By LIZ ROBBINS Shruthi Aramandla’s education and her job are geared to New York City’s skyline. She did not want to go back to her native India and start all over again. Ms. Aramandla, 24, who has a master’s degree from the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University, […]
Daily Archives: March 9, 2016
By LIZ ROBBINS MARCH 8, 2016 Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio made it clear in January: New York State and New York City were stepping up efforts to protect some of the most vulnerable immigrants from deportation. Undocumented immigrants who are victims of crime and cooperate […]
By Pamela Constable LEESPORT, Pa. — The latest battleground in the raging national war over illegal immigration is a quiet, red-brick compound in central Pennsylvania, surrounded by woods, fields and a playground with swings and jungle gyms. Inside are 96 women and children who fled violence-plagued Central America last year […]
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — Cesar Lara has a clear explanation for the flood of Central Americans pouring into the United States. Some flee the raging violence caused by gangs and drug cartels. “You see terrible things from the time you’re a child,” the 20-year-old said. Some flee because they can’t find work. Lara only got […]