To address the problems of illegal immigrants, New Haven wants to create a municipal identification card for them, which supporters say would help assimilate immigrants as well as provide a range of benefits to other residents who may not have official IDs, such as the elderly and children. The card would be recognized as official identification within city limits, allowing immigrants to open bank accounts and avoid carrying around wads of cash. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 4, 2007
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According to labor lawyers and immigrant-rights activists, Connecticut�s restaurant and food service industry routinely hires undocumented immigrant workers to wash dishes, clean floors, cook, bake and wait tables. The jobs often involve low pay, long hours and tough working conditions. This winter, employees of two upscale New Haven restaurants (Cafe Goodfellas and Downtown at the Taft) staged demonstrations to protest unfair wages. John Lugo, an activist who helped organize the protests, says several of those involved are undocumented workers. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: February 07, 2011
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On Tuesday, June 21st, over 150 immigration activists picketed a Connecticut Citizens for Immigration Control meeting outside the Elmwood Community Center. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 25, 2005
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Things are looking brighter for Mariano Cardoso Jr., the 23-year-old Connecticut college student being threatened with deportation by federal immigration agents just weeks before he�s due to get his engineering degree. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy went public with a letter to U.S. Homeland Security officials, pleading with them not to enforce the deportation order against Cardoso, who has been in this country since his parents brought him across the border from Mexico when he was 22 months of age. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 26, 2011
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Park Street resident Shadrack Jolobi was named after a Biblical character who was cast into a fiery furnace but survived. Jolobi himself has survived an ordeal almost equally horrific: growing up in the war-ravaged country of South Sudan. Three years ago, Jolobi and part of his family made it to the United States after spending about five years at a refugee camp in Uganda. Jolobi, who is a tribal chief in Sudan, has joined with Hartford Areas Rally Together (HART) to collect donations of gently used clothing, toys, blankets, sheets, housewares and computer equipment to send to South Sudan. Published by The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 25 - May 2, 2007
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Instead of the current rote-like examinations, the Citizenship and Immigration Services department is experimenting with questions intended to demonstrate the responder understands the meaning behind our fundamental institutions. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 13, 2006
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Civil rights activists rallied recently in support of the anti-racial-profiling ordinance proposed by Hartford City Council Minority Leader Luis E. Cotto that would limit the power of police to target private citizens for stops, frisks, interrogations, searches and arrests. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: November 22, 2010
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Alice Mokonje Garsuah of Broadview Terrace, recently danced in the Hartt School of Music�s ballet production of the �Nutcracker.� But it wasn�t all that long ago that Alice and her family were involved in a very different kind of �dance�, a dance with death. In order to escape Liberia�s brutal and bloody civil war, Alice and her family had to sleep by day and travel by night in order to avoid the gun-toting rebel-soldiers. Published by The Hartford News
; Publication Date: December 02, 2010
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Immigration activists gathered outside St. Augustine Church in Hartford in support of a new proposal in Congress, The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act, revealed May 12th. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 27, 2005
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Facing a federal civil rights complaint, the Hartford school system has agreed to overhaul services for students whose native language is not English. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 22, 2013
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Mokonje is a musical family of Liberian immigrants. Thanks to a teacher and fellow refugee who recognized their talent and a professional drummer who taught them technique, the family has found in drumming a way to heal and connect to the culture they left behind. Recently, their work culminated in a performance at the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 26, 2006
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Jody Putnam heads the refugee assistance program that operates out of Jubilee House, visiting the various refugee communities in the city. Jubilee House, a nonprofit center operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph, hosts a variety of social service and educational programs for residents from many ethnic backgrounds out of its center in the south end of the city, but Putnam spends much of her time on the road. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 25, 2008
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There's a certain Catch-22 aspect to Connecticut's impotent anti-racial-profiling law. It's never worked, but simply because this 12-year-old state statute exists, local cities and towns can't enact their own local anti-profiling ordinances. A bill in this year's legislature to actually force law enforcement to report racial statistics on who gets stopped for searches or traffic violations was shunted into oblivion, in part because of the ongoing fiscal crisis. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 14, 2011
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They fled their rural Burmese homeland and have since created an improbable urban oasis here in Hartford. The diversity of herbs, fruits and vegetables cultivated by the Karen people -- an ethnic minority also known as the Karen tribe -- a few blocks from the state Capitol would rival any community garden anywhere. Hartford's Karen community, most of whom live in a pocket of housing on South Marshall Street, couldn't find the freshly cultivated papaya leaves or the fragrant lemongrass of its tropical homeland until it was embraced by the nonprofit Knox foundation and given the chance to farm. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 25, 2013
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According to a study by the Pew Hispanic center, as of 2006 there were between 70,000 and 100,000 unauthorized migrants living in Connecticut. Activists throughout the state say that those illegal immigrants are being increasingly targeted by federal and state police. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: February 1, 2007
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Capital Community College�s Mariano Cardososo's public battle against deportation to Mexico made him the sometimes reluctant face of a complicated and often heartbreaking immigration issue affecting thousands of young people nationwide. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 29, 2011
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State lawmakers recently delayed voting on a controversial plan to keep illegal immigrants from receiving federally funded heating assistance by requiring all applicants to produce a Social Security number. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 27, 2007
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After years of debate and discussion about the need to update our nation's immigration system, the issue is finally on the so-called �front burner� on Capitol Hill and comprehensive reform is on the horizon in 2013. From a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens to border security, there are a number of challenging issues our leaders in Washington must tackle. There is, however, an additional issue that any comprehensive immigration reform plan should also address: the shortage of educated, highly-skilled workers in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields. Published by The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: April 15, 2013
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The failure to nominate a Latino for statewide office may have had an impact on the number of Latinos who went to the polls in November 2010 � a great loss for Connecticut, because a truly vibrant democracy needs involvement from all its citizens. Published by The Hartford News
; Publication Date: October 07, 2010
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A state-licensed social service agency that specializes in serving the mental health needs of Southeast Asian families recently announced its merger with Community Renewal Team, the Hartford regional anti-poverty agency. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 18, 2007
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The four Karen children swayed softly, crossed their arms and passed around the microphone as they performed "Mother's Tears" on the West Middle Elementary School stage recently. As they sang the popular Karen tune, a group of relatives murmured with endearment in one of the auditorium's back rows. West Middle's multicultural student assembly featured a salsa number, a Nepalese dance and, in a sign of the school's growing diversity, several performances and skits honoring the Karen culture. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 06, 2013
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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal stood with young activists recently as they called for immigration reform that would include a path to citizenship not only for undocumented students, but for the parents who brought them to this country illegally. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 05, 2013
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Hartford's Bosnian-American Islamic Cultural Center on Franklin Avenue is being renovated. When the building is completed, it will include a large space for Muslim prayers, classrooms in which children, who might otherwise lose their culture, will learn Bosnian, and adults will learn English. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 14, 2007
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High school friends Zermina �Nina� Velic and Belma Ahmetovic are no longer chasing the American dream of owning a business. The two 17-year-old immigrants from Bosnia have already achieved that success and secured an opportunity to meet President Barack Obama after their company, Beta Bytes, placed second last month in a national business plan competition for aspiring entrepreneurs. Beta Bytes, the foreign language and cultural-based computer repair service Velic and Ahmetovic started through a Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) program at their high school, will also receive $5,000. Published by The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: November 01, 2010
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A visiting Brazilian ambassador, Oto Agripino Maia, recently announced at the Shaheen Brazilian Community Center in Hartford that his country would open a consulate in Hartford later this year, a formal recognition of the growing Brazilian community in the state. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 15, 2008
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A desolate corner of downtown Hartford is getting an unaccustomed touch of the cosmopolitan. The government of Brazil is opening a consulate in a long abandoned bank branch at Market and State streets in the ground floor of One Constitution Plaza, attracted by the street-level location on a bus line. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 07, 2009
