Media Mentions - Long Island Wins

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Stripped Of TPS, Haitians Look To Other Options
Dec. 5, 2017 – The Westbury Times

“It will take forever for Haiti to recover from the devastation of the earthquake and it’s constantly being battered by hurricanes. How could a tiny country like Haiti even handle 59,000 people returning? And it’s not just TPS holders, but the TPS holders have U.S. born children,” noted Long Island Wins Executive Director Maryann Sinclair Slutsky. “Probably what most Haitians will do is live here as undocumented people.”
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FOILing ICE for Info on Gang Membership Criteria
Nov. 30, 2017 – Voices of NY

Following raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement that have led to the arrest of nearly 40 suspected gang members in Nassau and Suffolk counties, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) is seeking information from the government about the “Operation Matador” program, which features collaboration between ICE and local law enforcement, reports Jano Tantongco in Long Island Wins.
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As TPS Deadline Looms, Haitians Await Decision On Renewal
Nov. 17, 2017 – Long Island Weekly

Maryann Sinclair Slutsky, executive director of Long Island Wins, a nonprofit communications organization that focuses on immigration issues on Long Island, said sending TPS holders back to their native countries would have a devastating effect on the local economy.
“Businesses are going to suffer and lose employees. They have real jobs, they pay taxes. There’s going to be a big loss in tax revenue and less people putting money back into the economy,” said Slutsky, adding that the effect will be compounded with the recent recension of DACA.
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Remembering Marcelo Lucero
Nov. 8, 2017 – Voices of NY
On Nov. 8, the 9th anniversary of the killing of Ecuadorean Marcelo Lucero on Long Island, Patrick Young of Long Island Wins writes of how Lucero was the victim of “seven teenagers who engaged in a weekly sport of hunting down Latinos and attacking them.”
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Advocates, family fight to stop Brentwood man’s deportation
April 7, 2017 – News12
“Community service was done and they get detained by an ICE officer that entered the back of the house and arrested him in front of his children,” says Laura Lemus, of Long Island Wins. “It’s not justice, it’s not fair and this is not making a community safer.”
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Immigrants, supporters rally outside Peter King’s office
February 24, 2017 – Newsday
“Young immigrants and their supporters rallied Friday afternoon outside Rep. Peter King’s Massapequa Park district office, protesting aggressive immigration enforcement and asking the congressman to commit to protecting them and their families.”
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Wall of Fear
February 18, 2017 – Long Island Pulse
“Yet there’s worry of anti-immigrant sentiments growing in the community. Maryann Slutsky, the executive director of Long Island Wins, an organization focusing on immigration issues, backs up the claim that hate incidents on Long Island have spiked. Wins, which is in the process of collecting numbers, compiles information from the community and its advocates.”
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Long Island Wins
February 15, 2017 – Long Island Pulse
““Every single thing that we have been fighting for has been destroyed,” said executive director of Long Island Wins Maryann Sinclair Slutsky. “The only thing so far that still seems to be in tact is [The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)].””
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Conference on immigration held in Brentwood
February 8, 2017 – News12
“Some of the groups in attendance were Jobs For Justice, New Sanctuary Coalition of New York City, Long Island Wins and the New York Civil Liberties Union.”
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Long Island groups: Trump immigration orders foster fear
January 26, 2017 – Newsday
“Maryann Slutsky, executive director of immigrant-advocacy group Long Island Wins, said the aggressive enforcement should concern all Americans. The executive orders ‘were created with a complete and total lack of compassion,’ Slutsky said. ‘These executive orders are not based on national security. They are based on Islamophobia and xenophobia. . . . We are one America. We are one Long Island and we can do better than this.’ “

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Communities resist Trump’s executive actions that they say endanger immigrants
January 26, 2017 – FiOS1 News
“Several community groups joined forces at the Muslim Center of Bay Shore to stand up against President Trump’s executive actions that he signed this week that endangers immigrant families.”

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Trump puts new spotlight on Long Island gang killings
December 10, 2016 – AP News
“It’s not a good thing,” said Maryann Sinclair Slutsky, executive director of the immigrant advocacy group Long Island Wins. “I don’t know why he’s picking Long Island. The entire immigrant community is terrified. All immigrants in that community feel uncomfortable. There’s profiling going on and whether they are totally upstanding citizens, they are going to feel targeted in some way.”

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Trump Win Elicits Anxiety, Uncertainty
November 29, 2016 – Mineola American
“Children are the hardest hit. They are extremely anxious,” said Maryann Slutsky, executive director of Long Island Wins, a nonprofit organization that provides online resources to educate people on immigration policy and their rights. “If you’re a little kid and your parents are undocumented, what happens to you?”

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On Nov. 8, Remembering Marcelo Lucero
November 7, 2016 – Voices of NY
In a story for Long Island Wins, Patrick Young says that the fatal stabbing stemmed from the political climate of Suffolk County. He writes: “Words have power, and the words of Suffolk’s anti-immigrant politicians sanctioned violence against immigrants.”

