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They Help Make the Hamptons the Hamptons, and Now They’re Living in Fear
Latino immigrants care for some of America’s most lavish beachside mansions. Their disappearance would affect the wealthy, too. Latino...
Dionne Searcey and Ana Ley
Feb 238 min read
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Crackdown: Business Owners on the South Fork Watch Immigration Enforcement Campaign Closely
As federal immigration agents began stepped-up enforcement efforts nationwide this past week as part of the Trump administration’s...
Michael Wright
Jan 299 min read
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Trump Signing Executive Orders On Immigration That Will Trigger Fear, Legal Challenges, Migrant Advocates Say
Newsday Migrants walk through Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Monday, in an attempt to reach the U.S. border. Credit: AP/Edgar H....
Robert Brodsky and Bart Jones
Jan 204 min read
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NYS Issues Guidance To Schools, Citing 'Threats Of Increased Federal Immigration Actions'
Newsday A feelings chart in a classroom at Our Lady of Guadalupe bilingual school in Central Islip. The state has issued guidance to...
Darwin Yanes
Jan 183 min read
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How Donald Trump's Policies Could Impact The Long Island Economy
President-elect Donald Trump is looking to make major changes that could impact the U.S. economy. Newsday's business reporter James...
James T. Madore
Jan 1811 min read
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CRACKDOWN: Trump And Immigration: Government Impact
Just days from President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, municipalities are bracing for an about-face on federal immigration...
Stephen J. Kotz and 
Christopher Walsh
Jan 176 min read
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Bracing for Promised Mass Deportation, With OLA's Minerva Perez | 27Speaks
Minerva Perez, the executive director of Latino advocacy organization OLA of Eastern Long Island, joins the editors to discuss the...
27Speaks
Jan 161 min read
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
Mass deportations. It’s become the catchphrase for the terror, cruelty, heartlessness and chaos many associate with the pending Donald...
Carlos Sandoval
Nov 24, 20245 min read
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League of Women Voters Event on Saturday Will Shine Spotlight on Equal Rights Amendment, Which Will Be on the State Ballot in November
To say there is a lot at stake for voters across the country this November would be an understatement. While a high-stakes presidential...
Cailin Riley
Mar 6, 20244 min read
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Latino group meets with Suffolk County DA over justice issues.
Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, right, arrives for a court appearance An advocacy group that supports Latino residents on...
Sky Crabtree
Feb 26, 20242 min read
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OLA Of Eastern Long Island Joins Organizations At Governor Kathy Hochul’s Latino Roundtable
OLA’s Executive Director Minerva Perez with Governor Kathy Hochul. Courtesy Office of the Governor OLA of Eastern Long Island’s Executive...
James Lane Post
Feb 11, 20243 min read
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OLA Announces New Initiative and New Hires
OLA of Eastern Long Island has announced the hiring of LucÃa Damerau as director of Immigration Legal Services, Wanda Sánchez Day as...
27East
Oct 30, 20232 min read
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‘The culture that we are in needs to be reversed:’ Immigrant advocates renew calls for Riverhead supervisor to rescind her emergency order
“You don’t want to be associated in the Christmas Story with the innkeeper who boxed out the Holy Family and forced them to have the...
Alek Lewis
Aug 16, 20238 min read
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U.S. Citizenship Test
Proposed changes to assess English-language skills worry some who have passed By Olivia Winslow Andrés Espinosa's hopes and dreams were...
Olivia Winslow
Aug 10, 20236 min read
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OLA Hires Two Lawyers Who Will Help Bolster Mission of Organization
For more than 20 years, OLA — the Latino-focused advocacy nonprofit that serves eastern Long Island — has been working to support,...
Cailin Riley
Jul 19, 20235 min read
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East End Latino advocacy group hires civil rights and immigration attorneys to provide policy counsel and free immigration services
Wanda Sánchez Day, left, and LucÃa Damerau, attorneys hired by OLA of Eastern Long Island. Courtesy photos: OLA OLA of Eastern Long...
Denise Civiletti
Jun 22, 20234 min read
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From Small Beginnings
Southampton Press Editorial Often, great things come from modest beginnings. What started out 20 years ago as a small advisory board to...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Jun 6, 20232 min read
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Effort to block migrants draws protest, no vote at Suffolk legislature
By Vera Chinese and Michael Gormley Immigration advocates gathered outside the Suffolk County Legislature Tuesday speaking out against...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Jun 2, 20233 min read
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Riverhead supervisor extends and expands emergency order, drawing fire from Latino advocacy group and NYCLU
By Alek Lewis Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar. File photo: Alek Lewis Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar extended and expanded the...
Alek Lewis
May 25, 20237 min read
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Opponents blast Riverhead’s proposed housing code changes as discriminatory against immigrants
By Denise Civiletti Opponents of Riverhead’s proposed rental housing code revisions packed the Town Hall meeting room Tuesday night to...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Aug 19, 202112 min read
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