Category: Profiles of MRNY

Meet the Staten Island immigrant who is a plaintiff in DACA Supreme Court case

May 29, 2020 1:26 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Carlos Vargas arrived to the United States from Mexico when he was four years old. Thirty…

April 1, 2020 2:10 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

El futuro de nuestros vecindarios depende de ello. Las comunidades en todo los Estados Unidos están en crisis mientras nos…

November 12, 2019 9:13 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

I will not live in fear. And neither will the 700,000 undocumented immigrants like me. Two years ago, when President…

October 23, 2019 9:06 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

In New York, hope sometimes comes at the price of the sun. The city welcomes poor immigrants, but its housing…

October 15, 2019 9:09 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

For years, immigrant New Yorkers have stood side by side to demand respect and dignity and win critical victories for…

April 16, 2019 4:07 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

Amazon may not be building a new home in Queens, New York, but the resistance is. Three stories and a…

March 8, 2019 4:43 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

On March 5, JPMorgan Chase made headlines by announcing that the bank would no longer finance private-prison and immigrant-detention companies.…

February 15, 2019 5:56 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

Make the Road New York plans to more than double its space for programs and services through the construction of…

February 8, 2019 5:59 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

Las nuevas instalaciones de la organización defensora de los inmigrantes y trabajadores, estarán localizadas en Corona y serán inauguradas en…

February 7, 2019 3:17 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

The immigrant advocacy group Make the Road New York proved it is here to stay when in broke ground Thursday…