Workers on Coney Island Avenue and Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park
and celebrated International Workers’ Day by shutting down their stores
in the middle of the afternoon. To show solidarity with recent
immigrants who could be deported or detained if a pending House of
Representatives bill becomes law, they joined hands to form human
chains. Published in Courier-Life Publications. (Sorry - the link for this article is currently unavailable.)
New York City Council members and Brooklynites discussed the Border Protection, Anti-Terrorism and Immigration Control Act of 2005, and racism faced by immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean, at a community forum. Published in Courier-Life Publications. (Sorry - the link for this article is currently unavailable.)
Residents of Sunset Park held a rally for immigrants' rights. Published in Courier-Life Publications. (Sorry - the link for this article is currently unavailable.)
Immigrants and their advocates protested proposed changes to the nation's immigration policies in a march across the Brooklyn Bridge. Published in Courier-Life Publications on April 13, 2006. (Sorry - the link for this article is currently unavailable.)
Immigrants and their advocates protested a Senate immigration bill sponsored by Senator Arlen Specter by marching across the Brooklyn Bridge. Published in Courier-Life Publications. (Sorry - the link for this article is currently unavailable.)
Twelve-year-old Raisa Skakun was recently reunited with her
grandmother and brother in Coney Island after being left behind in the
Ukraine because the Department of Homeland Security Immigration
and Customs Enforcement denied her entry into the U.S.
Published in Courier-Life Publications on March 2, 2006. (Sorry - the link for this article is currently unavailable.)