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A little piece of Brazil recently came to Hartford with the opening of the Consulate General of Brazil at One Constitution Plaza. The initial impact will be more convenience. Brazilians who need to obtain passports and other government documents, and Americans seeking travel visas, will no longer have to go to the consulate in New York, which often took a day or more. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 09, 2010
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Mariano Cardoso admits he crossed the United States border illegally. Although he knows what he did was illegal, he didn't have a lot of choice in the matter. He was still in diapers at the time. Now 22, Cardoso is one semester away from receiving his associate's degree in engineering at Capital Community College. But, Cardoso is nearing the end of the legal deportation process. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: February 22, 2011
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Small, family-owned dealerships like the one owned by Ugo DiGrazia are an essential part of Carrier, a $12 billion subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., and for DiGrazia, it's been a 6-decade career on two continents. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 08, 2012
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If the immigration controversy can be said to have an epicenter in Connecticut it would be Fairfield County, where anti-immigrant Forces have made issues of Ecuadorian basketball games in Danbury, worker pickup zones in Stamford and Latino employment at fast-food restaurants all over. But new census data suggest that without immigration, the county would have had sharp population declines in this decade as tens of thousands of residents left for other parts of the country. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 22, 2007
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The city council staked its ground recently in the immigration debate, unanimously approving an ordinance that bars police from inquiring about immigration status. The ordinance, if signed by Mayor Eddie Perez, would prevent police from arresting or detaining anyone solely because immigration authorities had issued an administrative warrant for them, which is a civil matter. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 12, 2008
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Not so long ago, Mariano Cardoso Jr. felt alone and beyond help as he faced being forced to leave the country where he grew up, and deported to Mexico as an undocumented immigrant. The 22-year-old Capital Community College student saw his dream of becoming a math professor or civil engineer evaporating. Brought to the U.S. when he was 22 months old, he is facing deportation. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 06, 2011
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As over ninety people filed into the Hartford Public Library atrium, they were greeted by the aroma of vegetable pakora, a welcome alternative to the standard satisfying-but-dull sandwiches; a pianist played tunes to create an inviting mood for the Community Dialogue Kick-off Event last week. Starting the week of April 9th, the Community Dialogues, a series of group discussions among immigrants and the receiving community, began. Published by Real Hartford
; Publication Date: March 26, 2012
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The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights will investigate allegations that there is a lack a lack of proper curriculum and support, particularly for recent arrivals from Somalia, Liberia, Cuba, Afghanistan and other countries in Hartford Public Schools. Civil rights investigators will investigate claims by The Center for Children's Advocacy that the school district has placed non-English speakers in inappropriate classes, given them outdated textbooks and left them without necessary support, such as special education classes. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 31, 2007
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Federal immigration enforcers announced recently they'd captured more than 3,100 "convicted criminal aliens" during a six-day sweep, including 32 alleged criminals in Connecticut. All of which is very interesting, coming as it does less than a week after Connecticut announced that it was adopting its own standards for deciding whether to detain undocumented immigrants for possible deportation. The timing is particularly curious given that Connecticut's action angered the feds. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 03, 2012
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As soon as word spread of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti Jan. 12, 2010, Pierre D'Haiti started getting panicked phone calls. D'Haiti, who runs the Haiti Relief Resource Office in Bridgeport, said the disaster has made the marginal existence of undocumented immigrants from Haiti living in the U.S. even more precarious. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 26, 2010
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Despite the fact that Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton and New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. have taken polar positions in dealing with illegal immigration in their cities, the two men were chummy at a recent forum on the issue. They agreed, for example, that the federal government has made a mess of immigration policy. Although there were disagreements, many were more nuanced than stark. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 13, 2008
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Rarely have so many state and local officials had so many misgivings about a federal program, one that is scheduled to be activated in Connecticut. The program is called "Secure Communities," a project of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which is supposed to deport dangerous and violent convicted criminals who are in the country illegally. Under the program, fingerprints taken by local police that are now shared with the FBI will also be shared with ICE. If ICE has an interest in the arrestee, it can ask that the person be detained for further investigation. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 21, 2012
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A new law will invalidate the birth certificates of hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans in the state. Recent investigations by the U.S. State Department found that 40 percent of passport fraud cases involved stolen Puerto Rican birth certificates, some of which sold for as much as $10,000. In December, Puerto Rico passed a new law to put an end to the fraud. On July 1, 2010, the new law will invalidate all Puerto Rican birth certificates issued before that date � a change that is likely to affect as many as 100,000 residents in Connecticut. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: March 16, 2010
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The increase in international students attending Connecticut institutes of higher education is double the national average, handing the state�s industry and workforce a distinct advantage in the world economy. Published by The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: January 30, 2012
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Mark Boughton, the mayor of Danbury, comments on the issues of illegal immigration and how they have been addressed in Danbury. After much consideration, Danbury's common council approved the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency's Access program, which will enable several detectives in the Danbury police department to receive training from ICE. Once trained, the officers will have the authority to enforce immigration law as part of any criminal investigation. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 09, 2008
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The date that all old birth certificates issued by Puerto Rico become invalid has been extended from this Friday to Oct. 30, 2010, the second extension of a process intended to improve the security of the documents. Puerto Rico has been issuing new birth certificates since July 1, the original date the old ones were to be rendered invalid. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 29, 2010
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With the Sept. 30, 2010 invalidation deadline for all old birth certificates issued by Puerto Rico, community leaders have started a final push to educate island-born residents of Connecticut about how to get new ones. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 15, 2010
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Brazilian immigrants are leaving Connecticut's recession for a better life back home. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 29, 2008
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The new executive director of La Casa de Puerto Rico, Candida Flores, has an expansive view of one of Hartford's largest Latino neighborhoods. As La Casa's new leader, Flores said she will advocate for Puerto Ricans, while working to strengthen the 36-year-old agency. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 29, 2005
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Hartford city councilman Luis Cotto stirred up a hornet's nest recently by introducing an ordinance to combat racial profiling � as when police stop an individual simply because he has black or brown skin. Profiling happens, and it shouldn't. But Mr. Cotto may not have the best remedy. Individuals already have legal protections, including a state law against being singled out solely on the basis of race and other traits. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 25, 2010
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In Connecticut, Latinos may be shifting slowly from Democrats to independents. In Connecticut, Latinos make up about 7.5 percent of registered voters and could well make a difference in the outcome of elections. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 23, 2013
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Supporters of allowing students who are illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition, rather than the often cost-prohibitive out-of state-tuition, have launched an aggressive campaign for it in the state legislature for the first time in four years. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 13, 2011
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Human beings are legal. Actions are illegal. Despite this clear distinction, the term "illegal immigrant" is frequently used in the ongoing debate on immigration reform. The time has come, however, to retire this offensive term as we advance as a society. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 19, 2013
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Immigrant workers make up a critical part of the state's labor force, says Laura Jasinsky, principal of Jasinsky Immigration Law in Stamford. Jasinsky spoke with the Courant about immigration issues confronting employers and workers. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 18, 2007
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New Haven's government two years ago approved a plan to offer municipal identification cards to all residents, including undocumented immigrants. These IDs are called Elm City Resident Cards. They were issued, mainly, to promote safety among New Haven residents. The mayor's office sought to create an ID that banks could accept as valid when opening a checking account. The cards have other benefits, too. They give New Haven residents access to other city facilities, such as New Haven's public library. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 08, 2009
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Connecticut Citizens for Immigration Control delivered a letter to Sen. Lieberman's office on Constitution Plaza. The letter, signed by 100 state residents and about 225 people from other states, opposes an immigration reform bill that the senator is co-sponsoring. Immigration activists responded with their own demonstration. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 26, 2005
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With estimates that 3 million American-born children have at least one parent who is an illegal immigrant, stories of families being split up are becoming heartbreakingly common. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 3, 2007
