Governor David Paterson has pardoned an immigrant slated for deportation for having spent time behind bars for crimes he committed as a teenager. Qing Hong Wu, 29, was officially pardoned on Saturday but he was released from detainment in a New Jersey correctional facility Tuesday night. Wu, pictured above center, came to the United States [...]
A federal agency is closing a detention facility in New York City for illegal immigrants awaiting deportation proceedings. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Harold Ort told The Associated Press Thursday that the Varick Street Detention Facility will close on Feb. 26. Detainees will be moved to the Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny, N.J. [...]
A new bill requiring chain pharmacies in the city to provide translation help along with their pills isn’t going down too well with some critics. The City Council bill calls for pharmacists to speak any foreign language spoken by 1% or more of the people in any community district. A Department of Consumer Affairs’ representative [...]
