Category: Portraits & interviews
Written by Ludmila Leiva The past year was one of heightened attention to various immigration issues. As 2015 came to a close, several of these topics again found their place in national news headlines. In this month’s news digest, we take a look at where the presidential candidates left off on some of this year’s major immigration debates and briefly discuss the Obama administration’s latest immigration policies, before turning to what’s going on in New York. Conversations on immigration:...
Written by Jahaida Hernández Jesurum Most of the time, children have no say over choices that are made for them — and immigrant children are not exempt from this. Kids must rely on the fact that their parents are making the best decisions for them based on their best judgement. And in most cases they do. This was the case of author Nadia Al Sultani’s mother, who decided to leave a prewar Iraq in 1980, when Al Sultani was 10...
Written by Kara DeDonato This month’s immigration news digest provides information about the positions the 2016 presidential frontrunners have taken on immigration and undocumented immigrants. Plus, we take a look at new initiatives and opportunities benefiting immigrants in the New York area. Democratic candidates and undocumented immigrants Hillary Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner, announced her immigration reform plan over the summer, in which she voiced her support for a path to full and equal citizenship for individuals currently living...
Written by Lilly Maier Jahaida Hernández Jesurum left her hometown, Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, in her early twenties. After a short detour in Spain, she immigrated to New York in 2007, becoming part of the largest foreign-born group in the city. Dominicans make up 12 percent of all immigrant New Yorkers, relegating Mexicans (the country’s biggest immigrant group) to third place, according to an official report by the city. After years of working odd jobs and...
Career Access & Economic Mobility
Freedom to Choose One’s Path
