Saturday is the Families Belong Together day of action against the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy, and there will be a protest at Washington Square Park. The Rochester rally begins at 3 p.m., and speakers will talk about Trump’s recent executive order to stop the separation of migrant families detained by immigration officials, local organizations that […]
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Cuomo tells ICE to cool it
Governor Andrew Cuomo is taking a tougher stance with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. In a cease-and-desist letter sent last Wednesday, Cuomo called out ICE on recent actions in the state, threatened to follow with legal action, and announced modification of an executive order to prohibit ICE from making arrests in state facilities […]
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New bill in Assembly expands access to driver’s licenses
Access to driver’s licenses has been a recent focus for immigrant rights groups in Upstate New York. The state’s farms rely heavily on migrant workers, and it’s often tough to find transportation in rural areas. A bill recently introduced into the New York State Assembly would make it easier for the state’s undocumented residents to […]
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East and West Coast farmworkers unite for labor rights
In the summer of 2013, migrant farmworkers on a berry farm in Skagit County, Washington, about an hour north of Seattle, began to organize against poor working and housing conditions and for better wages. The labor group they created, Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ), is an independent union, led by indigenous Mixtec and Triqui […]
