Supporting Immigrant Workers
Best Way New Yorkers Can Help Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
Volunteer at Catholic Charities
By Alice Kenny
Wish you could help immigrant children we see in the news, those fleeing all alone to the safety of our shores?
Here in New York,...
Westchester County Wage Theft Trial Makes History
First Case to Appear in Federal Court Wins Maximum Amount
By Teresa Santiago and Alice Kenny
In a history-making event, justice finally came to three...
Farm Workers Bill: A Matter of Justice
Not Special Rights, Just Human Rights
Farm workers, largely immigrants, are the pickers and plowers behind New York State’s multi-billion-dollar dairy, vegetable and wine industry. Yet...
Meet Janet Hernandez
Census Taker, Immigrant & Catholic Charities Employee Extraordinaire
By Alice Kenny
Janet Hernandez, born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, married to an American citizen, and immigrated to New...
Happy May & Labor Day
Best Wishes – Plus Free Employment Training – from Catholic Charities NY
By Alice Kenny
Not just a day of daffodils and dances around maypoles – although we’re certainly grateful for that! – but...
Day Laborers: Building with Hearts and Hands
Catholic Charities Creates Community & Hope
By Juan Pablo Morales, Catholic Charities Day Laborers Program Bronx Coordinator
It’s 5:50 a.m. on a chilly early spring morning and I’m...
...Catholic Charities Fact-Finding Mission Touches Down in Northern Triangle
Meets Migrants & Officials in Front Lines of Refugee Crisis
Touching down in Honduras’ Toncontin Airport in the heart of Central America’s Northern Triangle, Catholic Charities Executive Director...
Catholic Charities Leads Fact-Finding Trip to Northern Triangle
Explores Ways to Help Growing Numbers of Fleeing Children
Anticipating a jump from approximately 3,000 children fleeing Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador and seeking help from Catholic Charities NY...
Catholic Charities Advocates for Worker Rights
Day Laborer Meeting Addresses the Current Anti-Immigrant Climate
More than 100 day laborer and immigrant workers from across the five boroughs joined New York City officials and local...
