Latino Stories of New York in the Trump era

Thirteen students, five teams, fifteen projects, two languages, three instructors and one coach. Welcome to CUNY-J Bilingual Program's Craft 2 class demo.

The Moneylenders Next Door: The Latino Bank of Last Resort

Informal neighborhood bankers take advantage of low-income immigrants without access to credit. They say they want to "help." The story is complex. Intimidation and debt. The "American Dream" in 36 installments and huge interest rates.

By Mónica Cordero, Constanza Gallardo and Alma Sacasa

The Stance of Father Fabián

A priest and his church take legal guardianship of undocumented minors as a path to regulate their immigration status in New York.

By Lidia Hernández Tapia, Jesenia De Moya C. and Estefanía Hernández

Online Refuge for Immigrant Day Laborers

Jornalero app promise solve wage theft issue suffered by undocumented workes, but is it technology the right solution?

By Gerardo del Valle and Joaquín Torres

Saving Young Latinas from Suicide

New initiatives could help more Hispanic female teenagers who may be planning to take their own lives.

By Hanaa Tameez, María Camila Montañez and Maritza Villela

Where will the migrant kids play?

A combination of delayed immigration court hearings and President Donald Trump’s new executive orders have created a kind of ticking bomb that puts at risk the future of thousands of undocumented children living in New York, who were part of the so-called wave of unaccompanied minors back in 2014.

By Nicole Acevedo and Julia Sclafani