Community supporters and advocacy groups held a rally in Foley Square June 18 to support Xiu Qing You, who was seized by ICE during what he and his wife thought would be a routine meeting with immigration officials overseeing You’s green card application. Sing Tao Daily reports on the rally.
In his new book “City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York,” history professor Tyler Anbinder seeks to demonstrate that immigrants “just are not that much different than they were 100 or 150 years ago.”
New York State Secretary of State Rossana Rosado announced a new public-private initiative, NaturalizeNY, to promote more citizenship applications by immigrants in the state. Academic collaborators will help to assess what works best to encourage applications.
Miguel, 29, is a Mexican immigrant working in a Brooklyn deli. Rahim Chagani follows him at his job in this photo essay.
A little girl arrived in NYC recently, as have thousands of minors from Central America, El Diario reports. She hopes to not be deported.
“Liberty: A Monumental New Musical” is a reminder of the forgotten history of a revered American icon.
The mayor discussed affordable housing, immigration and other topics at a roundtable at City Hall.
High-impact stories from community and ethnic media outlets.
An interactive multimedia project in support of the DREAM Act is encouraging dreamers across the nation to put out their pictures and share their aspirations. “Somos Dreamers/We Are Dreamers” has been launched by Impremedia, the publisher of El Diario-La Prensa.
Friends and relatives of detained Dreamers rallied in front of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s New York office in hopes of getting her support, reports NYCity NewsService. The Dreamers were the latest U.S.-raised immigrants who have tried to re-enter the country.
A policeman’s daughter, Erica Gonzalez steers El Diario in its 100th year with hard news and collaborations.
Highlights of Saturday’s immigration rally in Queens Latino, El Diario, Colorlines and on Twitter and Instagram.
Following a sluggish summer, supporters of immigration reform across the country will rally on October 5.
The Manhattan Times reports on the journey of Marco Saavedra, an undocumented New Yorker who traveled to Mexico in order to enter the U.S. as an asylum-seeker.
A Nowy Dziennik editorial maintains that without a concerted effort from parents, the community and Polish leaders, their children and grandchildren may forget their ethnic heritage.
