Undocumented
Workers
From Gotham Gazette
The Wal-mart raid has once again exposed the exploitation
of cheap immigrant labor.
Garment
Unions Merge
From The World Journal
Two garment union locals unite to beef up the declining membership.
Supply and Demand
From The World Journal
Chinese restaurants are having a hard time finding workers
because there are more restaurants than ever before. Shortage
of Nurses
From Korea Times
American hospitals are supplementing their staffs by hiring
foreign nurses from many Asian countries. But Korean nurses
can't take advantage of this opportunity because they are
not proficient in English.
Workers' Rights
From El Diario
A group of immigrants won their case against the former owner of a defunct supermarket,
after claiming that he had exploited them and then fired them without warning
when the store suddenly closed. .
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Holiday
Crime
From The World Journal
Despite declining criminal activity on the Lower East Side, officials warned
residents of a possible holiday increase in crime.
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Asian
Voters Split Over Bloomberg
From The World Journal
A recent opinion poll showed that Asian American voters are divided in their
views of Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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Hope for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
From El Correo de Queens
An obscure law passed in 2002 allows women who are victims of domestic violence,
along with their children, to continue their cases for green cards without
their abusive husbands.
Visa
Lottery
From Nowy Dziennik
The interest in this year’s visa lottery,
which gives a chance to win permanent residency in the
United States, has been lacking among Polish immigrants.
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New York Russian Media Bought
From Russian Forward
Novoe Russkoe Slovo, the oldest Russian daily newspaper in America, and Narodnaya
Volna, the oldest Russian radio station in the nation, have been sold to the
Kiev-based Media International Group.
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Generation
Gap
From JoonAng
Older Korean immigrants are complaining about the lack of participation in the
community from younger Korean Americans.
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