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Long Island leads state in net gain of immigrants
November 2, 2016 – Newsday
“What this shows is that Long Island is a gateway for immigrants,” surpassing many large cities, said Maryann Slutsky, executive director of Long Island Wins, an immigrant-advocacy group in Syosset. “Long Island offers opportunity, maybe more so than other areas of the country, and we believe that immigrants play a vital role in the strength and prosperity of our community.”

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Bellone at immigrant ‘Welcoming Week’
September 20, 2016 – Newsday
“The advocacy outreach to make more Long Islanders aware of their immigrant heritage will “create a stronger community” for all, said Hendel Leiva, an organizer with immigrant-advocacy group Long Island Wins.”

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Activist groups seek meetings with Sen. John Flanagan
March 17, 2016 – Newsday
“The advocacy groups include Long Island Jobs with Justice, the Long Island DREAM Coalition, SEPA Mujer, Long Island Wins, Make the Road New York, Long Island Bus Rider’s Union, the Long Island Transgender Advocacy Coalition and the Move to Amend Coalition.”

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Agreement Opens School Doors to Immigrant Children
March 1, 2016 – Public News Service
“Maryann Slutsky, executive director of the group Long Island Wins, says under state law, all children have the right to meaningfully participate in educational services and programs. ‘All public school districts have a legal obligation to ensure that English-learning students have an equal opportunity to participate, and that means in all school programs,’ she says.”

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Heeding Latino Voices on LI
February 26, 2016 – Voices of NY
“In the Township of East Hampton, Long Island, where close to one-third of the year-round population is Latino and more than half the public school enrollment is Latino, a new Latino Advisory Committee has been created. The group, which plans its first meeting on March 18, hopes “to better inform Latinos in the town and promote community participation and integration,” writes Luis M. Mostacero in Long Island Wins.”

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Undocumented Immigrant to NY Attorney: Vargas Case Signals Hope
February 5, 2016 – News LI
“Maryann Slutsky, executive director of Long Island Wins, a group that also advocates for immigrants, said this decision could give other “Dreamers” living in fear the legal precedent they may need to pursue their dreams and come out of the shadows. ‘This is really a victory for all immigrants who see the United States as their home and hope to live without fear and to be able to contribute fully to the community that they live in,’ she said.”

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Undocumented Immigrant to NY Attorney: Vargas Case Signals Hope
February 5, 2016 – Public News Service
“Maryann Slutsky, executive director of Long Island Wins, a group that also advocates for immigrants, said this decision could give other “Dreamers” living in fear the legal precedent they may need to pursue their dreams and come out of the shadows. ‘This is really a victory for all immigrants who see the United States as their home and hope to live without fear and to be able to contribute fully to the community that they live in,’ she said.”

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No Rest for Immigrant-Rights Advocates After Sgt. Greene Verdict
January 18, 2016 – Public News Service
“Now, Maryann Sinclair Slutsky, executive director of the immigration advocacy group Long Island Wins, says the time has come for the DOJ to run the police department. “The Department of Justice needs to take control over the Suffolk County Police Department,’ she states. ‘They’ve had very recent illustrations of a broken police department with the arrest of the Suffolk County police chief, James Burke.'”

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Split verdict in ex-Sgt. Scott Greene’s grand larceny, hate crime case
January 15, 2016 – Newsday
Maryann Sinclair Slutsky, executive director of the advocacy group Long Island Wins, said outside court that the acquittal on the hate-crime counts was “very disturbing.” ‘It sends a chilling message throughout the Hispanic community that the police are not there to protect and serve that community,’ Slutsky said.

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Ex-sergeant convicted of larceny, acquitted of hate crimes
January 15, 2016 – News 12
Quote from Maryann Sinclair Slutsky: “This is a very disturbing outcome.”

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Rally slams push for Central American deportations
January 8, 2016 – News 12
“Immigration attorney Patrick Young says the fear of arrest has had a terrorizing effect. ‘We have many, many workers who haven’t gone to work, we have children who have been kept home from school, business owners have told me that their businesses are empty,’ says Young.”

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A Campaign for Driver’s Licenses for the Undocumented in NYS
January 8, 2016 – Voices of NY
“Long Island Wins’ Luis M. Mostacero reports that Fernando Martinez and José Maldonado, both of the Knights of Columbus in Glen Cove, started the “Driver’s License Campaign Project” about six months ago. With the help of others, they’re collecting signatures and spreading awareness of their campaign. They have also began lobbying public officials and seeking their support for a bill that will be introduced in the New York Assembly this month.”

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Immigrant groups on LI prepare as ICE rounds up people in South
January 4, 2016 – Newsday
“‘People are in a panic. People are afraid. I heard the streets of Brentwood were largely empty yesterday,’ Maryann Sinclair Slutsky, executive director of immigrant-advocacy group Long Island Wins, said Monday. ‘This is sending a terrible chill down the spine of the entire Latino community.'”