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Immigrant Parents and Education
Despite city efforts to reach out to immigrant parents, many still feel excluded from the public schools, according to a new report by Advocates for Children. Some 60 percent of city students are immigrants or the children of immigrants, but the report said, these families "face significant obstacles to participating in their children's education." The group offers recommendations for increasing involvement. For more on immigrants in the city schools, see the March issue of Gotham Gazette's Citizen. (March 23, 2009)

Non-Citizens Lack Health Insurance
Non-citizen New Yorkers are three times more likely than citizens to lack health insurance, finds a new report by New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage and the New York Immigration Coalition. The report proposes ways to expand coverage through lowering various barriers of entry. (February 25, 2009)

Immigrants' Housing Squeeze
Immigrants living in New York City are faced with more housing problems than natives in most every respect, according to a new report by the Pratt Center for Community Development and the New York Immigrant Housing Collaborative. They put more of their income towards rent, are more likely to live in overcrowded and illegal dwellings, and have less access to affordable housing. (December 4, 2008)

Immigrant Voting on the Rise
City Limits Magazine and the New York Immigration Coalition released preliminary exit poll data for New York City that suggests that more than 40 percent of first-time voters on Tuesday were foreign born. Gains this year could influence 2009 elections for city offices. The authors expect to release hard numbers next month. For more on immigrant voting rights in Gotham Gazette, see links in the news and coverage of the campaign to let non-citizens vote in local elections. (November 11, 2008)

Low Food Stamp Access in Immigrant Communities
A recent report by the Urban Justice Center, Nourishing NYC: Increasing Food Stamps Access in Immigrant Communities, shows that hundreds of thousands of low-income immigrants and their children in New York City are not receiving the food stamps for which they qualify. (October 6, 2008)

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
At 120 years old, HIAS is the oldest international migration and refugee resettlement agency in the United States. Its site contains some legislative updates; some information on the process of obtaining permanent residence and citizenship.
Rebuild Chinatown Initiative
Sponsored by Asian Americans for Equality, the Rebuild Chinatown Initiative is a community-based planning project aimed at helping revitalize Manhattan's Chinatown after its post 9/11 problems. Its Web site has a series of studies and plans for the area, mostly dating from 2003 or 2004. The site is really about the initiative -- not about Chinatown -- though there are maps and links that anyone interested in the area will find helpful.
National Association of Korean Americans

American Immigration Law Foundation
The American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF) was established in 1987 as a tax-exempt, not-for-profit educational, charitable organization. The Foundation is dedicated to increasing public understanding of immigration law and policy and the value of immigration to American society, and to advancing fundamental fairness and due process under the law for immigrants.
The New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
Promotes the well-being of immigrant communities by recommending policies and programs that facilitate successful integration of immigrant New Yorkers into the civic, economic, and cultural life of the City. Here you can link to the Directory of Services for Immigrants where you can search over 200 listed community-based organizations by borough, languages and services provided, as well as information on public policies and programs that relate to immigrants. (212) 788-7654

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