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A bill to allow illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition rather than the costlier out-of-state rate touched off impassioned discussion recently among the General Assembly's higher education committee as the legislators voted the bill out of committee 11 to 8. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 18, 2011
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Federal authorities said recently that they have indicted 50 people, including two living in Hartford, in another attempt to shut down the booming black market for fraudulent Puerto Rican identity documents. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 12, 2012
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The National Leadership Grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services provides funds ($637,896) for the Immigrant Civic Engagement Initiative of which this pilot dialogue was a part. Everyday Democracy is partnering with the Hartford Public Library on this three-year initiative. The hope is that the Immigrant Advisory Group will take a leadership role in continuing the Community Dialogue work after the grant dries up. A cultural brokering program, which pairs a newcomer family with someone who acts as an advocate and mentor, is another component of this initiative. Published by Real Hartford
; Publication Date: July 20, 2011
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Even as Obama brings new hope and pride, economic statistics paint a bleak picture for minority workers that will not change dramatically any time soon. Unemployment, rising for all groups, stood nationally at 11.2 percent for blacks in October 2008 � more than twice the rate of whites. Worse still, the rise in unemployment was far steeper over the last 12 months for blacks than for whites. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 06, 2008
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At one of five free legal clinics held around the state, lawyers helped Haitian immigrants fill out the complicated forms to apply for temporary protected status. The designation allows qualified undocumented Haitian immigrants to live and work in the country legally for at least 18 months, perhaps years if the government extends it. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 07, 2010
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Susan Campbell writes about Alisa Dzananovic, who recently passed her citizenship test. Dzananovic, a 26-year-old native of Bosnia who was named after the fictional Alice in Wonderland, will officially be a part of this country and she will be able to vote. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 07, 2008
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In this opinion piece, the author expresses the opinion that critics of the state's new Dream Act complain that it's cruel to give a tuition break to undocumented aliens if they have no hope of getting a job out of college. This country takes that questionable argument to the extreme and throws out doctors, engineers, scientists and MBAs trained at great expense at U.S. universities, who then go home and compete against us. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 03, 2011
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Immigrants and their advocates are hoping for reforms as they rally behind legislation that would lift two formidable barriers to better jobs and education for non-citizens in Connecticut. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 28, 2005
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Although birth certificates issued by Puerto Rico became invalid July 1, 2010, a representative of the island's government said that people didn�t need to rush to get new ones unless they have an immediate need. Puerto Rican officials were trying to avoid an avalanche of birth certificate applications that could delay issuing new ones in a process that has caused confusion, particularly among those born on the island but living on the mainland. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 18, 2010
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The Institute for Community Research sponsored an exhibit over the last several months, Weavings of War, which featured traditional weaving and crafts created by people in war-torn lands. The textiles on display were a reaction to violence. The last event was a presentation by two of approximately 1,600 Bosnian Muslim refugees who live in Hartford. The Bosnian crafts displayed � woven rugs and knitted works such as socks, hats and decorative pieces � are examples of traditional art that survived the violence in the country. The other works on display, from places like Peru, Chile and Afghanistan, were reflections of conflict. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: January 18, 2007
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The local Karen (Burmese) community recently celebrated the first day of their New Year � 2752. They prepared a buffet-style breakfast, which lasted for hours before the formal program began in the Center for Contemporary Culture at the Hartford Public Library. Published by Real Hartford
; Publication Date: January 13, 2013
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The city's police would be limited in their immigration enforcement and domestic surveillance activities under an ordinance the city council is considering. Introduced recently, the ordinance would prohibit the police department from participating in intelligence-collection programs involving federal immigration agencies, military officials or private data companies. It also would ban officers from engaging in surveillance not supported by a warrant specific to the time, place and target. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 19, 2010
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The Hartford city council recently had a public hearing regarding an ordinance that will help undocumented immigrants overcome their fear of cooperating with police. The ordinance would put Hartford on the list of cities that want to protect their residents who are illegal immigrants and extend other services to them. Introduced by Councilman Luis Cotto, the proposal would prohibit the police from inquiring about a person's immigration status in most situations. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 22, 2008
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Some city police officers are ignoring an ordinance passed last year by the city council that limits when they can ask about a person's immigration status, according to immigrant rights activists. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 13, 2009
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When Homa Naficy, a native of Iran, received U.S. citizenship in 2000, she immediately began giving back to her adopted country as a leading advocate for immigration and citizenship services at the Hartford Public Library. Now the library's chief adult education officer, Naficy founded and directs The American Place, a series of programs supporting Hartford's immigrants and refugees. She will be recognized along with 12 other librarians from across the nation at the White House on Tuesday as part of President Obama's Champions of Change program. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 10, 2013
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The Hartford Public Library learned recently that it will receive a $637,896 federal grant to develop a program to help immigrants and new citizens play a greater role in the civic life of their communities. The program will build on the library's nationally recognized The American Place program, which has helped immigrants and refugees adjust to American life since 2000. The library will use the grant to offer new services and develop a program during the next three years that libraries throughout the country can implement. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 27, 2010
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In the past 10 years thousands of refugees and immigrants to Hartford have gone to the Hartford Public Library as they try to build new lives. The American Place program at the library was started in 2000 with a grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Since then it has become a nationally recognized model for the role that public libraries can play in educating and assimilating immigrants. The American Place offers a mosaic of programs for everyone, from just-arriving immigrants and refugees to those on the verge of becoming citizens. More than 2,500 immigrants a year take English or civics classes, attend forums or participate in social and community functions. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 25, 2010
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A six-month course called the Academia de los Padres (or �Academy of the Parents�), aimed at a specific sector of Spanish-speaking residents in Hartford�s Park Street and South End neighborhoods focused on those who are low-literate English learners. The Academia provides literacy classes for both children and their parents, helping moms and dads prepare their kids for school before they�re ever enrolled. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 06, 2010
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An immigrant who attended the University of Hartford in the 1990s writes about his experiences and expresses the opinion that today, students from across America and the world go to American universities for an education that prepares them for their chosen field and instills values that will outlast any classroom lesson. In good and challenging times, universities should be supported by the government, the private sector, nonprofit foundations, alumni and community leaders. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 01, 2011
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Carlos Hernandez Chavez: artist, musician, civil servant, immigrant. Chavez, 70, arrived in Hartford from Mexico City in 1967. In the main atrium of Hartford City Hall, a colorful mural created by Chavez tells the story of his family's migrant-worker roots. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 05, 2013
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Primarily because of large increases in the Latino and Asian populations, Connecticut has become significantly more diverse in the past 10 years, according to U.S. Census numbers released recently. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 10, 2011
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In this opinion piece, the author reviews the history of faith-based assistance to immigrants and refugees in Connecticut. Mission churches � then and now � are often as much social work settlement houses as centers of spirituality. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 24, 2009
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Questions linger about the methods used by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in rounding up 11 immigrants, all from Ecuador last September. The day laborers have become a symbol for both sides in the immigration debate: those insisting on equal rights for all, and those pushing for tighter borders and tougher enforcement of national immigration laws. A group of students at Yale Law School is expected to file suit in federal court in a bid to find out how Homeland Security put together its sting. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 14, 2006
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Legislators invoked their own immigrant roots recently in explaining their stands on a bill to allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities in Connecticut. The measure passed the state House of Representatives, 77-63. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 13, 2011
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Students who are undocumented immigrants at Community Colleges in Connecticut pay out-of-state tuition because they do not qualify for the lower tuition rate available for state residents. Often, they were brought here as infants or children, and have been residents of the state for years. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 15, 2011
