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Send us your #ToImmigrantsWithLove messages

  Join New Women New Yorkers in showing NYC immigrants that we stand with them. Send us your #ToImmigrantsWithLove notes and photos to combat negative and divisive rhetoric with messages of love and support! On International Women’s Day (March 8), we will share them with the young immigrant women participating in our programs and our online communities. Launch of LEAD Spring series This week we’re launching the first 2017 series of our LEAD workforce development program at the NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library, with 19 young immigrant women from 10...

Features & analyses

Fighting violence and restoring justice: The Immigrant Women and Children Project

Written by Jami Tanner In the United States, the legal system often fails to provide justice to those who need it most. For those lacking legal immigration status, violence and abuse can be particularly threatening. The American Bar Association has reported alarming rates of domestic violence on immigrants and the US Department of State estimates that 14,500 to 17,500 people are trafficked into the United States each year. Given these alarming statistics, the US must strive to better protect these victims....