Amnesty. Ahora!
by | Jan 22, 2013 8:52 am | Comments (0)
As President Obama began his second term Monday with a pledge for greater equality and opportunity, New Haven activists called on him to finish the job on immigration reform.
Immigrants
Robber Grabbed On Way To Visit #3
by | Jan 9, 2013 5:33 pm | Comments (2)
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As a knife-wielding robber approached a Hill grocery store for a third consecutive heist, clerk Sarhan Abdullah had his aluminum bat ready behind the counter.
Fortunately for everyone involved, Officer Joe Roberts was in the neighborhood. With his eyes open.
Feds, East Haven Settle
by | Nov 20, 2012 4:47 pm | Comments (0)
The federal government has signed off on a set of rules for East Haven to fix the way it treats immigrants.
For Now, Wilfredo Walks
by | Nov 16, 2012 12:08 pm | Comments (4)
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Ortega confers with Gemeiner before pleading Thursday.
From the back of the courtroom, Dario Ortiz watched Wilfredo Ortega say “guilty” four times. He watched a judge tell Ortega he’s headed to jail. That didn’t make him feel any safer.
Driver’s Licenses For Immigrants?
by | Nov 1, 2012 11:39 am | Comments (7)
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Murphy hits Grand Ave. with Candelaria (left) and SAMA’s Frank Alvarado.
Chris Murphy didn’t say yes. And he didn’t say no.
St. Rose Claims Victory
by | Oct 25, 2012 8:12 am | Comments (1)
As years of harassment at the hand of East Haven cops come to an end, Latinos are beginning to move across the border from New Haven.
East Haven Agrees
Not To Harass Latinos
by | Oct 23, 2012 12:49 pm | Comments (1)
Nearly four years after allegations of widespread harassment of Latinos by East Haven cops came to light, the town has agreed to a set of sweeping reforms.
4 “Si"s. 1 “No Puedo”
by | Oct 22, 2012 7:37 am | Comments (2)
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Efraim and Ashly Salas were among 250 St. Rose congregants pressing the chief for help Sunday.
Dario Ortiz and his family fought off and held onto a violent mugger for the cops. Now hundreds of fellow Fair Haven immigrants want the cops to do more to keep them safe.
“Invitation to Robbery” Torpedoed
by | Oct 11, 2012 12:40 pm | Comments (4)
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68 Chapel owner Benito Urgiles & Sgt. Anthony Zona.
Benito Urgiles asked zoners for permission to turn his now boarded-up ground-level space on Chapel Street at Ferry into a clothing store. He said he can’t find residential renters for a space that has been vacant since 1957.
Fair Haven’s top cop rose to declare: Terrible idea.
Door Opens For “Dreamers”
by | Aug 9, 2012 4:05 pm | Comments (2)
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Dreamer Jordy Padilla plans to launch an engineering career.
As the feds open the doors for young undocumented immigrants to seek temporary refuge from deportation, New Haven legal aid has opened a help center downtown — to try to prevent a dream from becoming a ripoff.
The Dream Continues
by | Jul 26, 2012 6:00 pm | Comments (1)
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Kica Matos.
Few would have dreamed five years ago that, in 2012, New Haven immigrants would get official IDs, the state (and then federal government) would give public college opportunity to undocumented students, that police in at least one Connecticut city would be barred for inquiring into the immigration status of people they stop.
What next?
Castro Re-Ups
by | Jul 25, 2012 8:21 am | Comments (4)
Just as she did five years ago, Migdalia Castro stepped into a City Hall office Tuesday, plunked down $10, and walked out with a new Elm City Resident Card.
Elm City ID Card Turns 5
by | Jul 23, 2012 2:28 pm | Comments (8)
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Yolanda Guzman Elias: “It’s a good thing … to show we live here.”
Doomsday never arrived. Nor did hordes of immigrants suddenly open new bank accounts with their first-in-the-nation municipal ID cards.
