... [2] and Nydia Velazquez [3] and Chung Wa Hong [4] of the New York Immigration Coalition. See the links for more on them.
Note that Serrano is all about the "community", by which he means Hispanics. In his tweet commending Cuomo [5], Serrano used the "latism" tag which indicates pan-Hispanic solidarity.
UPDATE: In an 80s flashback, I originally referred to "Mario Cuomo" as making the decision. In...
On Tuesday, the far-left New York Immigration Coalition, allied groups, and about a thousand supporters rallied in Albany, demanding that stimulus funds be given to immigrants. Over four years ago I noted that the NYIC doesn't differentiate between legal immigrants and illegal aliens, and that's also true in this case: although they'll take pains not to admit it, they clearly want stimulus funds...
The saga of New York's new senator Kirsten Gillibrand continues. As shown on the video (from ny1.com/Default.aspx?ArID=93243; transcript of her remarks below), she's now fully capitulated to the demands of illegal immigration supporters and says she supports comprehensive immigration reform.
No matter what she wants to call it, "reform" will be seen as an amnesty by millions of people around...
... John Riley of Newsday, link).
* Chung Wa Hong, of the New York Immigration Coalition finds Gilibrand's positions "deeply troubling" and NYS Assemblyman Peter Rivera says they "border on xenophobia" ("Gillibrand’s immigration backlash" by Rick Karlin of the Times Union, link).
* Sam Udani (publisher of the Immigration Daily newspaper) and Deborah Notkin (former president of the American...
Peter Prengaman of the AP has a habit of not revealing the material affiliations of those he quotes. The latest instance comes in the much-updated "Protesters Press for Path to Citizenship":
..."If we don't act, then both the Democratic and Republican parties can go back to their comfort zones and do nothing," said Angelica Salas, director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los...