Immigrant Tales | January 7, 2010
Months After Hit & Run, Victim Leaves Hospital
by Thomas MacMillan | January 7, 2010 12:05 PM | Permalink
Miguel Alvarado stepped out of his apartment to walk his girlfriend to her car. A passing truck driver slammed into him, sent him flying into a parked car, and drove off into the night. Two months later, he finally left Yale-New Haven -- and police have no leads on the driver.
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Immigrant Tales | December 21, 2009
Judge Orders State To Insure 4,800 Immigrants
by Melinda Tuhus | December 21, 2009 3:03 PM | Permalink
(Updated) Like other legal immigrants, Mohammed Khondoker saw part of his American dream vanish -- then reappear in time for the holidays.
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Immigrant Tales | December 3, 2009
Feds To Probe Racial Profiling Claims
by Thomas MacMillan | December 3, 2009 8:31 AM | Permalink
Following an official racial-profiling complaint by a New Haven church, the U.S. Department of Justice has decided that police practices in East Haven deserve a closer look.
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Immigrant Tales | October 27, 2009
Immigration Lawyers Take The Fight To ICE
by Thomas MacMillan | October 27, 2009 5:59 PM | Permalink
(Updated with text of lawsuit.) Ten New Haven residents are filing suit against the federal agents behind the 2007 New Haven immigration raids. They claim that their arrests were an unlawful retaliation for the city's immigrant-friendly ID card program.
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Immigrant Tales | September 10, 2009
Immigration Lawyer Presses Obama
by Melinda Tuhus | September 10, 2009 2:43 PM | Permalink
President Obama announced in August that he will not pursue immigration reform this year. Mike Wishnie (pictured) felt let down.
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Immigrant Tales | August 15, 2009
Immigrant Advocates, Supremacists Clash
by Thomas MacMillan | August 15, 2009 10:53 PM | Permalink
Violence flared in East Haven, as New Haven activists marching to protest alleged police racism tangled with out-of-state "white nationalists."
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Immigrant Tales | August 12, 2009
Syrian Entry Spices Up Orange Street
by Melissa Bailey | August 12, 2009 10:44 AM | Permalink
With homemade yogurt, falafel and baklawa, Feras Hassoun is adding a Middle Eastern kick to East Rock's booming deli corridor.
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Immigrant Tales | August 10, 2009
Ecuadorian Pride Fills City Streets
by Thomas MacMillan | August 10, 2009 7:49 AM | Permalink
In an eruption of music, color, and dance, Ecuadorians paraded through downtown, celebrating the 200th anniversary of their country's call for independence from Spain and the vibrant community growing here.
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Immigrant Tales | July 29, 2009
March Aims At Immigration Clampdown
by Thomas MacMillan | July 29, 2009 7:48 AM | Permalink
New Haven activists, angered that East Haven cops are allegedly calling the feds to deport Latinos rounded up at traffic stops, are planning a hundreds-strong cross-border protest.
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Immigrant Tales | June 9, 2009
On The Human Rights Trail
by Staff | June 9, 2009 2:27 PM | Permalink
Fair Haven's Father Jim Manship blogged his recent trip to Tlaxcala, Mexico. Here's his first entry.
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Immigrant Tales | June 8, 2009
ICE Cases Melt Away
by Thomas MacMillan | June 8, 2009 7:36 AM | Permalink
A judge has dismissed a case against four immigrants caught up in a controversial Fair Haven raid, saying the feds trampled on their rights.
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Immigrant Tales | June 3, 2009
Play ... Cricket!
by Thomas MacMillan | June 3, 2009 1:54 PM | Permalink
Bats and balls came out of winter storage, and a sunny day found players happily engaged in the national pastime ... of Guyana.
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Immigrant Tales | May 14, 2009
Parents Rally To Save Parish School
by Thomas MacMillan | May 14, 2009 7:56 AM | Permalink
Roshele Then and Michele Cruz, suited up for a softball game, started to well up as they reflected on their time at St. Rose. Parents at the school are organizing to see if they can stop any further tears from being shed.
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Immigrant Tales | May 7, 2009
Supremes Scored
by Paul Bass | May 7, 2009 7:36 AM | Permalink
New Haven's Henry Fernandez lauds court decision on immigrant rights.
Immigrant Tales | May 4, 2009
Immigrants' Rights March -- The 2009 Version
by Melinda Tuhus | May 4, 2009 7:49 AM | Permalink
As she walked in a May Day march for immigrants' rights Friday night in New Haven, this woman laid out a plan for immigration reform that would not only help her and the 12 million other folks in the U.S. without papers, but would also boost the U.S. economy.
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Immigrant Tales | May 1, 2009
Routine Police Work? Or Retaliation?
by Thomas MacMillan | May 1, 2009 7:55 AM | Permalink
With a federal investigation looming of alleged cross-border racial profiling, East Haven police set up a checkpoint by a Latino bakery -- and threatened again to snatch a camera when they were watched.
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Immigrant Tales | April 22, 2009
ICE To Return Bail Money
by Thomas MacMillan | April 22, 2009 2:53 PM | Permalink
After ten months, multiple phone calls, and an official complaint to Washington D.C., the federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has agreed to give Father James Manship the $7,000 that it owes him.
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Immigrant Tales | April 7, 2009
The Virgin Chooses Spot In Shade
by Melissa Bailey | April 7, 2009 8:55 AM | Permalink
San Francisco Tetlanohcan, Mexico -- As their children worked and prayed far away in New Haven, families in this dusty Mexican village took to the streets to keep a local tradition alive.
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Immigrant Tales | March 26, 2009
Cops To Latinos: Talk To Us
by Thomas MacMillan | March 26, 2009 8:06 AM | Permalink
Looking out at nearly 100 Fair Haven Latinos, Officer Diego Quintero delivered a message from the New Haven's police department, "We're simply here to help you ... We're not here to report you to immigration."
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Immigrant Tales | March 25, 2009
'Crabs In A Basket'? Group Says No
by Thomas MacMillan | March 25, 2009 8:24 AM | Permalink
A crowd gathered in a leading black church to dispel a social doctrine: that the immigration issue must divide the Latino and African-American communities.
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