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Immigration Facts

  1. In the News The Big Lie: Immigrants are criminals

    I went up to Putnam County over the weekend to speak out against a proposal by Republican Assemblyman Greg Ball to turn New York police into immigrant cops.The good news is that when i arrived at the Mahopac Library there... Read more »

  2. In the News Suffolk Bill Will Lead to Massive Discrimination

    The new Suffolk law would lead to discrimination against thousands of native born Latinos and Asians as well as against legal immigrants. Read more »

  3. Reports States with More Immigrants are Wealthier, Safer Than Those with Fewer

    A new study from a conservative think tank shows what a lot of us have known all along; States with large immigrant populations do better than states without the so-called "problem of immigration." Read more »

  4. Reports Working for a Better Life: A Profile of Immigrants in the New York Economy

    Day laborers congregating on the side of a street may attract disproportionate attention, but they are less than a half of one percent of immigrants in the five downstate counties outside of New York City--Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam.... Read more »

  5. Reports Study Finds Immigrants Less Likely to Report History of Cancer

    A forthcoming report in the medical journal Cancer makes the case that immigrants are about a third as likely to report family histories of cancer as their US-born counterparts, putting immigrants at risk not receiving cancer screenings and preventative measures,... Read more »

  6. Reports Report: Immigrant Detainees Health Neglected, Sometimes Fatally

    A recent report from Human Rights Watch highlights the inadequate health care received by the more than 300,000 immigrant detainees in jails, prisons, and detention centers around the country. You can read the full report here. The report focuses mostly... Read more »

  7. Reports Latinos, Immigration, and the English Language

    There was a lot of encouraging news in a new report on Latinos and the English language, put out by the Pew Hispanic Institute last week. Read more »