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Dec 19, 2024 | 
magnoliastatelive.com | Jessica Yu |Melissa Lavigne-Delville
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | Amir Khafagy |Fisayo Okare |Faye Qiu |Jessica Yu
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. NYC Mayor Eric Adams will meet Trump’s border czar and discuss migrant crisis this week:Adams may discuss the fate of the Floyd Bennett Field shelter, whether feds want to set up deportation centers here, and what level of cooperation ICE will get from the NYPD.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | Faye Qiu |Fisayo Okare |Jessica Yu |Amir Khafagy |Madeline Faber
Newly arrived from Guyana and with a pregnant wife at home, Jermaine Cranmore, 34, was looking for a job. Sipping on a drink at a local cafe in Richmond Hill, Queens, Cranmore struck up a conversation with a fellow countryman. As it turned out, his new acquaintance happened to be a recruiter for a temp agency called Workforce that supplied workers for Parts Authority, one of the nation’s largest auto parts retailers, and had a job for him he could start immediately The catch?
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | Jessica Yu |Fisayo Okare |Amir Khafagy |Rommel H Ojeda
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. U.S. deports 70 Haitian migrants despite uptick in gang violence in Haiti:The migrants returned to a chaotic situation as armed gangs continued to launch targeted attacks to control the capital, forcing residents northward in search of security.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | Jessica Yu |Fisayo Okare |Rommel H Ojeda |Ralph Joseph |Madeline Faber
10 immigrant delivery workers died on the streets of New York this year, marking a stark increase from the last two years, according to data collected by the Workers Justice Project (WJP) exclusively shared with Documented. In 2023, seven delivery workers died, and in 2022, WJP counted five deaths. During the height of the pandemic in 2021, when online food ordering was much higher, the number of fatalities was 14. Victor Hidalgo is the most recent delivery worker killed this year. On Oct.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | Faye Qiu |Fisayo Okare |Jessica Yu |Amir Khafagy
At a press conference Mayor Eric Adams regularly holds on Tuesdays, the embattled politician who is still fighting bribery and fraud in a federal corruption investigation under the Biden administration, shared his willingness to collaborate with incoming Trump-era officials on deportation policy. “Those who are here committing crimes, robberies, shooting at police officers, raping innocent people, have been a harm to our country,” Adams said.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
documentedny.com | Rommel H Ojeda |Fisayo Okare |Ralph Joseph |Jessica Yu
Jessica Liang moves with great speed. With swift, practiced motions, Liang, 41, blends creamy foundation onto a bridesmaid’s cheek. Once the teenage girl’s makeup is perfected, Liang instructs her to change into a beige chiffon dress. “Go go,” she points at the dressing room in the corner. Within seconds, another new bridesmaid sits down in Liang’s makeup chair, ready to be transformed. It was Thanksgiving Day, once the busiest day of the year for Chinatown weddings.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
seattlemedium.com | Jessica Yu
Marcos Castillo // ShutterstockWritten by Jessica YuIt’s the most wonderful—and stressful—time of the year. While the holiday season can be joyful, gatherings with family, friends, and colleagues inevitably come with some awkward encounters. And if you’re one of the millions of Americans who has been on a weight loss journey in 2024, you’re likely to experience even more awkwardness this year.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
medium.com | Jessica Yu
Jessica Shuran Yu·FollowPublished inLabor New York·5 min read·--Derwin Greene, the Bronx Teens Program director, makes burgers and hot dogs for students. (Photo: Jessica Shuran Yu)“Two teams! Two teams!” Diamond Brown yells into a screeching microphone in the middle of the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center (KHCC) courtyard, where small groups of restless teenagers are gathered.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
monroecountyherald.com | Jessica Yu
Posted 11/22/24Hers shares tips and psychologist-recommended response templates to questions you may get asked about your body, whether you're on a weight loss journey or not. This item is available in full to subscribers.
