Category: Portraits & interviews
Written by Kara DeDonato This month’s news digest provides an update on the child migrant crisis before turning to the blocked executive action and immigration news closer to home in New York. A brief update on the child migrant crisis In February, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warned that many of the children who are picked up by immigration officials in the US and Mexico might face persecution by local street gangs, known as ‘maras’, if...
New Women New Yorkers, a Startup Nonprofit Empowering Young Women Immigrants in New York City, Celebrates the Launch of its First Program February 2015 (New York, NY) – We are happy and excited to announce our Launch Party to introduce and celebrate the beginning of LEAD, a unique 3-month skills training and leadership development program for young women immigrants between the ages of 16 and 24. We are partnering with Atlas: DIY, a cooperative empowerment center for undocumented youth, to...
Written by Kara DeDonato This month’s Digest zooms in on immigration composition and recent trends in the United States. It then examines the apparent effect of the restoration of diplomatic ties between the US and Cuba on Cuban migration to the US. Last but not least, the Digest concludes with a look at immigration news from New York. A breakdown of immigration to the US Media attention to the surge of unaccompanied minors in 2014, border control, President...
Written by Kara DeDonato This month’s digest features an exclusive look at President Obama’s executive action on immigration and at the predominantly GOP-generated backlash against it. As always, it finishes with a summary of immigration news in the New York area. A continued look at Obama’s executive action As a quick recap, at its core Obama’s executive action provides millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States with protection from deportation as well as work permits. To...
