Too Tired to Live The American Dream
There are approximately 252,000 Mexican-born immigrants in New York City, according to the Census Bureau. However, few of them participate politically or as active members in their local community.
Tag Archive | "Immigration"
At Sea in America: Arab Immigrants May Lose Key Services
Monday, October 31, 2011
On January 1, The Arab American Association of New York will lose AmeriCorps support. Hiten Samtani looks at the impact of this decision through the community's eyes.
Chinese Mormon Church: How Mormons Are Using English Language To Reach Immigrants
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Our reporter Omar Akhtar visits a Mormon church that uses English to reach out to Chinese immigrants.
Truths in Another Tongue: How Non-Native English Speakers Tackle Proverbs
Friday, October 7, 2011
Mastering English is often the steepest slope on an immigrant’s journey, and an imperfect command of the language results in an incomplete integration into mainstream professional and social circles. Hiten Samtani looks at how immigrants tackle English proverbs.
Polish Flavor Lingers in Greenpoint Despite Changing Ethnic Demographics
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Ana Dricdzic doesn’t want her neighborhood to change. The owner of Staropolski Meat Market & Deli, located on Manhattan Avenue — Greenpoint’s main commercial strip — Dricdzic holds forth on the ethnic character of her [...]
Detention Program Still Afflicts Bay Ridge’s Arabs and Muslims
Monday, September 5, 2011
The controversial federal policy has been dropped, but thats no help to families broken up by its deportations
For Proclaiming His Innocence of a Brooklyn Rape, An Illegal Immigrant Faces Deportation
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Giraldo is caught — unjustly, he says — by a federal program aimed at serious criminals and security risks
New to the Neighborhood
Monday, December 6, 2010
By Joe Proudman Five years ago Gabriela Alvarado was in New York on vacation. She had just left her job in Puebla, Mexico, after the company she was working for changed owners. She felt her [...]
As vote nears, local students pressure Congress on DREAM Act
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
By Manuel Rueda As Congress prepares to vote on the DREAM Act next week, undocumented students in New York are making hundreds of calls to nudge politicians to pass this piece of immigration reform. In [...]
Foreign Priests Work to Improve their Accents
Friday, November 19, 2010
By Alejandro Lopez de Haro On a recent Saturday evening Father Vincentius Do, 34, is in the midst of performing a Mass in English at Saint Rosalia Roman Catholic Church in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. “You take [...]
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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