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JHISN Newsletter 10/25/2025

Posted on October 25, 2025 by - News, Newsletter

We look more closely at the role of citizen immigrants, our own Jackson Heights-based organization DRUM Beats, and immigrant politics more broadly in Zohran Mamdani’s historic campaign for NYC mayor. And we give an update on the precarious situation affecting members of our Nepali community in Queens who have had their Temporary Protective Status terminated by the Trump regime—part of a larger campaign to rip away the legal status of hundreds of thousands of TPS holders nationwide.  Read More

JHISN Newsletter 09/21/2025

Posted on September 21, 2025 by - News, Newsletter

Our newsletter reports on the government’s unprecedented attack on immigrant children, including the arrest of students and young neighbors here in Queens. And we offer a wide-ranging political analysis of the current deportation machine, accompanied by a locally-focused survey for our readers about what you hope to do as ICE violence against immigrants closes in.
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JHISN Newsletter 08/23/2025

Posted on August 23, 2025 by - News, Newsletter

This week, we bring you stories of the organized resistance of everyday people in Los Angeles to ICE raids and federal government terrorizing of immigrants, with an eye towards the near future of resistance we might organize here in Queens. We also take a deeper dive into Documented, an ambitious, vibrant NYC digital media organization bringing community journalism (in multiple languages) to immigrant issues and audiences.  Read More

JHISN Newsletter 07/26/2025

Posted on July 26, 2025 by - News, Newsletter

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

JHISN Newsletter 06/28/2025

Posted on June 28, 2025 by - News, Newsletter

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

JHISN Newsletter 05/31/2025

Posted on May 31, 2025 by - News, Newsletter

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