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Griselda Rojas, 19, will be a junior in the Hartford Public High School Academy of Nursing this fall. She received political asylum in 2006 in the U.S., at 17, after her escape from kidnappers in Guatemala, who forced her to work as a prostitute. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 11, 2008
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The Institute for Community Research (ICR) closed its powerful exhibit �Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory� with a celebration of Bosnian culture. The exhibit showcased 60 textiles made by artisans from Laos, Vietnam, Peru, Chile, Afghanistan, South Africa, and Palestine. While the exhibit dealt with war and trauma, its central theme demonstrated that art, narrative, and tradition can have a healing effect on those who have suffered through strife. Published by The Hartford News
; Publication Date: January 10 - 17, 2007
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The controversy surrounding New Haven's decision to create a city identification card for illegal immigrants drew more than 500 people to parades and rallies recently, with rain-soaked card supporters marching through the streets of New Haven while angry opponents plotted their legal and political strategy in neighboring East Haven. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 17, 2007
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Building on the momentum gained by a massive march through Hartford less than a month ago, local advocates for immigration reform staged a mass rally in Bushnell Park. The rally was part of a nation-wide �Day of Action� which included a call for a total economic boycott by immigrants and those supporting their cause. Published by The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 3 - 10, 2006
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The anti-illegal immigration rally recently held at the Capitol building in Hartford was political spectacle of the purest sort, as was the counter demonstration organized by local activists. The event was coordinated by part of a national anti-illegal immigration group called the 21st Century Paul Revere Riders. Like the Minutemen, the riders are opposed to illegal immigration, only they express that opposition by traveling the country on motorcycles. It was the first time the counter-protestors had encountered them, though, and they took advantage of it, outnumbering the Riders two to one. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: August 17, 2006
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The heated debate over whether to allow undocumented immigrants to attend public colleges and universities at the same tuition rate other Connecticut residents pay could soon reignite at the state legislature. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 22, 2008
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A bill that would allow undocumented immigrants in Connecticut to pay in-state tuition to public colleges and universities received the endorsement of the state university chancellor, while drawing concerns from some legislators during a public hearing recently. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 14, 2007
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The American Dream was repeatedly invoked by immigration advocates at the Legislative Office Building recently. They urged national leaders to reform what they called a broken system. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 16, 2010
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In this opinion piece, the author suggests that it is in this home called Hartford that modern-day migrants make every effort to stay connected to family and communities and earn a hard wage over time and across space. Councilman Cotto's initiative, aiming to institute an ordinance which bars police from inquiring about immigration status, challenges us to recognize this and respect our unique social composition in a global and multicultural world. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 13, 2008
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Scores of immigrants are fleeing this western Connecticut city, residents say, as the economy falters and the police department begins a partnership with federal immigration officials, illegal immigrants feel more pressure. The partnership, announced by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency recently, will train Danbury police officers to identify criminals who have broken immigration laws. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 16, 2009
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Mirroring a pattern seen in some other parts of the country, many immigrants in Connecticut have moved beyond its urban centers in search of jobs, affordable housing and safe communities, bringing with them what local officials say are both opportunities and challenges. Fairfield County remains a stronghold for immigrants, but they are increasingly spreading across the state, moving to the suburbs and even small towns, according to numbers recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 02, 2011
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Quakers, Unitarians, Catholics and immigration activists sang hymns recently outside the Ribicoff Federal Building and Courthouse, spreading the message to lunch-hour traffic that "God welcomes all." Their argument: So, too, should the government on immigration. The small rally was part of Lent Without Borders, a series of Connecticut events that faith and social justice groups have planned during the Christian season of Lent to protest deportations under current immigration policy. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 15, 2013
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The 21st Century Paul Revere Riders, a group opposed to illegal immigration and in favor of stiffer laws and tougher enforcement, has been traveling around the country on motorcycles this summer. They stopped in Hartford recently, where
they were met by a group of counter-protesters, including representatives from 16 organizations. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 9, 2006
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Pastor Silvio Almeida's phone starting ringing recently with calls from panicked parishioners asking what he knew about raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Parkville section of Hartford. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 03, 2007
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Hartford recently joined several cities across the country in a series of rallies for immigration reform. In Hartford, the Connecticut Immigrant Rights Alliance (CIRA) led hundreds of chanting marchers from the Old State House to the State Capitol. CIRA?includes religious organizations, unions and immigrant advocacy groups, such as the Center for Latino Progress and the Asian Pacific American Affairs Com�mission. Published by The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 11, 2013
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More than 150 people protesting the country's immigration policies, as well as the ongoing war in Iraq, marched through the streets of Hartford recently, but not before being stopped by city police who maintained the event's organizers did not have a proper permit. The march, which was organized by the Regional Coalition for Immigrant Rights, started in front of the Legislative Office Building on Capitol Avenue and continued down Broad Street and Park Street before ending at South Green Park. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 2, 2006
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Big increases in immigration since 1990 have not hurt employment prospects for American workers, a study released recently says. The report comes as Congress and much of the nation are debating immigration policy, a big issue in this fall's midterm congressional elections. The Pew Hispanic Center found no evidence that increases in immigration led to higher unemployment among Americans. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 11, 2006
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State residents born in Pakistan, Russia, the Philippines, India, Argentina and the United Kingdom were among those who became U.S. citizens during a special session of the U.S. District Court of Connecticut held at the Hartford Public library. The federal Citizenship and Immigration Services holds naturalization ceremonies for about 680,000 new citizens a year, culminating with the oath of allegiance and a handshake. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 11, 2013
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A poll commissioned by The Courant shows that, by 53 to 41 percent, state residents support allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at public universities and colleges in Connecticut, a proposal supporters are trying to resurrect in the legislature. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 2, 2007
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The typical immigrant story in Connecticut starts with empty pockets and high hopes segues into years on a factory floor, a rise to the propertied class and a better life for the second generation. Indian Americans, among the state's latest arrivals, have changed that story. Starting in the 1960s, they came already equipped with college degrees and the ability to speak English. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 22, 2009
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The issue of racial profiling is working its way to the front burner in Hartford as City Councilman Luis Cotto continues to push for an ordinance that would place new limits on how city police conduct searches and launch investigations. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: August 24, 2010
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Cricket is alive and well in Hartford, even if you don't know the rules. The TCS Hartford Cricket League recently held their championship match, following a 10-team, month-long tournament. The league is largely made up of Indian men who live in and around Hartford while working for IT companies. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: October 11, 2007
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About 30 kindergarten through seventh grade Somali-Bantu refugees are attending the Hartford Public School Summer New Arrivals Program, learning reading, writing and basic math skills. The children in the program came from a place where they would be going to school in a tent one day, and running for their lives the next. One of the challenges the children face when they get here is learning that they're at school now - they're not allowed to go tearing down the hallway as they might have back home. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 27, 2006
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When the prime minister of Jamaica asked Geneive Brown Metzger to be the island nation's newest consul general in New York City, she was surprised. Brown Metzger, who became consul general in early March, was the special guest recently at a town meeting at the West Indian Social Club in Hartford. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 07, 2008
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Undocumented migrants in Connecticut are afraid that seeking health care will get them deported, and when they do get treated, it costs the state and the nation about $60 million a year. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 21, 2006
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The West Indian Social Club in Hartford recently celebrated its 60th anniversary. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 27, 2010
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An inability to speak for oneself at the doctor�s office can jeopardize patient safety and result in life-threatening mistakes or delayed treatment, advocates of better medical translation say. A federal law directing hospitals to provide qualified language interpreters is 40 years old. But, the biggest obstacle to providing language interpreters has long been money. The Connecticut Health Foundation, a group dedicated to increasing access and eliminating disparities in health care, has released a report documenting, for the first time, the cost of providing language interpreters: $4.7 million a year. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 25, 2006
