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Nov 22, 2024 | 
grgjsp.medium.com | George Joseph
George Joseph·Follow6 min read·--As a consultant in the pre-COVID era, it was a fairly common experience to find myself 33,000 feet above ground, hurtling through the atmosphere on a red-eye flight, heading to a destination that would never quite feature on anyone’s travel bucket list. During my time in the U.S., I had the privilege of visiting dozens of such cities and towns, discovering new things about America, her culture, and about myself too through the process.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | Amir Khafagy |George Joseph |Victoria Valenzuela |April Xiaoyi Xu
Forty-nine-year-old L. Yuan, a Democrat from Gravesend, had never closely followed state Senate races in her district. However, when the city proposed a homeless shelter in her neighborhood, she was motivated to head to the polls. In the race for the 17th State Senate District seat, she cast her vote for a fervent opponent of the shelter, Republican Steve Chan.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | Amir Khafagy |George Joseph |Victoria Valenzuela |Fisayo Okare |Madeline Faber
Throughout the election, Donald Trump promised to enact an unprecedented campaign of mass deportations, saying he wants to remove “as many as 20 million” people from the United States during his second administration. A trio of early personnel choices — Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff for policy, South Dakota Gov.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | Gwynne Hogan |Amir Khafagy |George Joseph |Victoria Valenzuela
Immigrant cleaners working at ConEd facilities across the city are being retaliated against in their fight for improved pay and working conditions, alleges a labor union 32BJ SEIU. The union is accusing Nelson Services Systems, the non-union subcontractor that employs 55 janitorial workers for ConEd, of failing to pay them prevailing wages.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | Gwynne Hogan |Amir Khafagy |George Joseph |Fisayo Okare
Since June, immigrant rights advocates have been fighting the opening of a new immigration detention center in New Jersey, which the advocates expect to open next year. With a capacity to hold up to 600 people — more than double the number of beds the current facility in the state already has — advocates worry that the facility will result in an uptick in targeting and racial profiling of communities of color based on what they look like, the language they speak, and where they work.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | Katie Honan |Amir Khafagy |George Joseph |Fisayo Okare
Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | Katie Honan |Amir Khafagy |George Joseph |Fisayo Okare
联邦当局上周突袭了位于长岛市的一家酒店，该酒店由纽约市长亚当斯（Eric Adams，音译）的重要筹款人胡玮弘（Weihong Hu）拥有。据报道，胡玮弘还曾为其开发的项目寻求特别优待。 据知情人士透露，这次针对长岛市五月花豪生酒店（Mayflower Howard Johnson Hotel）的搜查令是纽约东区联邦检察官皮斯（Breon Peace，音译）办公室发出的。 经营该酒店的住房援助组织“住房工作（Housing Works）”的一位发言人对THE CITY表示，执法部门于11月14日（上周四）早晨出示了搜查令，并对这家酒店进行了搜查。 这位发言人表示：“执法部门关注的领域并不包括’住房工作’在该酒店为从惩教机构释放进行过渡的个人提供短期住宿，帮他们重新回归社会的服务。”这位发言人还指出：“联邦当局的行动并未将‘住房工作’作为目标，也不包括‘住房工作’在该地点服务的任何客户、机构管理层、子公司、分包商等。” 这家酒店由华裔商人和开发商胡玮弘拥有。在亚当斯2021年的市长竞选中，她通过“凑人头”的方式为亚当斯筹集了数万美元。据THE...
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | Fisayo Okare |Amir Khafagy |George Joseph |Katie Honan |Madeline Faber
Federal authorities raided a Long Island City hotel last week, owned by a significant donor to Mayor Eric Adams who also sought special favors for development projects. The search warrant on the Mayflower Howard Johnson Hotel in Long Island City came from prosecutors working with Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney Breon Peace, according to a source familiar with the matter. Officials presented a warrant and executed a search early last Thursday, Nov.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | Amir Khafagy |George Joseph |Fisayo Okare |Lucia Herrera |Lucia Herrera
Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here. How unscrupulous agencies recruit and exploit undocumented workers:For years, big brands have been able to sidestep responsibility for employing undocumented migrants and for any mistreatment the migrants face.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | George Joseph |Amir Khafagy |Faye Qiu |Fisayo Okare
Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here. In Trump’s mass deportation plan, the private prison industry sees a lucrative opportunity:Under the first Trump administration, the number of immigrants detained in private detention facilities grew to a record high — and could expand again.
