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July 15, 2019
Fears haunts LI's immigrant community even though ICE raids didn't take place
Newsday Dulce Rojas-Mendez of SEPA Mujer, a Suffolk County agency that provides support to immigrant women, said many of the organization’s clients have asked for help in drafting documents that will name relatives as legal guardians of their children in case they are detained. 
June 7, 2019
Immigrants press senators on driver's license bill
Newsday “There’s no support from our representatives. We feel limited from picking up our children from school and going to work without fear or having a good job,” said Dulce Rojas, senior community organizer with SEPA Mujer, a Patchogue-based group advocating for the rights of Latinas. “Access to standard driver’s licenses will be a benefit for public safety and also economic -- but more than that it is a necessity," Rojas said. "There are people who have been driving with fear for more than 20 years.” 
April 2, 2019
Junta comunitaria orienta a indocumentados sobre las licencias de conducir
Noticia LI Continúa creciendo el grupo de solicitantes para las licencias de conducción en el estado de Nueva York. En una carrera contra el tiempo, las diferentes organizaciones y líderes locales trabajan para lograr informar y empoderar a la comunidad inmigrante, en especial a los indocumentados hispanos, sobre cómo obtener este ansiado permiso para manejar sin temores y con mayor seguridad en las pistas neoyorquinas... 
March 14, 2019
Empowering for Latinas for a better life
The Long Island Advance They call for information. Lots of it. It could be how to handle a landlord dispute. Or an entrepreneur who needs resources that can aid a new business. Or help in finding a new home. Sometimes the situation is darker. “We got a call from a victim of human trafficking,” said Martha Maffei, executive director of SEPA Mujer, “and we were in the middle, talking to police. They come, too, for shelter and counseling... 
March 13, 2019
Two Hundred Rally in Riverhead for Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants
Long Island Wins Organizers from SEPA Mujer, CASA, NYCLU and LIISA were delighted yesterday with the large turnout for the start of the Greenlight New York campaign on Long Island. The campaign is pushing for legislation in the state legislature that would allow immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses regardless of their immigration status. Martha Maffei of SEPA Mujer said that local groups worked hard to turn out two hundred supporters of Green Light New York in the East End village. She said that State Senate Bill 1747 would allow immigrants... |
July 12, 2019
ICE Raids: Immigration Advocates, Attorneys Ramp Up Efforts, Say 'Know Your Rights'
NBC NEW YORK "Immigration advocates and lawyers have ramped up efforts to combat widespread raids threatened by the Trump administration by sharing information with immigrant communities about their rights..." 
May 22, 2019
Los indocumentados más cerca de conducir legalmente en Nueva York
Univision New York Desde inicio del 2019, cientos y cientos de manifestantes han llegado a la legislatura del estado de Nueva York en apoyo de que pasen las licencias de conducir para indocumentados. En el 2002, las licencias de conducir fueron removidas a los indocumentados en Nueva York por orden ejecutiva del entonces gobernador, George Pataki. De ser restablecidas, las licencias de conducir para indocumentados generarían más de 50 millones de dólares anuales al estado, según los defensores de la propuesta de ley... 
March 26, 2019
SEPA Mujer presentó taller de Desarrollo Cívico y Liderazgo Comunitario
Noticia LI La organización SEPA Mujer presentó por primera vez su capacitación Cívica de Desarrollo y Liderazgo, también conocido como Talleres de Liderazgo en Patchogue desde que mudó su oficina principal a esa área de Long Island. El evento realizado en la 725 Veterans Memorial Highway, en Smithtown, graduó a 25 mujeres latinas inmigrantes, quienes se capacitaron en diversos campos de los derechos humanos y el funcionamiento del sistema político... 
March 13, 2019
‘Latina Bosses’ reconoce a mujeres hispanas profesionales
Noticia LI SEPA Mujer, Servicios para el Avance de la Mujer, llevó a cabo su panel ‘Latina Bosses (Jefas Latinas)’ el pasado 8 de marzo en Patchogue, Long Island. Latina Bosses es un evento de redes creado para destacar y reconocer a las mujeres latinas pioneras que sobresalen en sus respectivas industrias y se han convertido en profesionales exitosas... 
March 12, 2019
Advocates march in Riverhead to promote equal access to driver’s licenses
Riverhead News-Review As Dulce Rojas views it, the issue of equal access to driver’s licenses for all residents in New York State is less about immigration that it is about “common sense legislation.” Allowing all New York residents, regardless of immigration status, to apply for a driver’s license would improve public safety, provide a boost to the state’s economy and allow immigrants to navigate their communities without fear, according to organizers of a rally in Riverhead Tuesday afternoon. More than a hundred people marched down Roanoke Avenue to Main Street and then east all the way to Route 58, ending at the Department of Motor Vehicles parking lot, where the group dispersed... |
June 19, 2019
Nueva York dará en diciembre las primeras licencias de conducir a indocumentados
Noticia LI El estado de Nueva York entregará en diciembre los primeros carnés de conducir a inmigrantes indocumentados, 180 días después de la entrada en vigor de la nueva ley que garantiza este derecho, firmada el lunes por el Gobernador Andrew Cuomo, lo que ha sido recibido con entusiasmo por parte de entidades de inmigrantes. 
May 21, 2019
Last action for the driver's license campaign #GreenLightNY before summer
Radio Kingston WKNY Our lead coordinator interviewed in Albany giving her testimony as to why she is fighting to restore access to drivers licenses for all in NY 1:15:49 - Paola Zuñiga - SEPA Mujer La Voz on Radio Kingston Today the pressure of the activists is for NYS Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins of the 35th district in Yonkeers since she has the option of deciding when to put this initiative to the vote. GreenLightNY activists expect it to be before the end of June. 
March 21, 2019
LONG ISLAND IMMIGRANTS DEMAND ACCESS TO DRIVER'S...
90.7 WFUV Radio Ahead of their march to the local DMV in Huappauge, NY, Fernandez told WFUV News that the bill will improve public safety to all New Yorkers by allowing everyone to apply for a license, take a road test, and acquire insurance. Dulce Rojas, of Sepa Mujer, says unlicensed immigrants are preys to insurance scams because they're unable to safely apply for drivers licenses... 
March 13, 2019
Cientos marchan en las calles de Riverhead para apoyar el acceso a la licencia de conducir para todos
Tu Prensa Local Cientos de residentes y defensores de la comunidad marcharon por la Main Street de Riverhead el martes por la tarde en apoyo a una legislación estatal que haría posible otorgar licencias de conducir... 
February 21, 2019
Inmigrantes con TPS viajan de LI a DC para exigir la residencia permanente
Noticia LI Familias de Long Island con Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS, por sus siglas en inglés) y organizaciones locales viajaron a Washington D.C. en una marcha pacífica organizada por la Alianza Nacional por el TPS para pedirle al presidente la residencia permanente para las miles de personas inmigrantes con TPS que viven, trabajan y pagan impuestos en los Estados Unidos... |