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A bill before the state legislature would allow students who are illegal to pay in-state tuition at Connecticut�s public colleges. The proposal was recently the focus of a hearing before the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee. Activists have organized a concerted campaign to win approval this year. They have framed their case as both one of equal opportunity for students and wise economic policy because of the state's need for skilled, educated workers. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 13, 2007
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A civil rights lawsuit brought by an undocumented immigrant in Connecticut facing deportation has prompted federal officials to adopt a new policy that will have a national impact. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 03, 2011
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An immigration lawyer whose license was suspended after his 2008 conviction for federal document fraud faced opposition recently from other lawyers and former clients as he tried to regain the right to practice law. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 05, 2010
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There are some 12 million undocumented immigrants in the country, tens of thousands in Connecticut. A bill before the General Assembly would allow undocumented immigrants to get driver's licenses. On balance, it is a good idea and should pass. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 18, 2013
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It is no small thing to remember that people in the U.S. are free, as the holiday season begins amid an uncertified but very real recession. For many recent immigrants, the U.S. is a land of opportunity. Dan Haar, a Courant columnist, reports here a truly American voice of immigrant optimism and faith. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 27, 2008
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Mariano Cardoso was about knee-high when he arrived in the United States as an undocumented immigrant. His parents carried him across the southwest border when he was 22 months old, and the family eventually settled in New Britain. Twenty years later, Cardoso is a month away from earning his engineering degree at Capitol Community College, but his past has finally caught up with him. Cardoso is facing an order of deportation that could come at any time. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 13, 2011
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Employers in Connecticut, and around the country, are playing a game of chance when they vie for workers needing H-1B visas, which allow U.S. companies to hire foreign citizens for professional jobs. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 09, 2007
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Helen Ubi�as writes that Mariano Cardoso Jr. recently received a letter from immigration officials that immigration officials have denied his appeal of a deportation he's been fighting. Tthe only real, lasting answer for him and so many others like him is to fix our broken immigration laws, and to finally pass the Dream Act , which would grant young people like Cardoso resident status and a door to naturalization so long as they meet specific requirements. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 13, 2011
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Armando Chavez is a legal resident, a homeowner, the founder of a growing business with three employees and in the process of opening a retail store in Enfield next month. He is a symbol of the powerful impact that immigrants can have on local labor markets - not by taking jobs Americans don't want but by fulfilling a demand that wouldn't otherwise exist. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 17, 2006
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Organizers hope that marches in Hartford and New Haven calling for immigration reform will refocus attention in the state on the controversial issue of immigration reform after several years of relative quiet. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 01, 2010
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The New Haven Board of Aldermen overwhelming approved recently a municipal identification card that will be available to all residents, including illegal immigrants, making the city the first in the nation to issue such documents, city leaders said. Supporters, who have worked on the plan for more than two years, thought they had 20 solid votes on the 30-member board, but walked away with a 25-1 victory. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 5, 2007
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Hartford is host to a number of about 23,000 Burmese refugees who have legally immigrated to American cities in the past two years under a United Nations resettlement program. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 10, 2008
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Some people in America cannot take voting for granted. Hong Pan is one. Hong became a U.S. citizen Sept. 17, 2008, one of 36 people to gather at Hartford Public Library on Main Street to take part in a naturalization ceremony. It took most of those 16 years for Hong and his wife to attain citizenship, the application process becoming even more complicated after Sept. 11, 2001. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 02, 2008
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The Hartford city council is considering an ordinance that would limit police powers when it comes to enforcing federal immigration laws. The measure would also limit police surveillance and prohibit profiling. It's opposed by the city's police chief. Published by Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: November 12, 2010
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Illegal immigrants who showed up at city hall recently along with other residents to apply for the new municipal identification card got a hands-on civics lesson, from the banal to the inspiring. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 25, 2007
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New Haven's new identification card program, which has drawn criticism because it is open to illegal immigrants, has been much more of a success than officials expected. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 10, 2007
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Recent deportation proceedings, which were continued until next week, were a subdued episode in a series of incendiary events that began June 4, 2007, when New Haven approved creating a municipal identification card available to all residents, including illegal immigrants. The city's decision garnered national attention, which was heightened two days later when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) swept into the Elm City and eventually arrested 32 alleged illegal immigrants. City officials decried the raids as retaliation for the ID card program, an accusation ICE denies, even as its agents have suspended fugitive search operations in Connecticut. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 15, 2007
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John Destefano Jr., the mayor of New Haven, comments on the issues of illegal immigration and how they have been addressed in New Haven. In New Haven, all residents in the community are embraced in a manner that is color-blind and status-blind. Through the Elm City Resident Card program, it is possible for everyone living in New Haven to have an identity, to open bank accounts that help to keep people and their money safe, to feel comfortable communicating with New Haven police officers so that no crime goes unreported, and to feel that they are just as much a part of the community as their neighbors and therefore share in the civic responsibilities of the city. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 09, 2008
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When Latino voters go to Hartford's polls this summer and fall, federal law requires that Spanish-speaking observers will be present to help them read the ballot and understand the voting procedures. But that guarantee - now the law in seven Connecticut cities and more than 400 other areas around the country with large Hispanic populations - expires next year. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 9, 2006
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In the basement of a Hartford church recently, a grass-roots effort was launched to improve the lives of immigrants in the region as well as to fight against what organizers termed an anti-immigrant movement gaining momentum across the nation. The event was organized by the Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition For Equity and Justice, an organization of about 40 churches from across the state. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 27, 2006
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In this opinion piece, the author says that it's never been easy to be a Nigerian immigrant in the U.S. Thanks to some Nigerians who send out scam letters and e-mails around the world, there's the perception that Nigerians are financial predators prowling the cyber world for gullible victims. Fast-forward to 2010 and Nigerians face a different kind of peril. It's now going to be a nightmare to fly, domestically or internationally, while carrying a Nigerian passport. Nigeria does not deserve to be stigmatized as a terrorist haven on account of one sick man's murderous designs. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 17, 2010
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A Liberian refugee family has been reunited with their father, much to their joy and relief. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 24, 2006
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The number of undocumented immigrants in Connecticut appears to have leveled off at 110,000 since 2007, ending 20 years of dramatic increases in the population, according to a report released recently by the Pew Hispanic Center. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 02, 2010
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If all things were normal in southern Sudan, as a chief of the Kuku tribe, Shadrack Jolobi would be serving as the main dispenser of welfare and justice. He would preside over disputes among his 60,000 or so fellow tribe members. But these days, the chief, a 35-year-old father of two, lives on Park Street in Hartford, and he's left wondering how do you provide - from afar - for people as troubled and far-flung as his own? Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 23, 2007
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A new report by the Brookings Institution on the education level of immigrants shows that 30 percent of working-age immigrants nationwide hold a college degree; the figure is the same for Metro Hartford immigrants. Compared with other parts of the country with significant foreign-born populations, Connecticut has fewer immigrants who are high school dropouts. The largest proportion of immigrants in both Greater Hartford and the U.S. are neither high school dropouts nor college graduates, but in the middle, with either a high school diploma, some college or an associate's degree. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 12, 2011
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Immigration activists were galvanized in November 2007 when 21 people suspected of being illegal immigrants from Brazil were arrested in Hartford's Parkville neighborhood by city police and federal immigration agents. Recently, the activists took to the streets. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 11, 2007
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This weekend in Hartford, an artist from Ivory Coast, Georges Annan Kingsley, is opening the first showing of his work in the United States. The receptions at Passages Gallery are an opportunity to check out a previously unseen artistic talent as well as a chance to hear the artworks' fascinating backstory. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 30, 2013
