Mott Haven Herald

Mexican children find place to learn in Mott Haven

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Christina Herrera.

Mexicans are the fastest-growing immigrant group in New York City, and many parents who speak only Spanish face the same dilemma of how to help their children succeed in English-speaking classrooms.

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Alliance is an organization born in protest

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Christina Herrera.

By Cristina Herrera Borquez
Cristina@motthavenherald.com
MASA was unofficially born in 2001, in response to the drastic changes in immigration policy after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11. When the City University of New York and the State University of New York declared that undocumented immigrant students would have to pay [...]

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