TWU: MTA Service Cuts Will Hurt Blue-Collar, Essential, Frontline and Immigrant Workers!

TWU: MTA Service Cuts Will Hurt Blue-Collar, Essential, Frontline and Immigrant Workers!

New York City, NY/ USA- 11-18-18: NYC Subway Employee Workers Repair Work Underground Train Tracks New York City Subway Jobs. (Shutterstock) Local 100 President Richard Davis attacked the MTA for planning to cut subway service in an Op-Ed. Davis says service cuts will force riders to wait longer for trains, experience more crowding, and lead […]

Almost 1 Million Immigrants Granted US Citizenship in 2022

Almost 1 Million Immigrants Granted US Citizenship in 2022

According to new figures from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the countries where most of these new citizens came from were Cuba, the Philippines, India, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, interviews and ceremonies were suspended, resulting in a backlog of applications that got approved only […]

Biden Keeps Title 42 and Sets New Migrant Caps

Biden Keeps Title 42 and Sets New Migrant Caps

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on preserving and protecting Democracy at Union Station on November 2, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Shutterstock) By JR Holguin On Thursday, January 5, President Biden unveiled a new strategy that includes extending Title 42 expulsions of people who enter the U.S. through the southern border while granting humanitarian parole […]

Do I Need a Lawyer After Being Injured in a Car Accident?

Do I Need a Lawyer After Being Injured in a Car Accident?

By Chris Tobias After being injured in a car accident that was caused by the carelessness and negligence of somebody else, you might ask whether it’s in your best interests to retain a car accident lawyer to represent you. In most cases, the answer is yes, you should. That’s because it’s inevitable that disagreements will […]

The High Cost of a Drug Conviction: How It Can Affect Your Immigration Status

The High Cost of a Drug Conviction: How It Can Affect Your Immigration Status

By Linda Nwoke Drug convictions can have life-altering consequences for any individual, but the results can be even more severe for immigrants. Many immigrants are unaware that a drug conviction can affect their immigration status. Federal immigration laws detail severe immigration penalties on most controlled substance offenses, including minor ones. In California, a conviction based […]

Secretary Mayorkas Extends and Redesignates Somalia for Temporary Protected Status for 18 Months

Secretary Mayorkas Extends and Redesignates Somalia for Temporary Protected Status for 18 Months

July 5, 2012 Mogadishu Somalia. Somali women who help Turkish Health teams working in Mogadishu Somalia. (Shutterstock) Redesignation Allows Additional Somali Nationals to be Eligible for TPS and Employment Authorization Documents WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia for an additional 18 months, […]

NYC Nurse Strike Ends as NYSNA Declares Historic Victories at Montefiore and Mount Sinai (NYSNA statement)

NYC Nurse Strike Ends as NYSNA Declares Historic Victories at Montefiore and Mount Sinai (NYSNA statement)

Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in New York continue to strike on 2nd day as negotiation still on between administration and union on January 10, 2023 (Shutterstock) New York, NY—NYC nurses strike for safe staffing to end this morning in historic victory as tentative deals reached with both Montefiore Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital. Nurses […]

The Future of COVID, As the Story Unfolds

The Future of COVID, As the Story Unfolds

New York, NY, USA – June 2, 2022: An Infinity testing services pop-up COVID-19 testing site. (Shutterstock) Written By: Linda Nwoke Many people wonder if the COVID pandemic is over, and with news of the new variant, how bad things can get. Experts addressed some of these issues during a meeting organized by Ethnic Media […]

Holy High Rollers: Prosecutors Take Down Phony Pastors who Targeted Immigrants in $28 Million Ponzi Scheme

Holy High Rollers: Prosecutors Take Down Phony Pastors who Targeted Immigrants in $28 Million Ponzi Scheme

By Lukas I. Alpert, MarketWatch “I’m everything you imagine me to be, as long as it’s good and it’s Godly.” That’s how Dennis Jali, a South African self-proclaimed finance guru sold his Christian-themed program of financial success to crowds of mainly African immigrants at churches and banquet halls in and around Baltimore and Washington, D.C. […]