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Immigrant Parents and Education
Despite city efforts to reach out to immigrant parents, many still feel excluded from the public schools, according to a new report by Advocates for Children. Some 60 percent of city students are immigrants or the children of immigrants, but the report said, these families "face significant obstacles to participating in their children's education." The group offers recommendations for increasing involvement. For more on immigrants in the city schools, see the March issue of Gotham Gazette's Citizen. (March 23, 2009)

Non-Citizens Lack Health Insurance
Non-citizen New Yorkers are three times more likely than citizens to lack health insurance, finds a new report by New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage and the New York Immigration Coalition. The report proposes ways to expand coverage through lowering various barriers of entry. (February 25, 2009)

Immigrants' Housing Squeeze
Immigrants living in New York City are faced with more housing problems than natives in most every respect, according to a new report by the Pratt Center for Community Development and the New York Immigrant Housing Collaborative. They put more of their income towards rent, are more likely to live in overcrowded and illegal dwellings, and have less access to affordable housing. (December 4, 2008)

Immigrant Voting on the Rise
City Limits Magazine and the New York Immigration Coalition released preliminary exit poll data for New York City that suggests that more than 40 percent of first-time voters on Tuesday were foreign born. Gains this year could influence 2009 elections for city offices. The authors expect to release hard numbers next month. For more on immigrant voting rights in Gotham Gazette, see links in the news and coverage of the campaign to let non-citizens vote in local elections. (November 11, 2008)

Low Food Stamp Access in Immigrant Communities
A recent report by the Urban Justice Center, Nourishing NYC: Increasing Food Stamps Access in Immigrant Communities, shows that hundreds of thousands of low-income immigrants and their children in New York City are not receiving the food stamps for which they qualify. (October 6, 2008)

America Immigration Lawyers Association
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is the national association of over 10,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law.
CUNY Citizenship and Immigration Project
This CUNY-run program provides free immigration legal services to all New Yorkers and operates several centers for immigration services throughout the five boroughs.
Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force
Immigration Equality is a national organization fighting for equality under U.S. immigration law for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and HIV-positive individuals.
Asian Americans for Equality
The AAFE was founded to advance the rights of Asian Americans and all those in need through advocacy and access in civil rights, immigrant assistance, social services, affordable housing, and economic development.
American Immigration Law Foundation
The American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF) was established in 1987 as a tax-exempt, not-for-profit educational, charitable organization. The Foundation is dedicated to increasing public understanding of immigration law and policy and the value of immigration to American society, and to advancing fundamental fairness and due process under the law for immigrants.

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