Law Pushes Married Lesbian Couple Out Of U.S.
by | Jul 20, 2012 8:38 am | Comments (12)
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After falling in love and marrying, Francesca Martin and Gudrun Scheffler find themselves at risk of being torn apart: When Scheffler’s work visa expires in September, they will be forced to separate or leave the country, because the federal government refuses to recognize their union.
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Fair Haven Catches The Flava
by | Jul 10, 2012 12:07 pm | Comments (1)
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Libia Beboya: “An ice at every corner.”
Two scoops of rainbow. And how about a job?
Those requests came over the counter at one of three family-run tropical ice carts on Grand Avenue, as one Honduran family entered its 13th summer of keeping the city’s fastest-growing Latino neighborhood cool.
Obama's "Dreamers"
Emerge From Shadows
by | Jun 19, 2012 7:48 am | Comments (3)
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After a gift from the president, aspiring engineer Diego Aguilar decided to head to UConn in the fall instead of packing his bags for Canada.
Refugee Wins Prom Escort
by | Jun 4, 2012 3:18 pm | Comments (2)
Nadia Imanishimwe, an African immigrant who came to the U.S. from a refugee camp knowing no English, saw her fortune change last week when a local motorcycle club paid her way to the prom in a limo.
Nadia, a senior on the honor roll at Hillhouse High School, won the Presidents Motorcycle Club’s second annual senior prom award.
Surprise Gift Breaks
The Language Barrier
by | May 31, 2012 2:19 pm | Comments (2)
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“Calabaza” became “zucchini” for Alejandro Algredo thanks to a nighttime class he took on Grand Avenue. As Connecticut cuts back on such classes statewide, other adult immigrants like Algredo will be able to keep learning English on Grand thanks to a timely “Hi‑5.”
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Omni Contract Ratified, Protects Immigrants
by | May 25, 2012 8:17 am | Comments (0)
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Maria Ramirez was pleased when her union won higher wages in a new contract at the Omni Hotel — and happier about new protections for immigrant workers like herself.
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Fairer "Cross-Border
Transfers" Sought
by | May 23, 2012 5:10 pm | Comments (0)
JUNTA and the Yale Law School released a report highlighting the problems that immigrants face when they try to send money back home — and identified some possible solutions like having “remittance agencies” disclose fees more clearly.
Berket Needs A Hand
by | Apr 12, 2012 11:14 am | Comments (1)
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Sara and Berket Tewolde.
Berket Tewolde, who was carried as an infant refugee out of Ethiopia, is poised to join a national youth leadership conference this summer in Washington D.C. But he’s over a thousand dollars short of the $1,900 fee.
“Ni-Nite” Sets Garfield Reid Free
by | Apr 5, 2012 11:35 am | Comments (1)
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When it came time to bury a pillar of New Haven’s Jamaican community, Mama Lue got out a goat’s head, a machete, and a bottle of white rum — and kicked off a goodbye party that kept a homeland tradition alive.
Aldermen Vote To Ask
Malloy To Ice ICE
by | Mar 6, 2012 3:36 pm | Comments (0)
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Migdalia Castro (pictured) led the charge.
Two weeks after the mayor pushed back on a new federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement program to crack down on illegal immigration, New Haven’s Board of Aldermen has officially joined the resistance.
Anti-Immigrant Bruiser Arrested
by | Feb 23, 2012 9:47 am | Comments (3)
Dustin Gold, the suburban Northford activist who led the vociferous protests against New Haven’s introduction of an immigrant-friendly i.d. card, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a man in the stomach.
Fair Haven Gathering
Plots East Haven March
by | Feb 23, 2012 9:16 am | Comments (0)
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Organizers Zuniga and Ortiz.
They will be wearing white shirts and carrying American flags. They will number between 600 and a thousand people, and among them will be not only Latinos but members of a dozen organizations including Baptist churches and the NAACP. And their message to the mayor will be: Reach out to us all with respect and justice or step aside.
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