Brooklyn News Service reporter Paul Frangipane explores what sanctuary status means to undocumented immigrant students at Brooklyn College. (Photo: Paul Frangipane)
Trump Win Upsets Caribbean Community
By BRENNEN JOHNSON Assemblyman Nick Perry shook his head in discontent when asked about Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential race. Seated in his office in a burgundy chair in…
In E. Harlem, Resistance to Trump Agenda
By DEREK NORMAN Residents of East Harlem are taking what they say are defensive actions to prepare for the Trump administration’s anticipated policies on immigration, with protests, forums and…
Colombians in NY vote, and now wait, on peace treaty
By DEREK NORMAN Colombian citizens living in New York City are keeping tabs on the peace agreements being sorted out in Bogota between President Juan Manuel Santos and the guerilla-rebel…
Council seeks translators for immigrant seniors
By JONATHAN GOMEZ City Council members have urged the city’s Department of Aging to provide more language interpreters to community-based programs that work directly with immigrant seniors. At a hearing…