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US Border Patrol Sending Migrants to Offices Across Country, Including NY, With No Notice
When Wilfredo Molina arrived in the U.S. from his native Venezuela, he told border agents he wanted to go to Miami but didn’t have an address. They directed him to what he thought was a shelter in midtown Manhattan but turned out to be a gray office building. “It was a fake building. I didn’t understand what it was,”...
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Immigrant 9/11 Cleanup Crews Seek Residency as Reward for Work, Health Issues Suffered
Franklin Anchaua cleared thick layers of dust in offices, apartments and even in a chapel in lower Manhattan for weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks. At first, he treated his heartburn and acid reflux with herbs his mother would send from Peru. He avoided available health programs because he lives undocumented in the U.S. and feared deportation. Until the discomfort…
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South Bronx Restaurant Turns Into Soup Kitchen to Help Poor
The special dish at La Morada, a small Mexican restaurant in the Bronx, varies from day to day: Perhaps it’s enfrijoladas, handmade tortillas covered with black bean sauce and pico de gallo. Or beef with a side salad. One thing doesn’t change: It’s free. The family-run restaurant, which opened in 2009 and has won Michelin acclaim for its Oaxacan food, has...
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AG Sessions Addresses the Street Gang MS-13's Violent Grip on Long Island Suburbs
Protesters faced off outside the federal courthouse on Long Island where Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave a speech on immigration enforcement and cracking down on the violent street gang that’s gripped the area with fear. Sessions appearance Friday comes amid a spate of violence in two communities near the federal courthouse where he spoke in Central Islip. The bodies of...
