Staten Island Hate Crimes: An Investigation by El Diario/La Prensa
The Spanish-language daily has just published a series of reports on the recent wave of attacks on Mexican immigrants living on Staten Island.
Tag: hate crimes against immigrants
Activists Push for Immigration Reform on Anniversary of Long Island Hate Crime
A year ago this Sunday, in the heady days following the election of President Barack Obama, a hate crime took place in Long Island that initially went mostly unnoticed: a gang of teenagers attacked and killed Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero,…
As Hate Crimes Rise, Police Chiefs Call Immigration System an Obstacle to Prosecution
Law enforcement officials from around the country say that the current immigration system creates obstacles to their work because undocumented immigrants who are victims of hate crimes are often afraid to report them. The comments came in the same week…
Alleged Killers of Ecuadorian Immigrant Indicted: Could Face Up To 78 Years In Prison
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor The men accused of killing Jose Sucuzhañay, the Ecuadorian immigrant beaten to death with a bottle and a baseball bat on a Brooklyn street last December, have been indicted under charges of murder as…