Today’s issue takes on systematic wage theft—disproportionately experienced by immigrant workers—while highlighting how common it is in our own neighborhood. The newsletter also returns to the urgent issue of the Trump regime’s attempts to cancel Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of legal immigrant US residents, including many in the Nepali community here in Queens. Read More
Our first article examines a possible national turning point as New Yorkers pit themselves against inhumane immigration enforcement being wielded against families and neighbors. We follow with an article about the decision to suddenly strip thousands of Nepali immigrants in Queens and beyond of their legal status in the US, and how the local group Adhikaar continues to be a strong voice against the drastic changes being made to the TPS program. Read More
With ICE thugs stalking our streets and universities and Eric Adams selling out to Trump’s DHS, the NYC mayoral election is unfolding in the middle of a human rights crisis. Our newsletter today addresses the voice of one of our city residents who shares personal stories of fear, not just for how families will be torn apart by executive priorities, but also the fear of speaking out against Enforcers. We then look at the confusing and contradictory information about arrests, detentions, and deportations. Read More
May Day 2025 in New York saw immigrant justice movements in the streets again, this time arm in arm with movements for Palestine liberation, union labor, democratic process, and an end to billionaire oligarchy. Our first article highlights immigrant struggles actively making links with other mobilizations for freedom and justice. Our second article turns to Rikers Island and efforts to overturn the hard-won victory of getting ICE out. Read More
The breadth and speed of the Trump regime’s assault on immigrants has been stunning, but not unexpected. We review the anti-immigrant steamroller of federal actions, we look at state and local legislation proposed by local progressive politicians and prioritized by grassroots immigration activists, and we conclude with a partial timeline of the deportation machine that is growing ever bolder. Read More
In our last newsletter, we saw that many US cities are reaffirming their sanctuary city status in defiance of ICE threats. Today’s newsletter adopts the definition of “sanctuary city” as “a collection of policies and political will” and discusses Mayor Adams’ corrupt betrayal of NYC’s promise of sanctuary. Our second article introduces you to TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse). Read More
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