by | Apr 28, 2008 5:25 pm | Comments (15)
When Abel Sanchez went to check on his brother- in-law, he was issued a ticket for interfering with a police officer. When he left police custody, he needed to go to a hospital, according to a civil rights complaint filed in federal court Monday.
Continue reading ‘“When I Saw A Police Car, I Was Terrified”’
by | Apr 16, 2008 8:40 am | Comments (4)
Mohamed Turay took the day off Tuesday to receive an award for all his hard work. It’s been a steep path from refugee to celebrated Connecticut citizen.
by | Apr 15, 2008 10:50 am | Comments (0)
Read on for Father Jim’s latest bilingual dispatch from Ecuador, where he’s meeting family and friends of some of New Haven’s newcomers. (Find his previous dispatches here & here.)
by | Apr 14, 2008 12:12 pm | Comments (1)
New Haven’s Father Jim Manship is on a mission to Ecuador to link up with relatives of some of New Haven’s new arrivals. He’s been keeping a bilingual diary of his visit for the Independent. Here’s his latest dispatch:
by | Apr 11, 2008 4:35 pm | Comments (13)
Explaining to a state panel why immigrant activists are “scared” to release personal information, John Jairo Lugo (pictured) told how opponents of New Haven’s immigrant-friendly municipal ID card pushed a woman with a baby at a protest and came to his house to watch him.
by | Apr 10, 2008 8:00 am | Comments (3)
Chantal Marie Ndikunkiko fled Burundi in 1995 to escape the same — but better known — genocide that occurred in neighboring Rwanda. She arrived in Connecticut in 1997 with her husband and young daughter and got help to make a new life.
by | Apr 9, 2008 12:10 pm | Comments (2)
New Haven’s Father Jim Manship has landed safely in the southern hemisphere. After some restorative chicken soup, he sent back this report:
by | Apr 3, 2008 11:37 am | Comments (3)
Boubacar Diallo is back in business, $125,000 in the hole but optimistic, after watching his inventory burn in December’s downtown fire.
by | Mar 31, 2008 5:08 pm | Comments (35)
Opponents of New Haven’s immigrant-friendly IDs threatened to kill a top city official and attached her name to obscene web sites, the city’s police chief told a state panel Monday afternoon.
by | Mar 28, 2008 11:34 am | Comments (3)
The form is complete, the check waiting to be sent. Tax time is going to hit hard for Jose Morales, an undocumented immigrant making his life as an entrepreneur.
by | Mar 19, 2008 10:09 am | Comments (6)
Struggling under the strain of rising utility bills, a Peruvian entrepreneur has come up with a plan to keep her grocery store alive — if the city gives the OK.
by | Mar 17, 2008 12:28 pm | Comments (8)
Years after her mom escaped war-torn Yugoslavia with three kids in tow, Danijela is the first member of her family to become a U.S. Citizen.
by | Mar 13, 2008 8:07 am | Comments (45)
New Haven’s mayor said they’re “a short step” away as he squared off against his dramatic foil, Danbury’s immigration-battling mayor, at a forum in Hartford.
by | Mar 11, 2008 8:16 am | Comments (17)
As Ecuadorians flow into New Haven from Danbury and beyond, a local group has launched a campaign to make the Elm City host to a new Ecuadorian consulate office.
by | Mar 10, 2008 7:07 pm | Comments (1)
As Ecuador struggles to recover from deadly floods that forced thousands of people from their homes, a group in Connecticut is organizing some relief.
by | Mar 7, 2008 7:55 am | Comments (0)
At the heart of Fair Haven’s growing Ecuadorian community, a new Internet caf√© is opening passageways home.
Continue reading ‘Ecuador.Com, With A Shot Of “Viagra Natural”’
by | Mar 6, 2008 7:56 am | Comments (3)
After New Haven’s Ecuadorian community came together to heal his grieving family, Freddy Salinas took off on a long journey home.
by | Mar 5, 2008 4:31 pm | Comments (0)
Back in October 2005, when Gui Hong Geremia passed through a nondescript door at 580 Ella Grasso Blvd. above which was printed “This door leads to your future,” she couldn’t speak a word of English.
by | Feb 29, 2008 12:48 pm | Comments (11)
Freddy Salinas and his fianc√©e had just begun building a life in America when he was gunned down for coming to the aid of a friend. Now his family’s scrounging together money to send his body home.
by | Feb 3, 2008 6:35 pm | Comments (1)
Donatien Djirangaye, a New Havener born in Chad, ran a road race Sunday to raise money to help refugees, like his father.
by | Jan 31, 2008 5:17 pm | Comments (4)
Alarmed by anti-immigrant leafleting outside black churches, ministers huddled with the mayor Thursday to chart a response.
by | Jan 31, 2008 8:03 am | Comments (4)
More than 5,000 New Haveners have obtained the new immigrant-friendly ID Elm City Residence Card — in half the time the city sought to meet that goal
by | Jan 7, 2008 1:41 am | Comments (0)
New Haven, Iowa — Years ago, the saloons teemed with German and Irish farmers, who drank and fought so hard that this place was called “Hell’s Town.”
by | Dec 17, 2007 1:31 pm | Comments (5)
Down by the freezer
Where the kitchen staff is harassed
He said, “Hey hon, why don’t ya give me some
Or this paycheck is your last.’‘
by | Dec 7, 2007 12:27 pm | Comments (0)
The guy before him got punched in the face and robbed of his car when delivering pies to the Boulevard. But Hassan Iajour, a Moroccan immigrant working long days delivering pizzas in order to send money home to his widowed mom, says he isn’t afraid.
Continue reading ‘Amid Muggings, Hassan Brings A Flashlight’