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Twelve people spoke in favor of the Hartford Civil Rights ordinance at the public hearing in City Hall; none spoke against it. Several organizations on board with this proposed ordinance include the American Civil Liberties Union, Council on American-Islamic Relations (Connecticut), National Lawyers Guild, and Bill of Rights Defense Committee. Although nobody spoke against this at the hearing, the ordinance received some dissent from those who felt it would weaken the Hartford Police Department�s ability to fight crime. Published by Real Hartford
; Publication Date: November 15, 2010
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From Washington, D.C., to tiny Garden City, Kan., recent public demonstrations, part of a national campaign for immigrants' dignity, made it clear that immigration is no longer an issue restricted to border states. Organizers of rallies in Hartford and New Haven said the rallies there marked a new chapter of the debate in a state with a rapidly growing population of undocumented immigrants. Although those immigrants in the past preferred to remain in the shadows, organizers said such immigrants joined activists, unions and religious groups in calling for new laws that provide a way for those here illegally to become citizens. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 11, 2006
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The era in city history when Hartford was a manufacturing center which contrasts with today's vehement immigration debate are presented in a new, 90-minute play called "The Parkville Project" that opened recently, at West Hartford's Playhouse on Park, less than a mile down the road from the Hartford neighborhood it portrays. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 11, 2010
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The tie between Brazil and Portugal at the World Cup reflected an even split at the packed Patio da Rainha restaurant in Hartford's Parkville neighborhood, heart of the region's Brazilian and Portuguese communities. The dancing and party atmosphere almost didn't happen. On June 23, 2010, a car driven by a woman who suffered a seizure crashed through the front wall of Patio da Rainha, leaving no serious injuries but a hole in the building that was boarded up with plywood. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 26, 2010
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New Haven mayor John DeStefano explains why New Have has recently begun issuing city identification cards to illegal immigrants. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 8, 2007
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There are thousands of Indians in Hartford and they are big players in Hartford's biggest companies. But they face silent discrimination from those who think they are stealing jobs. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: October 25, 2007
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Latinos in the United States are now the nation's largest ethnic majority. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are approximately 50.5 million Latinos living in the U.S., which does not include for the 3.7 million Puerto Ricans who are citizens. As the presidential election approaches, it is crucial for Latinos here to send a clear, united message to President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney about the importance of getting the immigration issue right. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 17, 2012
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This week, the Connecticut State Data Center released the first official statewide and town-by-town population projections compiled in more than a decade. The numbers describe a Connecticut that is aging dramatically and where too few babies are born to maintain population growth. These projections also suggest that ethnic and economic segregation among towns may become more pronounced. However, these are not the most somber finding. The most important demographic issue for Connecticut is the progressive loss of its middle class. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 17, 2007
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Orlando Rodriguez a frequent contributor to CTLatinoNews.com, writes that according to his research, California has two additional congressional representatives because the state�s undocumented residents were counted in the 2010 Census, giving California a powerful 53 votes, the largest of any state. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 26, 2013
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Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez signed an ordinance recently that stops police from arresting or detaining anyone solely because of their immigration status. The ordinance, passed by the city council, also prohibits other city employees from asking anyone seeking services about their immigration status. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 19, 2008
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Four decades ago, Omar Aguilera sensed an opportunity. The former Argentine soccer player realized the Latino community in Greater Hartford was growing quickly but had few Spanish-language media options. Mr. Aguilera and his partner, fellow Argentine Walter Martinez, started the area's first Spanish radio program, a half-hour show on WRYM-AM (840) in Newington. Now the station broadcasts in Spanish 24 hours a day. Remarkably, the two partners are still at it. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 13, 2009
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The road of the refugee has never been easy. Being forced out of one�s native land because of war or natural disaster and settling in a strange country is a rocky, uphill path. But a group of refugees who have been placed in Hartford recently say their path has been made harder still because of inadequate assistance from Catholic Charities, which is in charge of the initial resettlement of the refugees. Published by The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 24 - 31, 2006
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Rick Green comments on the recent federal roundup of illegal immigrants in New Haven in apparent retaliation for the city's decision to grant identification cards to its thousands of undocumented residents. The Connecticut workforce and population would shrink without immigrants. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 12, 2007
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Hartford police and federal immigration agents are working together to find a Brazilian-born man wanted on charges of attempted murder and robbery, police Chief Daryl Roberts told about 40 people who packed the Shaheen Brazilian Community Center on Park Street recently. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 09, 2007
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J. Stan Mccauley expresses the opinion that the Hartford Police Department acted responsibly in working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in trying to apprehend a criminal. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 18, 2007
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Franciszek Tylka, known as Frank, was a proud Pole and a proud American whose goal in life seemed to be to make others happy. He lived in Hartford, and died Jan. 19, 2012 at 71. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 24, 2012
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Immigrants in Connecticut joined hundreds of thousands of people across the country recently in demonstrating their political and economic clout by attending marches and rallies, refusing to buy or sell anything and not showing up at work. Activists in the state said the large rallies in Hartford and New Haven showed that their movement is growing as undocumented immigrants shed their fear in the face of a heated debate in Washington over competing proposals that could leave them labeled as felons and deported, or give them a chance to become citizens. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 2, 2006
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Homa Naficy was pleased to learn that a presidential task force formed in 2006 and charged with identifying ways to help legal immigrants embrace American civic culture had applauded the efforts of the Hartford Public Library in its report to President George W. Bush. But Naficy, the library's multicultural education and outreach manager, was not surprised. That's because the library has been doing just that since 2000, when it launched The American Place, a program designed to provide free citizenship and language courses for immigrants and refugees. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 02, 2009
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Many recent immigrants from throughout the region joined together for a march through the streets of Downtown Hartford and a rally at the State Capitol recently. Hartford�s march was one of many held throughout the country to draw attention to the plight of the thousands of persons now residing in the United States who have entered the country illegally. Published by The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 12, 2006
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Driving rain could not extinguish the torch of Our Lady of Guadalupe during its two-hour procession down Park Street on December 1,2010. The sacred flame, which began its journey northward from Mexico City on Oct. 3, was transported in a virtual chapel and a protective crimson-colored glass case. The procession was followed by a noon Mass at St. Peter's Church on Main Street. About 100 worshipers participated in the mile-long celebration that started at St. Anne Immaculate Conception Church. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 13, 2010
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The state's bungled effort to address racial profiling by police -- stopping someone solely because of race or ethnicity -- is a textbook example of why people become cynical about government. The legislature passed a law that appeared to address the problem, but actually didn't. What followed, perhaps not surprisingly, was an egregious case of racial profiling. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 09, 2012
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New Haven's identification card program aimed, in part, at helping illegal immigrants get access to city and financial services, is 10 months old. The program started July 24, 2007. The first year's goal of signing up 5,000 was reached in December 2007. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 09, 2008
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A new program in Hartford aims to make sure local refugees understand their legal rights. The Immigrants and Refugees New Arrivals Advocacy Project, run by the Center for Children's Advocacy, also hopes to make those who work with refugees aware of their rights. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 31, 2008
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Something interesting happens to Bulkeley High School students in their Postponing Sexual Involvement program. Though they come from neighborhoods with historically high teen birth rates, PSI students postpone parenthood. They graduate from high school. They go on to college. They often come back to volunteer. The program is a product of Breaking the Cycle, a compendium of groups dedicated to reducing teen pregnancy in Hartford. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 21, 2007
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The city council recently revived a proposed ordinance that, if adopted, would limit the Hartford Police Department's immigration enforcement and domestic surveillance activities. The council unanimously referred the amended ordinance � initially proposed in August 2010 by Councilman Luis Cotto � to its quality of life and public safety committees for further discussion. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 09, 2010
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Lawyers for a group of day laborers facing deportation proceedings argued in federal immigration court recently that their arrests were illegal and they were targeted because they are Hispanic. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 3, 2007
