Elise Damas, director of the Pathway to Citizenship Long Island Program at the Central American Refugee Center in Hempstead, says she is really worried about the possible end to the Temporary Protected Status program for El Salvadorans, Hondurans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Guatemalans because it could lead to a rise in crime.
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By Ronny Reyes
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4/12/18
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On a recent Thursday afternoon, County Legislator Debra Mulé was sitting at her desk, working. It had been 100 days since she took office as the 5th District’s representative.
Mulé (pronounced …
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By Nadya Nataly and Daine Taylor
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4/12/18
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The New York State Legislature finalized a $168.3 billion budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year just hours before its April 1 deadline. While lawmakers approved a number of provisions, such as tax …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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4/12/18
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Elaine Duke, former Department of Homeland Security secretary, and current Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced last year that the Temporary Protected Status programs for El Salvador, Guatemala, …
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By Ronny Reyes
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4/5/18
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Flooded by clients who are now likely to lose their Temporary Protected Status, Freeport immigration attorney John Barrera is busy these days. Congress created the TPS program in …
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By Nadya Nataly
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3/21/18
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Opening arguments were heard on Wednesday in the corruption trial of Former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.
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By Erik Hawkins
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3/11/18
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Part one of an ongoing series.
Curtailing Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, has become a flashpoint in national politics since President Trump announced in December and January that …
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By Nadya Nataly and Zach Gottehrer-Cohen
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3/9/18
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At a Feb. 1 news conference, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran called on New York state not to renew the permits for 68 wells in Jamaica, Queens, until the United States Geological Survey …
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By Melissa Koenig
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2/3/18
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South Nassau Communities Hospital’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Jan. 23 to enter into an affiliation agreement with the Mount Sinai Health System in an effort to expand health care …
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By Peter Belfiore
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1/24/18
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An estimated 200,000 men, women and children took to the streets of Manhattan for the second Women’s March, held on the first anniversary of President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration on …
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By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen, Melissa Koenig and Nakeem Grant
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1/21/18
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