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Gaps In Financial Services For Low Income Immigrant Households
More than half of Mexican - and over a third of Ecuadorean - immigrants in NYC do not have a bank account, according to this study by the Department of Consumer Affairs and the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. But 80 percent of immigrant survey participants who make less than $300 a week report having savings. (April 23, 2013)

Benefits Of Extending Tuition Benefits To Undocumented Immigrants
This new report - by the New York State Youth Leadership Council and NYU Law School’s Immigrant Rights Clinic - outlines the economic and social benefits that would accompany passage of the New York DREAM Act. The act would provide that all New Yorkers, regardless of status, have access to financial assistance for higher education. (March 27, 2013)

Sandy's Impact on Immigrant Communities in NY Area
More than a month after Superstorm Sandy, many New Yorkers continue to struggle with the devastation of their homes, neighborhoods and livelihoods. One group that has faced particular challenges, but has received little attention, are the region’s thousands of immigrants. (December 19, 2012)

Immigrant detention and deportation in NYC
From October 2005 through December 2010, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency apprehended over 34,000 New Yorkers, according to this report by the Immigrant Defense Project, Families for Freedom, and the NYU School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic. The agency deports 91 percent of those detained. (July 25, 2012)

Demand for temporary foreign workers
The New York metropolitan area has the highest demand for H-1B workers in the nation, according to this report by the Brookings Institution. (July 18, 2012)

America Immigration Lawyers Association
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is the national association of over 10,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law.
Virtual Boricua
This site is about Puerto Ricans in New York. It casts a pretty wide net: it touches on poetry, politics, news, Puerto Rican heroes, and activism. The content is all in English.
Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York
Emigration of Koreans to the U.S. surged in early 1970, and they settled mostly large cities such as New York City. Various local civic associations and religious institutions estimate that over 400,000 Korean immigrants reside in the New York metropolitan area. The history of Korean emigration is less than 3-decades old, and yet almost 10% of Korean immigrants are senior citizens. Most of the Korean immigrant seniors are ill prepared to make social, economic, psychological and physical adjustments to newly found home. There is urgent need to provide them services, which KCSMNY seeks to do.
New York Immigration Coalition
The New York Immigration Coalition is an umbrella organization of groups doing policy and advocacy work on immigration in New York. Its site has different pages with introductions to the issues it deals with (civic and voter participation, health and language access, civil rights and the city and state budgets, to name a few). Each page has action alerts, reports, transcripts of testimony the group has given on the subject, and other useful information. The resource page also has a long list of links to member Web sites, and hotlines.
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.