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Highlights
  • Standing While Latino is not a Crime The Long Island Immigrant Alliance recently spearheaded a campaign to defeat an anti-immigrant ordinance under consideration by the Suffolk County legislature. The bill criminalizes "standing while Latino" by unfairly targeting day laborers seeking work.
  • The defeat of Suffolk County's "standing while Latino" legislation was huge victory for Immigrant rights activists in Long Island. The legislation was a forerunner for the current enforcement only approach to immigration sweeping the country.
  • The Long Island Immigrant Alliance proved that through coalition building with Unions, community organizations, and progressive activists we can roll back the enforcement agenda that will prove ineffective and harmful to our local economy.
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  1. In the News Suffolk: The Changed Politics of Immigration

    By Patrick Young, Esq. CARECEN Program Director July 8, 2008 3:02 PM

    Pols under pressure Read more »

  2. In the News e-verify and discrimination

    By Patrick Young, Esq. CARECEN Program Director May 21, 2008 9:53 AM

    The last of a three-part series Read more »

  3. In the News Profile of the Suffolk Legislature's Lack of Courage

    By Lisa Votino-Tarrant, Long Island WINS May 14, 2008 5:31 PM

    I figured I would highlight some of the quotes from our legislators who voted politically instead of morally, so you could see your tax dollars hard at work... Read more »

  4. Blog Please Attend a Vigil Today to Protest 1105!

    By Lisa Votino-Tarrant, Long Island WINS May 12, 2008 9:00 AM

    Come to a peaceful vigil to protest 1105 today.... Read more »

  5. In the News Research: Anti-immigrant laws depress working conditions

    By Pat Young CARECEN April 29, 2008 3:22 PM

    Beedenbender bill will hurt workers Read more »

  6. In the News Newsday says KILL THE BILL!

    By Pat Young CARECEN April 28, 2008 8:22 AM

    IR 1105 is the vampire that won't stay dead! Read more »

  7. In the News IR 1105-Only one undecided left

    By Patrick Young CARECEN Program Director April 27, 2008 9:28 AM

    John Kennedy is the only undecided legislator left. His vote will determine the future of immigrants in Suffolk. Read more »

  8. In the News Latest on IR 1105

    By Pat Young CARECEN April 23, 2008 4:17 PM

    Mobilization against the anti-immigrant bill moving forward on several fronts. Read more »

  9. Blog Press Conference Tomorrow Regarding IR1105

    By Lisa Votino-Tarrant, Long Island WINS April 22, 2008 3:33 PM

    We invite everyone to a press conference tomorrow, Wednesday, April 23rd at 12pm, in front of the Suffolk County Legislature Building in Hauppauge regarding Suffolk County Bill IR1105 Read more »

  10. Blog Guest Blog - Suffolk County Legislature refuses to learn from Riverside, NJ

    By Cristina Jimenez, DMI Immigration Policy Intern April 22, 2008 1:05 PM

    Riverside NJ, learned the lessons of the cost of attacking immigrants through anti-immigrant legislation, but when is the Suffolk County Legislature going to get it? Read more »

  11. In the News "Illegal Alien" bill may be illegal?

    By Pat Young CARECEN April 22, 2008 10:37 AM

    The Suffolk Legislature's former legal counsel says that the passage of IR 1105 out of committee may have been illegal. We're gonna have to see some documentation before we let this potential "illegal" work in Suffolk. Fight IR 1105... Read more »

  12. In the News Is IR 1105 a "symbolic gesture"?

    By Patrick Young, Esq. CARECEN Program Director April 22, 2008 9:47 AM

    One of the more discouraging things that I hear about the anti-immigrant bill in Suffolk, I.R. 1105, is that it is primarily "symbolic". Folks who say this just don't recognize how dangerous this bill is. When Suffolk passed its first... Read more »

  13. In the News Anti-immigrant legislators took advantage of family situation

    By Pat Young April 18, 2008 7:29 AM

    According to Newsday, the anti-immigrant head of the Suffolk Legislature took advantage of Legislator Elie Mystal's family emergency to push IR 1105 through the legislature's Consumer Protection Committee. Mystal was in Miami trying to untangle problems his sister was having... Read more »

  14. In the News Shocking development in Suffolk Legislature

    By Pat Young April 17, 2008 5:33 PM

    After the failure of IR 1105 introduced by Brian Beedenbender to pass out of committee last month, most of us breathed a sigh of relief. It was premature. Today, Presiding Officer Bill Lindsay took advantage of the absence of Legislator... Read more »

  15. In the News Police into Immigration Cops?

    By Patrick Young, Esq. CARECEN Program Director April 9, 2008 9:27 AM

    The New York Times has a great editorial today on the outsourcing by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of immigration enforcement. Local police around the country are being deputized to enforce immigration laws and the record of their behavior... Read more »

  16. In the News Farmingville hit and run may be hate crime

    By April 1, 2008 10:43 AM

    The disturbing news of a car apparently aiming at a group of day laborers standing by the side of the road in Farmingville and sending one to the hospital is interestingly timed. Two weeks ago a controversial antiimmigrant bill died... Read more »

  17. In the News Tool kit for fighting Suffolk anti-immigrant bill

    By Patrick Young, Esq CARECEN Program Director February 22, 2008 11:35 AM

    I.R. 1105 is the worst immigrant hating bill ever introduced in Suffolk County and, if passed, could be a model for other counties throughout the state. This tool kit will provide up to date info on the bill as well... Read more »

  18. In the News Wearing the Mask of Labor's Friend

    By Patrick Young, Esq. CARECEN Program Director February 12, 2008 10:28 AM

    They want to help labor by enhancing its exploitation. Read more »

  19. In the News The Suffolk Way of Lawmaking

    By Pat Young Program Director CARECEN February 11, 2008 11:33 AM

    Why should legislation be backed up by research anyway? Read more »

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

    By Patrick Young, Esq. Program Director CARECEN February 11, 2008 10:22 AM

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

  21. In the News Suffolk Bill "pandering"

    By Patrick Young, Esq Program Director CARECEN February 7, 2008 4:09 PM

    Newsday slashes anti-immigrant bill Read more »

  22. Suffolk County Immigration Policy Police Commissioner Publicly Opposes License Plan

    By Tegan Georges October 18, 2007 12:17 PM

    Currently, Suffolk County policy calls for the arrest of anyone pulled over on a traffic violation who is unable to prove his or her identity, purportedly to keep unsafe drivers who have lost their licenses off the roads but also... Read more »

  23. Suffolk County Immigration Policy Suffolk County Makes a Bad Decision

    By Brian Stedge-Stroud October 3, 2007 11:06 AM

    Licensed drivers mean safer streets and are a good deal for Long Island taxpayers — why do Suffolk legislators find this hard to understand? Read more »

  24. Suffolk County Immigration Policy Nassau and Suffolk County Immigration: A Primer

    By Suman Raghunathan October 2, 2007 7:12 PM

    The County Executive and the County Legislature can decide to a large extent how county agencies and employees -- including police officers and county workers -- interpret federal and state legislation and regulations related to immigration law, and provide services to immigrants, often based on their immigration status. Read more »