LI Sees Biggest Influx of Refugee Kids: Advocates say Due Process is Key
Leave your thoughtsIt’s a big number that’s making headlines in New York, but local advocates for immigrants say the flow of unaccompanied…
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Miembros de Se Hace Camino NY le dicen al Presidente Obama: ¡Es hora de para las deportaciónes!
Leave your thoughtsLos miembros de SHCNY están compartiendo con valentía sus historias de inmigración y defendiéndose de los legisladores que le han…
MRNY members tell the President it’s time to #GoBigObama and stop deportations
Leave your thoughtsMRNY members are bravely sharing their immigration stories and standing up to lawmakers who have turned their backs on our…
[Video] Protesters Call for More Affordable Housing at March in Harlem
Leave your thoughtsPeople packed in pews Wednesday, but not to pray. They came to protest. “People are living paycheck to paycheck, and…
NYC Activist Shares Experiences in Ferguson
Leave your thoughtsSpurred by conflicting reports after the shooting of Michael Brown, New York City-based community organizer and activist Jesus Gonzalez took a…
Advocates Demand Action from Mangano on Language Access
Leave your thoughtsA coalition of advocates stood before the Nassau County Legislative and Executive building in Mineola on Monday to demand County…
Getting out the Latino Vote on Long Island
Leave your thoughtsWith three months to go until the November 4 elections for state and federal political representatives, Javier H. Valdés, co-executive…
Condado de Nassau no cumple promesa de servicios de traducción para los inmigrantes
Leave your thoughtsEdward Mangano, el Ejecutivo del Condado de Nassau, no ha hecho cumplir con dos Órdenes Ejecutivas firmada el año pasado,…
Lost in Translation: Report Card on Nassau County Agencies Compliance with Language Access Executive Orders
Leave your thoughtsCompiled by: Long Island Language Advocates Coalition, Long Island Civic Engagement Table, Make the Road New York, New York Civil…
Nassau faulted on language services
Leave your thoughtsMajor Nassau County departments still aren’t providing non-English-speaking residents with interpreters or translated documents as promised by executive orders signed…