Our ongoing coverage of this important topic addresses both state and national legislative efforts, as well as local concerns related to immigration and the status of undocumented immigrants.
- October 13, 2016
- Event welcomes migrant workers
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EMC photos by Kevin Rivoli
During Mass last month at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, a group of men sat together in the back half of the pews.
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- April 12, 2016
- Migrant family places priority on education
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Gloria Jasso never had the chance to receive a basic formal education, let alone experience college life.
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- January 13, 2016
- Migrant worker advocate receives honor
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Beverly Sirvent's office at Finger Lakes Community Health's Newark center is fairly sparse.
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- November 17, 2015
- Undocumented students seek justice
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Kemberly Gil is a SUNY Brockport sophomore who is studying international relations.
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- November 17, 2015
- Farmworker memorialized
Several groups who advocate for migrant workers held a memorial service this month for a dairy farm worker who died a year ago in a farming accident.
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- May 8, 2015
- Speaker shares immigration experiences
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As someone who moved to this country as a child without papers, Raul Ramírez related closely to Jose Antonio Vargas' story of living in the United States as an undocumented immigrant.
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- April 10, 2015
- Worker's death underscores farmwork dangers
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When Daniel Larios Hernández reached the edge of the field where his 25-year-old son, Luis Larios Hernández, died last summer, he bowed his head and silently wept.
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- March 18, 2015
- Wrongful arrest lawsuit settled
A settlement has been reached in a wrongful arrest lawsuit brought by an Oswego County resident against the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
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- January 15, 2015
- State police revisiting policies toward the undocumented
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In addition to the relief that undocumented immigrants received upon the president's recent executive order, upstate activists were successful in having the New York State Police review its manual and training policies regarding interactions with such immigrants.
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- December 17, 2014
- Migrants, advocates react to president's immigration actions
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While local migrant workers and immigration-reform advocates are happy that President Barack Obama took action to address the plight of undocumented families, they are disappointed that his executive order didn't go further to help more workers.
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