Voices Stories by Jose L. Llanes
Residents of Queens projects fear Housing Authority will contact immigration
Authorities at all levels seem to be coming down hard on immigrants. From now on, tenants will have to give proof of earnings, which housing will verify with employers and other sources, maybe even immigration. That’s what the federal authorities have ordered. more>
‘They were offended by people speaking Spanish:’ Workers at a Brooklyn retailer demand back wages and better treatment
According to a statement from Se Hace Camino Al Andar (Make the Road by Walking), Minimax has a long history of disrespectful treatment and verbal abuse towards its employees, including the use of “degrading language” towards women. more>
Violence dresses up as a bride: Hundreds of women wearing wedding dresses march in protest of abuses
Dressed as brides and widows, hundreds of women marched yesterday in New York to protest the increase in domestic violence and to commemorate the third anniversary of the death a woman shot by her ex-boyfriend on her wedding day. Known as the March of the Brides, the event was organized by New York Latinas Against Domestic Violence, (NYLADV), a coalition of community organizations defending women’s rights. more>
Police officers refuse to work with INS
The Justice Department’s proposal to use local police as Immigration and Nationalization Service (INS) inspectors is strongly opposed by some in the Justice Department as well as some in the NYPD. more>