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With $4.38M grant, NYS expands program to help high-skilled immigrants find jobs
By partnering with community-based organizations, the state is providing grant money to support professional training and job placement for immigrants in New York who are highly skilled.
Long Island immigration assistance groups ready to help bused migrants who arrive in Nassau and Suffolk counties
The migrants arriving at the Port Authority terminal are “shellshocked. They find there is no one here waiting for them.” said Elise de Castillo, executive director of the Hempstead-based Central American Refugee Center. CARECEN is ready to help any of the newcomers with legal services, English classes and job readiness programs, she said.
Listening to the Teachers: Six Ways to Tackle Disrupted Learning in English Language Learners
The Central American Refugee Center in New York brings first-hand experience working with students who are new to the US.
Inmigrantes de Long Island luchan solos contra la deportación
CARECEN y Safe Passage Project son solo algunas de las numerosas organizaciones que intentan abordar la necesidad de asesoría legal para quienes enfrentan la deportación
‘Dreamers’ urge compassion for families, children at US border
Amid an increase in migration at the US-Mexico border, DACA recipients relive their own journeys to the US decades ago.
Undocumented workers eligible for thousands from state
CARECEN's Executive Director, Elise De Castillo comments on New York state's $2.1 billion "Excluded Workers Fund," and how it benefits workers that without legal status.
Border Problem Resonates on Long Island
What is happening on the southern border amid rising numbers of desperate would-be immigrants matters deeply to Long Island, some 2,000 miles north.
Coaliciones reconocen ligero aumento del flujo hacia Nueva York de menores inmigrantes no acompañados
Extraoficialmente, 10,500 niños procesados en esta emergencia fronteriza están en refugios y hogares de los estados
Fox 5: New Pathway to Citizenship for DACA Recipients
After four years of hardline immigration policies, thousands of New Yorkers are hopeful the new Biden administration will bring relief to their communities with a possible pathway to citizenship.
Newsday: Long Islander's Express Hope for Biden's Immigration Plan
Newsday features CARECEN's Executive Director, Elise de Castillo, and former teacher Angela Ochoa, and their reactions to Biden's announcement of the U.S Citizenship Act.
CARECEN - Hofstra University Partnership for English Classes
In a new joint project, English classes and citizenship instruction will continue at CARECEN through Hofstra faculty and students as instructors and tutors in classes provided at CARECEN's Hempstead office. This generous funding and staffing support will create opportunities for the Long Island immigrant community to continue working towards their goals through free English classes.
NY Times: Police on Long Island Are Working Illegally With ICE, Suit Says
On Monday, lawyers from the Central American Refugee Center, a Long Island immigrant legal services organization commonly known as Carecen, and the Hofstra Law Clinic filed suit against Nassau County in state Supreme Court, saying that the county police department was cooperating with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in ways that break state law.
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