This election season, Sandra Ocampo is running her own campaign. Last week, Ms. Ocampo, 21, who immigrated from Nicaragua to Yonkers five years ago, showed up at a citizenship drive sponsored by the Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights in Inwood. After having her photo taken at a nearby travel […]
Mexican migrants are heading back home — and that’s bad news for the U.S. economy
27 Nov
by Foster, on News
By Karthick Ramakrishnan The Pew Research Center released a report this month on Mexican migration to the United States that should give us pause. It did not address Donald Trump’s claims that Mexico is mostly sending violent criminals to the United States; other studies, including a comprehensive report by the […]
By SERGIO PEÇANHA and K.K. REBECCA LAI All of the Sept. 11 attackers entered the United States using tourist, business or student visas. Since then, most of the attackers in the United States claiming or appearing to be motivated by extremist Islam were born in this country or were naturalized […]
Prosecutors: Long Island Woman Targeted Immigrants, Bilked Them Out Of Thousands
24 Nov
by Foster, on News
HAUPPAGUE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A Long Island woman took advantage of immigrants, taking their cash for services she never delivered, prosecutors said Tuesday. Jexcy Solorzano-Cedeno of East Patchogue faces five hate crime charges including grand larceny and scheme to defraud. Solorzano-Cedeno, 48, also went by “Lorena Cabrera,” prosecutors said. “The […]