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Three values that seem to transcend all cultures are that of respecting one�s parents, working hard, and achieving an education. Despite doing all of these things, Mariano Cardoso is about to be penalized. After living in the United States for twenty years, he is now facing deportation. Published by Real Hartford
; Publication Date: February 14, 2011
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The government of Puerto Rico is offering an expedited procedure to get a new birth certificate, a welcome option for the estimated 1.35 million people born on the island but living on the mainland who must eventually get reissued documents. After a rocky start, Puerto Rico has been expanding services after approving a law last year that requires all island-born residents to get new, more secure birth certificates. Although all existing birth certificates were originally scheduled to become invalid June 30, the deadline was extended to Sept. 30 after complaints that the law had not been well publicized, particularly among Puerto Ricans living on the mainland. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 24, 2010
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The government of Puerto Rico will invalidate all current birth certificates as of June 30, 2010 in an effort to fight fraud, forcing more than 5 million people to get new ones in what could become a bureaucratic nightmare. The measure affects all Puerto Ricans born in the commonwealth, but many of the estimated 1.35 million islanders living on the mainland have no idea about the looming deadline. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 14, 2010
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A Quinnipiac University poll released recently shows most Americans support the tough immigration law adopted by Arizona in April, but it appears unlikely a similar measure would gain traction in Connecticut. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 01, 2010
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Federal immigration agents quietly told Connecticut officials back in September to get ready to go statewide with a fiercely criticized enforcement program called �Secure Communities,� which is now operating only in Fairfield County. Facing state and local objections, they rescinded the order and no one is exactly sure what happens next. Civil rights activists say the program, which is supposed to target serious criminals, has resulted in the deportation of thousands of essentially law-abiding undocumented immigrants across the nation. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: November 29, 2011
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A week after City Councilman Luis Cotto reintroduced a proposal that would limit city police in their immigration enforcement and domestic surveillance activities, leaders of several community organizations converged at city hall to show their support for the ordinance. Published by Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 16, 2010
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Day Moo needed, a graduating senior at Bulkeley High School recently received the Class of 1960's inaugural $1,000 college scholarship recently. Moo is a graduating senior from Burma who came here with his family through Thailand in 2007. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 06, 2011
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After his busy mornings of English classes and the occasional driving lesson, Gamal Kuwa almost always settles in for a late afternoon at the New Haven Public Library. Kuwa, as he is known to friends, often checks his Yahoo account for news about the family he left in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, and then an Arabic newspaper site for information about the social and political climate in Darfur, his native region. Upon his arrival in the U.S. in November, 2007, he received a white plastic bag containing all of his paperwork from the International Organization for Migration and boarded a van bound for New Haven to join a community of about 30 Sudanese refugees. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 06, 2008
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Rick Green writes that once a week at the Hartford Public Library, women from war-torn Burma, Somalia, Bosnia and Iraq meet to sew slippers and handbags, lace and traditional clothing. The handcrafts are lovely, but these refugees who have seen their homes destroyed and relatives executed are stitching together much more: lives as new Americans in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 13, 2009
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Since their arrival, many Somalis have struggled to acclimate in a culture that is foreign to them. Some are now protesting that they have received little help from Catholic Charities - the agency that is charged with helping refugees resettle here. Refugees recently joined organizers from Hartford Areas Rally Together to protest the refugees' treatment. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 18, 2006
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The state Senate gave final legislative approval to a bill that will allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at Connecticut's public colleges and universities. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 25, 2011
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After a lengthy filibuster by Republican opponents, the state Senate gave final legislative approval to a bill that will allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at Connecticut's public colleges and universities. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 25, 2011
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Along about now, Alisa Dzananovic is getting serious. It's not that she's goofed off all summer, but working full time as marketing manager at the YWCA of the Hartford Region, and earning her master's in communications from Central Connecticut, means the 26-year-old grabs down time when she can. But it's back to the books for now � or, in this case, a booklet, this time to study for her American citizenship test. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 06, 2008
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Rick Green comments on efforts to make public names of people, some of whom are illegal aliens, who have applied for ID cards in New Haven. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 18, 2008
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At Trinity College's Ferris Athletic Center squash players represent at least nine countries. On a given day, a member of the Trinity Squash Club might play someone from Pakistan or Egypt or Norway or New Zealand or Argentina, and the list goes on. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 17, 2006
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On an overcast afternoon, mothers pushing strollers joined community activists, college students and hundreds of union workers who marched down Main Street and to the state Capitol in Hartford in support of reforming the nation's immigration laws. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 10, 2013
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The State Bonding Commission is expected to approve funding for two neighborhood projects in Hartford: a $400,000 grant for the construction of a new, accessible playground at the Ruby Long Park in Hartford�s Blue Hills neighborhood, and a state grant for the Jubilee House of Hartford, a non-profit center for adult education and refugee assistance. Published by The Hartford News
; Publication Date: December 09, 2010
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A new coalition of activists, labor leaders and undocumented immigrants stood in the state Legislative Office Building recently and asked for public support in reforming an immigration system that they argue is broken and cruel to families. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 27, 2013
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While some Connecticut residents struggled all day for news from their friends and family in Haiti after that country's devastating earthquake, many local organizations and individuals came together to decide what to do next. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 14, 2010
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Responding to reports that a New Haven nonprofit agency was providing federally subsidized heating assistance to illegal immigrants in the city, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said recently that federal law bars illegal immigrants from receiving any federally funded benefits. But the federal government cannot require the state to ask applicants for proof of citizenship. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 26, 2007
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Lawyers representing a group of day laborers swept up in an immigration raid in 2006 fired their latest legal salvo recently, filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against Danbury and federal officials. The suit alleges city police illegally conducted an undercover raid with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at Kennedy Park, arresting the men who have become known as the Danbury 11. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 27, 2007
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With an increase in the number of immigrants, education, jobs, housing, security, and cultural issues are being addressed. Immigration activists and those lobbying for tighter control on immigration are holding meetings to discuss issues in Connecticut. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 24, 2005
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Hispanics in the US are overwhelmingly opposed to increased enforcement of immigration laws while non-Hispanics generally support it, according to a survey released recently by the Pew Hispanic Center. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 14, 2007
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Dozens of American flags waved in the crowd of 64 newly naturalized citizens packed into Courtroom 3 of Hartford's federal building recently. Of all of them, the Syed family wore the brightest smiles. All six -- two sons, three daughters and their mother -- gathered around Judge Robert Chatigny for a photograph after being sworn in as U.S. citizens. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 03, 2013
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Ken Krayeske comments on the recent public meetings concerning urban planning and development in the Hartford region: a set of presentations by Ken Greenberg for Hartford 2010, and a presentation on Smart Growth and preventing urban sprawl by former governors Parris Glendening of Maryland and Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey. Published by The Hartford News
; Publication Date: July 19, 2006
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Among the 1.8 million undocumented children, there are an estimated 65,000 teenagers about to graduate, at least 200 in Connecticut, hoping to go college. Rick Green asks, �Should we just ship them back?� Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 28, 2006
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Helen Ubi�as writes about Haitian immigrants in Hartford who were waiting to hear from friends and family after the earthquake. The uncertainty about their status brought fear, that a country's catastrophe would become intimately personal. But also sadness that a nation already so broken had been dealt another disastrous blow. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 14, 2010
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The past 10 years have, for Muslims and immigrants, brought together a multitude of intersecting challenges. The overlap of the post 9/11 backlash against Muslims and the robust anti-immigrant movement is not readily apparent. Two events at the Hartford Library, however, examined these connected issues � the experiences of American Muslim immigrants, and U.S. immigration policies that have become increasingly rigid and troubling from a civil liberties perspective. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 11, 2012
