LA Times Editorial: Feds Must Provide Lawyers to Refugee Kids
The Los Angeles Times editorial board took a stand this week against continued deportations of Central American child refugees who have never been represented by...
Westbury Celebrates Immigrants & Hispanic Heritage
Westbury is a small village of only 15,000 people, but it is rich in diversity. The village's large African American and Italian communities have...
National Academy of Sciences: Immigration Not Costing Jobs
Long Island Wins is looking in-depth at the new report on the economics of immigration released last week by the National Academies of Sciences,...
Breitbart Anti-Refugee Hero Becomes a Refugee From Germany
The rise to prominence of the Alt-Right Breitbart website has brought a set of unsavory European right-wing militants to the attention of American conservatives....
Homeland Security Removes Some Protections For Haitians & Threatens Deportations
Some protections that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had put in place for Haitians after the 2010 earthquake are being removed. For the...
Brexit Vote Followed By Wave of Hate Crimes Against Immigrants
The August killing of Polish immigrant Arkadiusz Jóźwik in Harrow, England, is the most violent incident in a wave of anti-immigrant hate crimes that...
National Welcoming Week – Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion
This week we are celebrating National welcoming week, an initiative of the Welcoming America movement, when Welcoming America partners across the country, like Long...
6-year-old offers to house Syrian boy in letter to Obama
This week the United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants addressed the large movements of refugees and migrants in order to create a system for an international response to...
When Immigrants Have Lawyers in Court, Taxpayer Dollars Are Saved
This week we are looking at a study from the University of Pennsylvania Law Review that reports on the lack of legal representation for...
Most Immigrants Facing Deportation Never Have a Lawyer
A recent study published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review found that a very small minority of immigrants in deportation (removal) proceedings were...
National Academy of Sciences: “Immigration Integral to Growth”
A new report from the prestigious National Academy of Sciences finds that the overall economic impact of immigration is positive for the U.S. Over...
Company Profits from Monitoring Bracelets on Refugees
Mother Jones published a report this week looking at the business of monitoring immigrant mothers released from detention. Many of them are required to...
Rabbi Looks at Jewish Immigration in 1924 and Immigration Today
Rabbi Deborah Waxman, president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Jewish Reconstructionist Communities, offered a Jewish theological perspective on the immigration debate this week....
Mayors of NY, Paris, London Say “Immigrants Are Our Strength”
The mayors of three great World Cities issued a call today for the protection of refugees. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, Paris Mayor...
Resources for Understanding the American Couple Who Rescued Jews from Nazis
Here are some resources to help you understand the world of refugees from the Nazis and the American couple that risked their lives to...
Nicolas Kristof Asks “Would You Hide a Jew from the Nazis?”
Tuesday, September 20th at 9:00 PM PBS will be premiering a new Ken Burns documentary about a Unitarian couple who risked their lives to...