Our newsletter this week reports on the red tape that Ukraine’s refugees face if they do make it to the US and reviews the many podcasts you can listen to that will broaden your understanding of immigration issues. We conclude with an invitation to share with us what you are listening to if we have missed a favorite podcast of your own! Read More
This week we offer a review of the internationally-acclaimed documentary Flee and follow-up on a the ‘March to Albany,’ as hundreds of immigrant activists arrived in the capitol calling for budget justice, and a permanent fix to gaps in the safety net for tens of thousands of immigrant New Yorkers. Read More
The struggle for economic justice as the fight for pandemic aid marches to the steps of the capitol. The inequalities that shape how refugees are welcomed, as millions of Ukrainians join the radical displacement and dispossession experienced by tens of millions. Read More
Our newsletter this week reports on the #StateOfOurLives among immigrant communities close to home — from the recent hunger strike among 50 detainees incarcerated north of NYC, to low-wage women of color workers in the nail salon industry. We honor these vibrant, necessary, ongoing local justice struggles. Read More
Our newsletter this week illustrates the incoherence and political confusion of current US immigration policy. Democrats just proposed a bill to remedy immigration court interference from the executive branch, but Biden continues to embrace the anti-immigrant policies of Title 42. Read More
Not all of us know that Ecuadorians compose the largest immigrant community here in central Queens. We offer a story about the history and recent increase in migration from Ecuador, which is also a story about Jackson Heights today. Read More
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