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Star date July 2007, New Haven enacts a resident ID card which is made available to all New Haven residents regardless of their immigration status. The database containnig all names are requested through an FOI request by the Journalist Chris Powell and He-who-shall-not-be-named aka Dustin Gold (pictured at left). The matter is taken [...]

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OK…below is the complete text of the resolution approved last night (11/26/07) by the City of Hartford Court of Common Council.

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Tonight, November 26, three Hartford City Council members (Painter, Sheff, and Segarra) will present a resolution which will require the Mayor to work towards the creation of immigrant friendly legislation in the city.

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Here’s a link to an article in Sunday’s Courant (11/18/07) that myself and Peter Goseling co-wrote.  Our buddy at Urban Compass has her usual in-depth coverage here;  Undercurrent gets into the act also over here;  One can even go over to our buddies down south at The New Haven Independent and their overall coverage of [...]

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I was reading this opinion piece in the Times today and I was struck by the following sentence:
“County Executive Thomas Suozzi and Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey were so dismayed that they have refused to cooperate on further raids until ICE gets its act together.”
I thought for a second how wonderful it would be to [...]

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As I read of New Haven’s groundbreaking City ID Program, the subsequent ICE Raids, the rally which followed and the rallies that will follow, I am reminded to drop a note to our own pain in the city’s side columnist from The Hartford Courant, Helen Ubiñas, or as the Hartford Courant website lists her, Helen [...]

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