by | May 18, 2017 4:38 pm | Comments (0)
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Mark Boughton in the WNHH studio.
If Mark Boughton proceeds with a run for governor, he plans to show his face in New Haven. Even though he’s a Republican. Who has made a national reputation as an anti-sanctuary city mayor.
Continue reading ‘Boughton: I’ll Leave City Alone On Immigration’
by | May 9, 2017 4:04 pm | Comments (7)
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Maria Harris: “Wrong perception of right and wrong.”
Is publicizing the way the city’s public schools will respond to a federal immigration raid a reassurance to families they’ll be protected from the Trump administration? Or an overreaction sure to shake them with fright?
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by | May 8, 2017 12:21 pm | Comments (5)
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José La Luz: Sí, se puede.
Amid fears of more arrests and detentions of undocumented immigrants, immigrant rights activists vowed to band together to fight to keep deportations at bay.
by | May 8, 2017 7:56 am | Comments (1)
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Smith-Holness christens new salon at the former G Cafe.
Never known to do things the traditional way, Karaine “Kay” Smith-Holness cut a ceremonial ribbon that was, in fact, a brightly colored track of red weaving hair.
by | May 2, 2017 7:35 am | Comments (3)
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Luis Barrios and his family, along with UNITE HERE, lead the protest down Elm Street.
Hundreds of protesters roared outside an Elm Street nail salon accused of underpaying its immigrant workers, while the shop’s manager leaned on a parking meter and filmed the scene through his smartphone.
by | May 1, 2017 4:49 pm | Comments (7)
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ULA’s John Lugo passes out flyers to the workers inside the Santa Apolonia food truck on Long Wharf.
Taste of Brazil closed for Day Without Immigrants.
At least 40 New Haven businesses kept their stores bolted all day Monday to demonstrate the contribution that immigrants make to the region’s economy.
by | Apr 28, 2017 1:52 pm | Comments (15)
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Rev. Hector Luis Otero.
If federal immigration authorities descend on New Haven, the undocumented now have a literal sanctuary in which they can find shelter: a 146-year-old church in Fair Haven.
by | Apr 20, 2017 8:09 am | Comments (7)
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Jose Crespo and Darryl Brackeen: two sides of the public safety coin.
From the lectern, Upper Westville Alder Darryl Brackeen Jr. recalled the time a New Haven police officer grabbed him and yelled at him about riding a red mountain bike.
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by | Apr 14, 2017 1:27 pm | Comments (5)
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Mednick with members of her “family” of graduates.
Nine years after she started an innovative soccer-cum-academic mentoring program for immigrant and refugee students, Lauren Mednick threw a party to celebrate that first group of wings and strikers’ biggest goal yet: their graduation from college.
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by | Apr 13, 2017 4:11 pm | Comments (17)
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Lugo, center, with ULA’s Joseph Foran outside court after ruling.
The megaphone that John Lugo used in front of Atticus on Chapel Street was loud. Lugo admitted that he’d turned it all the way up for maximum effect — and because it was a cheap megaphone.
Its loudness got him a ticket from a New Haven police officer. But he won’t have to pay it, thanks to a judge’s decision.
by | Apr 4, 2017 12:46 pm | Comments (4)
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At the ribbon cutting.
New Haven’s ties to Brazil are getting a little stronger thanks to the start of a new venture that seeks to help businesses from that country gain a foothold in the U.S.
Continue reading ‘New Hub Lands In New Haven For Brazilian Start-Ups’
by | Mar 30, 2017 8:05 am | Comments (0)
Connecticut opened an outreach campaign Wednesday to undocumented immigrants in the state who are the parents of an estimated 22,000 American-born children, urging them to select a “standby guardian” in the event they are detained or deported.
Continue reading ‘State Advises Undocumented Parents To Prepare’
by | Mar 28, 2017 8:19 am | Comments (12)
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GOP’s Romano, Fernandez-Chavero mix it up at forum.
What makes a city a sanctuary? And what makes it a “sanctuary city” and thus a target for raids and cuts to federal funding?
Is it even necessary to label a city such to let immigrants, regardless of status, know they are welcome?
About 100 people gathered at Gateway Community College Monday to tackle those questions on the same day that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions reiterated his plans to cut off U.S. Department of Justice funding to so-called “sanctuary cities” that refuse to cooperate with federal orders to detain undocumented immigrants.
by | Mar 8, 2017 9:47 am | Comments (4)
Ten years before New Haven emerged as a “sanctuary city” in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s vow to take away federal millions, the city saw a problem — and came up with a solution.
Continue reading ‘New Video Examines “Sanctuary City ICE Created”’
by | Mar 3, 2017 4:38 pm | Comments (9)
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Morales-Sanchez and Davidson.
A group that formed to combat “wealth-based jailing” now has its sights set on helping a group of people in particular danger of being ensnared by pre-trial detention and unaffordable bonds: undocumented immigrants.
Continue reading ‘Bail Fund, Lawyers Step Up For Immigrants’
by | Mar 3, 2017 9:06 am | Comments (20)
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DeStefano speaking at Yale Thursday night.
John DeStefano has seen this movie before — and he’s expecting it to see a sequel.
by | Mar 1, 2017 3:52 pm | Comments (14)
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Barberia at Columbus soccer fundraiser.
Laura Barberia urged her students on to score a goal — as their families came together to help her meet her own.
by | Feb 28, 2017 1:33 pm | Comments (33)
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Galo-Andino: Buying plane ticket, preparing to tell daughter.
The Trump Administration’s plan to deport more immigrants now has a face and a name in New Haven: Wilmer Galo-Andino.
by | Feb 23, 2017 4:41 pm | Comments (3)
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Immigrant-rights advocates pack a state legislative hearing room Wednesday to oppose a driver’s license repeal.
“Things have changed,” Father Jim Manship observed. “And they haven’t.”
by | Feb 22, 2017 5:36 pm | Comments (1)
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Repeal opponents at the Capitol Wednesday.
Candelaria: Beware Lazarus effect.
Hartford — A Republican legislator’s bill to repeal a state law that allows undocumented people to obtain driver’s licenses is expected to die in committee. But New Haven activists and a least one of the city’s state representatives is worried that it won’t stay dead.
by | Feb 21, 2017 1:20 pm | Comments (1)
A child’s voice emerges from hiding, from a shattered world. She is waiting for a knock at the door. It can come at any time. It will mean deportation, her family torn apart, being sent to their deaths.
by | Feb 17, 2017 3:04 pm | Comments (2)
Umahmed Alteyeb was grateful when she arrived in New Haven in 2013. Now, she’s not sure what her future holds.
Continue reading ‘Local Sudanese Refugee Tells Story In D.C.’
by | Feb 17, 2017 9:22 am | Comments (18)
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Rally outside City Hall Thursday evening.
Palacio at his closed Grand Ave. eatery Thursday.
• Businesses close, 30 rally at City Hall.
• Cops spend thousands per protest.
Palacio’s restaurant.
by | Feb 16, 2017 9:18 am | Comments (14)
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Attendees volunteer for civil disobedience training.
After a day of false alarms, over 100 people packed a downtown gathering spot to sign up to serve as legal observers, accompany defendants to court, get arrested at protests, and put a rapid-response hotline on speed dial in preparation of anticipated federal raids on undocumented immigrants.
by | Feb 16, 2017 9:13 am | Comments (10)
Border patrol agents at Union Station Wednesday.
(Updated) Federal border patrol agents swept into Union Station Wednesday afternoon — but their agency said they weren’t here to conduct feared immigration raids.
Continue reading ‘Border Patrol: We Were Looking For Radiation, Not Immigrants’