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Willimantic provides a window into a quiet, but notable, change taking place in our state. The new Latinos coming to Connecticut are almost as diverse as there are Latin American countries. Willimantic, like so many other Connecticut towns, has a long history of immigrants. Irish, Polish, Ukrainians, and French Canadians first immigrated to Willimantic, and Puerto Ricans began arriving in the 1950s looking for a better life for their families. Now, the Windham Textile and History Museum is hosting a Latino Migration Exhibit, analyzing the comings and goings of the city�s Latinos. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 12, 2013
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An analysis of educational attainment among foreign-born adults in the nation�s 100 largest metropolitan areas reveals that forty-four (44) of the nation�s 100 largest metropolitan areas, including Hartford, are high-skill immigrant destinations, in which college-educated immigrants outnumber immigrants without high school diplomas by at least 25 percent. (PDF document, 32 pages) Published by The Brookings Institution
; Publication Date: June 2011
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This Courant editorial expresses the opinion that absent a comprehensive federal immigration policy, many cities are taking the law into their own hands and, predictably, failing to find definitive answers. Connecticut is a microcosm, with New Haven, Danbury and Hartford each using a different approach. Of the three, the capital city comes closest to having it right. In Hartford, police do not routinely search for those suspected of being illegal immigrants. But status becomes relevant in investigating someone suspected of a violent crime. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 11, 2007
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Connecticut has become a new "destination state" for immigrants, particularly from Latin America, who are increasingly bypassing traditional "gateway" states, according to information from the U.S. Census Bureau. The new statistics show the face of Connecticut is changing, with Latin American immigrants outnumbering immigrants from Europe. The number of foreign-born people in the state increased 14.4 percent from 2000 to 2005, fueled by a 29 percent increase in Latin American immigrants and a 26 percent increase in immigrants from Asia. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 20, 2006
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Illegal immigration is indelibly changing the national landscape - even in states such as Connecticut, where until recently the issue only registered as a blip on the screen. Now, places as small as Willimantic have to grapple with an issue. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 12, 2006
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Luis Edgardo Cotto and Peter Goselin express the opinion that Hartford's failure to have a clear policy concerning the role of city police in enforcing federal immigration laws is compromising officials' ability to ensure public safety and maintain good relations with all residents. The city should establish such a policy soon. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 18, 2007
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Last year, Foster Danso returned from the dead, figuratively speaking anyway � a refugee from war-torn Liberia who arrived on U.S. soil from Ghana; he was reunited with his family after a three-year absence. After an article that ran in The Courant last Christmas Eve, people were touched by the plight of the family and wanted to help, donated clothes, appliances and more. But many of the Dansos' blessings are harder to trace, the result of their own hard work, determination and, perhaps most important, joy. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 23, 2007
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Under new rules imposed by a federal law meant to block illegal immigrants from receiving Medicaid benefits, U.S. citizens are now required to produce birth certificates proving their citizenship before they can access benefits. The Connecticut Department of Social Services says there are 10,000 Medicaid recipients in the state who are at risk of losing their health care coverage because of the new federal mandate. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 20, 2007
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The more than 9,300 other Connecticut "Dreamers" who are undocumented immigrants may be eligible for a new federal program that would protect them from deportation. The program was announced in June 2012 by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and would cover kids who arrived in the U.S. illegally before age 16, have been here for at least five years, are in school or honorably discharged from the military, and never committed a serious crime. In Connecticut, according to estimates by the Immigration Policy Center, about 6,670 people between the ages of 15 and 30 could be "immediate beneficiaries" of the new policy. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: October 04, 2012
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The state's most powerful political leaders have joined a grass-roots campaign to stop the deportation to Mexico of an undocumented immigrant who attends Capital Community College. Saying Mariano Cardoso Jr. can contribute to the country where he has lived since he was a baby, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wrote to federal officials urging them to defer the deportation proceedings. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 20, 2011
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Until recently, the future was looking grim for Mariano Cardoso Jr. Brought to this country illegally by his parents when he was a baby, the 23-year-old Capital Community College student was facing imminent deportation to Mexico, a country he did not know. But while at school on a recent day, Cardoso got a call from Sen. Richard Blumenthal, telling him that federal immigration officials had granted a rare stay of deportation and that in all probability he will be able to remain in the U.S. indefinitely. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 27, 2011
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Backed by the largest Spanish-language broadcast network in the U.S., a massive campaign by Latino media and grass-roots groups to spur millions of eligible Hispanic residents to become U.S. citizens is showing results that could influence the agenda and outcome of the 2008 election. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 11, 2007
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Susan Campbell suggests that we stop looking at Hartford as a city that is dying on the vine and see it instead as one that is in constant � and expected and healthy � transition? Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 12, 2008
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell vetoed a bill recently that would have allowed undocumented immigrants who have graduated from Connecticut high schools to pay in-state tuition at public universities and colleges. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 27, 2007
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In October, after seven years of bureaucratic delays, the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services started issuing "U-visas". Each year 10,000 U- visas will be available to victims � and their spouses and children � of a long list of specific crimes that include rape, torture, trafficking, incest, prostitution and kidnapping. Individuals are eligible to work and live in the United States under the terms of a federal visa available to illegal immigrants who are victims of a crime. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 10, 2008
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Volunteers such as Jody Putnam provides support services to refugees through an outreach program sponsored by Jubilee House, an education center in Hartford that offers an array of services. Assistance includes helping with missing green cards, unemployment benefits, tax paperwork and educational opportunities. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 4, 2006
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New Haven's Mayor John DeStefano wants to let non-citizens vote in his city's elections. He'll seek permission from the state legislature. Cynics say the mayor is trying to seek more votes for himself, which he denies. His efforts to engage everyone in civic life are admirable. But that can be done without extending the central privilege of citizenship to those who haven't earned it. Mr. DeStefano's proposal goes too far. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 24, 2011
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Rick Green expresses the opinion that we need immigrants, but the latest numbers suggest that increasingly they might not want to be in Connecticut. For our state to flourish � where we have good schools and people who pay taxes and businesses that actually make things � we need, above all else, more people willing to work. Without a growing immigrant community, our population will decline. Everything else is meaningless, including noble talk about smart growth and reviving the cities. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 07, 2008
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Rick Green comments that if you listen to some of the shouting out of Washington and the Tea Party rallies and you'd think that immigrants were here to steal our health care. Instead, we should be talking about how immigrants are an essential part of the workforce of the future, especially in Connecticut, an aging state rapidly growing older. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 22, 2009
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Immigration has become such a highly politicized topic in this country of immigrants. President Obama's recent edict that children of illegal immigrants, particularly those who are looking to enter college or the military, not be deported was a defining moment in the country's debate about immigration reform. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 05, 2012
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Bosnian refugees cope and communicate through their weaving looms, creating beautiful, intricate rugs. They use traditional patterns passed down from earlier generations of Bosnian weavers and weave with Shetland wool, much of it raised at Clatter Ridge Farm in Farmington. But they don't weave just to express themselves. They weave to forget. The women's Sewing Circle Project, organized by the Institute for Community Research, recently participated in their annual Open Studio Hartford. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 11, 2011
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This has the makings of a feel-good story with a big "but" at the end. A 63-year-old Indonesian immigrant who'd lived in the U.S. for decades is picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as he's out walking with his wife, also 63, in their West Hartford neighborhood. As agents stand by a horrified Dahlia Sajuti, her husband, Sujitno, is placed in a car and whisked away. Sajuti eventually came home, but the story isn't over, not by a long shot. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 26, 2012
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Behind the health care system we all know - the busy emergency rooms and harried physicians and nurses - there exists the unofficial terrain of medicine. This is where undocumented aliens are cared for - people who are in this country illegally and who become sick or are injured. Published by The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 25, 2005
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For years, one of the reasons trotted out to explain the abysmal failure of Connecticut's anti-racial-profiling law was the lack of money to pay for collecting data about who cops are stopping and why. The trouble with that excuse is that $1.2 million in federal money for Connecticut anti-racial-profiling data collection has been sitting untouched since 2006. Published by The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 21, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_advocate_122111.asp
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