York became the 13th state to lawfully grant undocumented people the right to obtain driver’s licenses.
The city’s food bank workers say immigrant families are increasingly afraid of visiting their locations in person. “They believe that ICE could be around the corner, and many families have told us that they cannot afford to put themselves at risk standing in line,” one source told El Diario.
A number of recent studies stating that Mexican migration to the U.S. is showing clear signs of deceleration, a trend that’s being detected in immigrant-rich New York neighborhoods like Sunset Park, El Diario reports.
Every year at the end of October, the Cambodian community of New York city gathers in their Bronx temple to pay their respects, in keeping with their Buddhist faith.
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