Sojourners Seek Immigration Truth
A group of New Yorkers who call themselves the Sojourners make weekly trips to a New Jersey detention center where they visit with undocumented immigrants.
Tag: immigration
Nine Magic Numbers for an Education
The lack of a social security number can make it difficult for young undocumented immigrants in New York to get a strong education.
via Irish Central
Remembered in Death, 150 Years Later
Remains representing 19th Century Irish and German immigrants who were interred in mass graves on Staten Island finally will be given a proper burial. Workers found the bones during the construction of a new courthouse in 2000.
via The Queens Courier
Immigrants Eye a Return Home
Some Ecuadorian immigrants in Queens are moving home, driven away by the poor economy and lured by new business incentives being offered in their homeland.
via New York Daily News
Remittance Pittance for Ecuadoreans
Ecuadorean immigrants in Queens are sending less money home amid the economic downturn. Some have been forced to ask relatives in Ecuador to wire them cash.
CD 2: A Shebeen in Fort Greene
Madiba restaurant in Fort Green has been a cultural center for South Africans in the city for the last decade.
CD 4: Free Tuition – With a Catch
A businessman has pledged $2 million to open a tuition-free parochial school in a Bushwick parish that serves many immigrant families. The students and their families must be practicing Catholics.
CD 5: Judo Offers Life Lessons
The award-winning Starrett Judo Club, run by a former Haitian Olympian, mirrors the diversity of Starrett City.