Long Island has come a long way since the days of Steve Levy. A new poll released today by Harstad Strategic Research found that the vast majority (eight out of 10) Long Islanders “somewhat” or “strongly” favor immigration reform with a path to citizenship. The survey spoke to 755...
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May 10, 2011
A group of 38 state lawmakers sent a letter to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday urging him to remove New York from a national program that has been a cornerstone of the Obama administration's immigration enforcement efforts.
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Sep 29, 2009
November 8, 2009, will mark the one-year anniversary of Ecuadorian immigrant Marcello Lucero's brutal murder at the hand of seven high school teens in the infamously anti-immigrant Suffolk County, New York.
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A new report entitled "Climate of Fear," released this week by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has exposed something ugly lying just beneath the surface of American politics and American life. The report highlights how Latino immigrants in Suffolk County, have become frequent victims of violence and racial intimidation--...
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Yesterday, amidst horror over yet another hate crime in Long Island, the Southern Poverty Law Center released a new report entitled,"Climate of Fear: Latino Immigrants in Suffolk County, N.Y." NBC covers it, noting that hate crimes against Hispanics rose 40% between 2003 and 2007, according to FBI...
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