This week, our update on the latest twist in revisions to NY City Council district maps and a brief comparison of immigration courts in New York and Florida, in what some officials have called the “human trafficking” of migrants by Florida’s governor. Read More
We return to the deeply local and global story of migrants being bused from Texas, Arizona, and Florida to northern sanctuary cities. Led by grassroots immigrant justice groups, New York City struggles to respond to the immediate needs of thousands of new arrivals. Read More
We bring you a local story of one immigrant family’s successful struggle to stay together. Then we get behind the recent headlines about busloads of migrants landing in NYC. Sent by Republican governors hungry for a media spectacle. Read More
We bring you two stories this week that are especially close to our heart—the controversy over school funding, which affects nearly a million working-class children and teens in NYC; and the work of immigrant artists representing the everyday worlds of migration, resistance, and strength. Read More
This week’s newsletter takes a look at the threat to immigrant electoral power from the proposed re-mapping of City Council districts. We then report on the latest legislative move to create a legal pathway to permanent residence for millions of undocumented folks in the US. Read More
Small victories, temporary defeats – the local landscape of immigration politics is complicated. We bring you our newsletter in hopes it can help you navigate the terrain. Read More
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