Asociación de Tepeyac By Alex Goetzfried Around the corner from the wintertime festivities at Bryant Park, on 38th street, behind the glitz and glam of the Lord & Taylor holiday window display, is an unassuming door with a rain-faded blue sign that simply reads: Asociación de Tepeyac. Behind the rickety, double-padlocked door and up one flight of beat-up brown … [Read more...] about Gen Y Immigrants Put Education First
The Life of a Refugee
How a teenager lost his family, fled the German military, was reunited with his family and was drafted back into the German army during World War II. To read more, click here. … [Read more...] about The Life of a Refugee
No SSN, No Driver’s License
About 625,000 undocumented immigrants live in New York State, according to a 2011 study by the Pew Hispanic Center. And because New York requires a Social Security number to get a driver’s license, most of these immigrants who drive are doing so with an out-of-state license – or no license at all. As of now, in 10 states, an undocumented immigrant can get a license using a … [Read more...] about No SSN, No Driver’s License