March 18, 2010 · www.gothamgazette.com |
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This Month's Article ...

The case of a Haitian immigrant convicted of drug dealing in the 1980s has focused attention on other long-ago offenders who face deportation.
Recent Immigrants Articles from the Gotham Gazette:
Haitian's Case Focuses Attention on Deportations
| Ban on HIV Positive Immigrants Lifted
| Making New York 'Immigrant Friendly'
| Museum of Chinese in America Gets a New Home
Links in the News ...
- Christine Quinn on Growing Up Irish in New York -- and the Parade (WPIX)
- Move Across Hudson Isolates Immigration Detainees (NY Times)
- United Way Launches Fund for New York's Haitians (Crain's)
- Immigrants Play Larger Role in Economy (Crain's)
- City's Haitians Worry, Wait After Devastating Earthquake (Daily News)
- Inspectors Thwarted in Combating Illegally Divided Apartments (Daily News)
Researching Immigrants ...
Despite city efforts to reach out to immigrant parents, many still feel excluded from the public schools, according to a new report by Advocates for Children. Some 60 percent of city students are immigrants or the children of immigrants, but the report said, these families "face significant obstacles to participating in their children's education." The group offers recommendations for increasing involvement. For more on immigrants in the city schools, see the March issue of Gotham Gazette's Citizen. (March 23, 2009)
Non-Citizens Lack Health Insurance
Non-citizen New Yorkers are three times more likely than citizens to lack health insurance, finds a new report by New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage and the New York Immigration Coalition. The report proposes ways to expand coverage through lowering various barriers of entry. (February 25, 2009)
Immigrants' Housing Squeeze
Immigrants living in New York City are faced with more housing problems than natives in most every respect, according to a new report by the Pratt Center for Community Development and the New York Immigrant Housing Collaborative. They put more of their income towards rent, are more likely to live in overcrowded and illegal dwellings, and have less access to affordable housing. (December 4, 2008)
Immigrant Voting on the Rise
City Limits Magazine and the New York Immigration Coalition released preliminary exit poll data for New York City that suggests that more than 40 percent of first-time voters on Tuesday were foreign born. Gains this year could influence 2009 elections for city offices. The authors expect to release hard numbers next month. For more on immigrant voting rights in Gotham Gazette, see links in the news and coverage of the campaign to let non-citizens vote in local elections. (November 11, 2008)
Low Food Stamp Access in Immigrant Communities
A recent report by the Urban Justice Center, Nourishing NYC: Increasing Food Stamps Access in Immigrant Communities, shows that hundreds of thousands of low-income immigrants and their children in New York City are not receiving the food stamps for which they qualify. (October 6, 2008)
This site, which accompanied a PBS Documentary, is focused on Latin American immigrants in New York City. Several vignettes of immigrant life -- a day laborer injured gathering bricks, a boy searching for his building on a block of seemingly identical tenements -- are combined with a timeline of Latin American immigration, an outline of immigrant issues, and a list of online resources.
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
At 120 years old, HIAS is the oldest international migration and refugee resettlement agency in the United States. Its site contains some legislative updates; some information on the process of obtaining permanent residence and citizenship.
American Immigration Law Foundation
The American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF) was established in 1987 as a tax-exempt, not-for-profit educational, charitable organization. The Foundation is dedicated to increasing public understanding of immigration law and policy and the value of immigration to American society, and to advancing fundamental fairness and due process under the law for immigrants.
National Association of Korean Americans
New York Immigration Hotline
Open 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday and providing free and confidential information in 15 languages (Arabic, Bengali, French, Haitian-Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu) about everything from immigration law to employment discrimination to health referrals to a list of non-profit agencies that assist immigrants. (718) 899-4000
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