ICE and Bureau of Prisons Deny Reps. Goldman, Espaillat, and Velázquez Access to MDC Brooklyn Amid Reports of Inhumane Conditions

ICE and Bureau of Prisons Deny Reps. Goldman, Espaillat, and Velázquez Access to MDC Brooklyn Amid Reports of Inhumane Conditions

Photo courtesy: Rep Goldman Office   Prison Notorious for Violence and Understaffing is Being Used by ICE to House Over 100 Detainees, Many of Whom Lack Any Criminal Records  Members Condemn Lack of Transparency, Demand Immediate Termination of ICE Contract    BROOKLYN, NY â€” Congressmembers Dan Goldman (NY-10), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and Nydia Velázquez (NY-07) […]

New Video Shows Inhumane Conditions Inside ICE Detention Center at 26 Federal Plaza, ICE Breaking Oversight Law

New Video Shows Inhumane Conditions Inside ICE Detention Center at 26 Federal Plaza, ICE Breaking Oversight Law

Editorial credit: Christopher Penler / Shutterstock.com Despite ICE denials, video shows people detained for days in inhumane conditions with no change of clothes or showers Raw video available here, social video available here   New York, NY—Today, newly released video shows what immigrant New Yorkers have been telling their families and attorneys for months: the 10th Floor of 26 Federal Plaza […]

Jim Walden’s Independent Vision for New York City: Reform, Integrity, and a City Hall for the People

Jim Walden’s Independent Vision for New York City: Reform, Integrity, and a City Hall for the People

By Janet Howard | Photos Courtesy of Jim Walden’s Campaign   In a city long dominated by party politics and insider deals, Jim Walden is running a campaign that defies convention. As an independent candidate for mayor of New York City, Walden brings decades of experience as a federal prosecutor and a civil rights attorney to […]

Trump’s Mass Deportation Dragnet Sweeping Up U.S. Citizens

Trump’s Mass Deportation Dragnet Sweeping Up U.S. Citizens

By America’s Voice | Editorial credit: Phil Pasquini / shutterstock.com  Washington, DC –  The Trump administration’s indiscriminate mass deportation measures are rapidly broadening, extending far beyond their original targets to now include U.S. citizens and legal residents. A Georgia-born citizen, Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, was detained in Florida despite presenting his birth certificate; a New Mexico teen, Jose Hermosillo, […]

Bodies Piling up at Scarborough Mortuary (Mom of Tobago Woman Found Dead in Water Tank)

Bodies Piling up at Scarborough Mortuary (Mom of Tobago Woman Found Dead in Water Tank)

By Elizabeth Williams, Trinidadexpress.com | Photo courtesy of her family AMONG the bodies piled up at the Scarborough mortuary awaiting autopsies are that of Sarah Smith, 34, and her two children, 18-month-old Phoenix Smith and three-year-old Genuine Smith. Their bodies were found in a decommissioned WASA tank on September 11 in Parlatuvier.   Autopsies today: […]

Urgent Request for Proper Investigation into the Murder of Sarah Smith and Her Children Genuine and Saballie Smith

Urgent Request for Proper Investigation into the Murder of Sarah Smith and Her Children Genuine and Saballie Smith

Photos: Sarah Smith Facebook | Flyer by Hunters Search and Rescue Team Trinidad & Tobago I write to you as a devastated father appealing for urgent attention to the tragic and brutal murder of my beloved children, Genuine and Saballie Smith, along with their mother, Sarah Smith. Sarah Smith This tragic event occurred in the […]