Oyster-Shooter Swims With The Big Fish
by | Dec 23, 2014 1:10 pm | Comments (2)
Quick as a blink, Sonia Salazar had the oyster shell open. She slid the opaque flesh into a shot glass — and a Barracuda oyster shooter was in progress.
Immigrants
Up To 100 Undocumented Sign Up For Licenses
by | Dec 2, 2014 9:19 am | Comments (6)
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Morales helps Armijos access his e-mail account at St. Rose.
Rafael Armijos needs to drive to and from his construction job. So he joined other undocumented immigrants flocking to St. Rose of Lima Church Monday to take advantage of a new state policy allowing them to apply for a driver’s license.
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Immigrants Celebrate TRUST Victory, Too
by | Nov 21, 2014 9:08 am | Comments (1)
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After minor charges triggered federal action, Jose Luis Piscil decided to sue immigration officials to stop the process of being sent back to Mexico following eight years in the U.S.
DREAMers Demand Prez Stop Deportations
by | Nov 7, 2014 8:07 am | Comments (4)
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Jesslyn and Suidy Jimenez held up photos of their mother Gladys Jimenez Vasquez, currently detained in Houston, as they joined dozens of others rallying for executive action on immigration reform.
Gourmet Heaven Employees Have Their Say
by | Nov 4, 2014 8:03 am | Comments (1)
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Cho, left, with attorney Leff.
Alejandro Rodriguez, having been stiffed by his boss, asked a judge not to let him off the hook. Some of his coworkers, concerned their market might close, argued for leniency.
It Rained On The Parade. So What?
by | Nov 3, 2014 9:16 am | Comments (0)
A little rain still couldn’t stop the dead from marching from downtown New Haven to Fair Haven.
DREAMer Takes Michelle Obama Off-Script
by | Oct 30, 2014 5:35 pm | Comments (5)
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An immigrant-rights activist crashed Michelle Obama’s party for Dan Malloy in New Haven Thursday — and ended up impressed with how the First Lady responded.
Gourmet Heaven Owner Seeks To Avoid Jail Time
by | Oct 27, 2014 4:24 pm | Comments (4)
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Activists celebrated last month the news the grocery’s lease won’t be renewed.
Chung Cho intentionally employed undocumented workers to exploit their work and pay them less — or he is an immigrant himself who worked his way up from washing dishes and mopping floors to owning a business and providing jobs for other immigrants.
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“This Is Destroying Families”
by and | Oct 14, 2014 8:15 am | Comments (1)
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Waldina Hernandez saw a picture of a hurtling freight train on a screen — and got a new view on the harrowing journey that brought her mother to America.
“We Don’t Want Someone To Go Through That”
by | Oct 2, 2014 8:25 am | Comments (0)
Sandi Victorio said she endured unwanted advances from her boss at least twice a day. As she stood in the aisles of the clothing warehouse, she feared he would come by and try to grab her, touch her shoulder, or rub her back.
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Assaulted Immigrants Ask for Justice
by | Sep 19, 2014 8:13 am | Comments (0)
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Nivia & Veronica Jimenez were each attacked in the past month.
Alberto Serrano (pictured) took a blow to the head from a guy with a bat, presumably as a target of a hate crime. Prisciliano Rodriguez was held up at gunpoint returning home from the grocery store with no patrol cops around. Juana Islas’ son was attacked by two people on bicycles and, Islas said, the police took a half hour to arrive.
Activists, Cops Craft Plan To Combat Wage Theft
by | Sep 4, 2014 3:43 pm | Comments (4)
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Activists celebrate Thursday outside Gourmet Heaven.
New Haven business owners who steal wages from immigrant employees could soon find a police officer at their door.
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TRUST Didn’t Help
by | Aug 6, 2014 4:29 pm | Comments (3)
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Jose Luis Piscil got in an argument with his cousin over the security deposit for an apartment he rented. Two years later he’s fighting to stay in this country with his family.
Opponent Praises Malloy’s Immigration Move
by | Jul 29, 2014 4:23 pm | Comments (7)
The governor did right by refusing to house immigrant child refugees — in the view of a campaign challenger from the Tea Party movement.
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Mayors Agree To Prepare Joint Plan For Child Refugees
by | Jul 25, 2014 4:44 pm | Comments (3)
Mayor Toni Harp spoke by phone Friday with nine of her counterparts, who agreed to prepare a joint plan to present the governor with possible small sites to house some of the children crossing the U.S. border.
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Rally Seeks Action On Refugee Kids
by | Jul 23, 2014 8:01 am | Comments (18)
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Organizer Lugo addresses crowd outside ex-Gateway campus.
“Governor, no more excuses!”
Pressure Mounts To House Refugee Kids
by | Jul 21, 2014 5:04 pm | Comments (17)
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Reyes: City wants to help.
As New Haven’s mayor consulted her counterparts in other cities on a potential plan to house thousands of immigrant children, activists scheduled a rally by a building they say could handle the job.
Carlos Flees The Gangs
by | Jul 11, 2014 8:06 am | Comments (15)
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Cross student Carlos Ventura Escalante tells his story at the rally.
Placard-wielding protesters filled the front steps of New Haven’s federal court building to spread a message: The unaccompanied children coming over the Mexican border aren’t freeloaders; they’re refugees.
They Made It
by | Jun 30, 2014 3:03 pm | Comments (2)
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Nearly a year after heading off to Fairfield University as first-generation college students, Solanlly Canas and Chastity Berrios met up back on New Haven Green. They returned home not as dropouts, but as rising sophomores who defied the odds.
The Road From Graduation To College: Paved With Financial Choices
by | Jun 24, 2014 8:26 am | Comments (2)
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First-generation high school graduate Melesio Rodriguez turned his tassel Monday night as he set off for a new challenge at Southern Connecticut State University — avoiding crippling debt in the process.
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$450K Settlement Buys Latinos Peace Of Mind
by | Jun 9, 2014 5:33 pm | Comments (0)
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New Haven cabbie Segundo Aguayza will no longer have to race home to try to protect his family now that East Haven police have agreed to official policies that are even more immigrant-friendly than New Haven’s.
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“Lost Boy” Finds A Diploma
by | Jun 6, 2014 11:35 am | Comments (3)
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James Kok arrived in New Haven as a refugee from South Sudan, without knowing a word of English or ever having attended school. After a long road with many obstacles, he walked on stage with a cap and gown.
Hillhouse Grad Imparts Elm City Lesson
by | May 9, 2014 4:21 pm | Comments (3)
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NEW YORK — Six years after leaving public housing in Westville Manor, Toddchelle Young prepared to wrap up a master’s degree at Columbia — by leading a lesson on a groundbreaking immigration policy hatched in her hometown.
MayDay! For Wage Thieves
by | May 1, 2014 3:54 pm | Comments (1)
New Haven state Sen. Gary Holder-Winfield spent May Day, the international workers holiday, at work — shepherding to passage a bill to protect workers’ rights.
Senegalese Immigrant Shot In Apparent Robbery
by | Apr 28, 2014 6:37 pm | Comments (3)
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Police investigators compare notes at the scene.
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Boubacar Diallo rebuilt his business after a 2007 fire.
Jeremy Lewis stopped by New Haven Furniture Plus Monday afternoon to see if the owner needed help. The owner did — but not the kind of help he sometimes pays Lewis to perform.
The owner needed an ambulance. Someone had just shot him in an apparent robbery.
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