25 Years of Victories
Leave your thoughtsTwenty five years ago, New York City was expanding a youth jail with tax dollars. Workers in low-wage industries like…
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Respect and Dignity for All: Make the Road New York’s 2023-24 State Policy Platform
Leave your thoughtsDOWNLOAD OUR 2023-24 STATE PLATFORM As the largest community-based, membership organization representing immigrants and working-class people of color in New…
Advocates warn court ruling on DACA ‘cruelly endangers’ Caribbean immigrants
Leave your thoughtsAngel Reyes Rivas, DACA recipient and organizer at the immigrant group Make the Road New York, also denounced Judge Hanen’s…
New York leaders say feds have to intervene in asylum seekers crisis
Leave your thoughtsTheo Oshiro, the co-executive director of Make the Road New York, said there is “plenty of blame to go around”…
Mayor Adams calls for federal help as NYC sees spike in asylum seekers
Leave your thoughtsImmigration advocate Natalia Aristizibal, of Make the Road New York, says more needs to be done to help the migrants.…
Make the Road NY Survival Services
Leave your thoughtsOUR MISSION Make the Road New York builds the power of immigrant and working class communities to achieve dignity and…
NYC Schools’ student safety plan faces backlash over expansion of NYPD presence
Leave your thoughts“You’re called school safety agents, but you’re not giving the school safety,” said Jolie S., a high school junior from…
‘The future is here.’ Migrants step off buses from Texas into New York homeless shelters
Leave your thoughts“We know the trauma these families are going through but this is extra what’s happening here,” said Jose Lopez, co-executive…
Immigration Advocates Lament ‘More of the Same’ in New DACA Rule
Leave your thoughtsElected officials “were publicly open, stating that we support these young people, these DACA recipients,” said Carlos Vargas, supervising immigration…
How NYC immigrant advocacy groups are helping arriving migrants
Leave your thoughtsNatalia Aristizabal, deputy director of immigrant advocacy group Make the Road NY, joined PIX11 News on Tuesday to discuss efforts to…