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Search results for "immigrant gangs" ...
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Gangs in Garden City: How Immigration, Segregation and Youth Violence Are Changing
Journalist Sarah Garland investigates how two of the most dangerous Central American gangs have made their way into the suburbs of Long Island. Garland also tells the story of several young people whose lives have been affected by gangs or gang violence. Her five-year investigation involves conversations with police, gang members and school officials. That information reveals a different opinion than that of the Department of Homeland Security, who believes the gangs to be a problem on the level of Al Qaeda.
Tags: street gang; gang violence; youth; Mara Salvatrucha; MS-13; Hempstead; immigrant gangs; Latin American gangs; Salvadorans With Pride; SWP; Long Island
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Border Insecurity
The series examined the vulnerability of America's borders despite the millions spent to secure them after September 11, 2001. Stories focused on smuggling networks that channel thousands of illegal immigrants from 'special interest countries' (nations identified by the government as fostering terrorism)into the US; on the so-called 'catch and release' policy that frees large numbers of illegal immigrants with a court notice-to-appear that many ignore; and on the continued lack of monitoring on large stretches of the U.S.-Canada border, which has allowed some serious breeches.
Tags: border security; gangs; human trafficking; terrorism; Department of Homeland Security; special interest countries; catch-and-release policy; Border Patrol; FOIA
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The Mafia of Illegal Immigration in England
The authors investigated the falsification of documents and the marriages of convenience organized by an international gang to allow Brazilians to stay and work in England.
Tags: mafia; Brazil; illegal immigration; England; false documents; international crime; marriages of convenience
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A New Gang Problem
Kandel documents the growth and pervasion of crime in California by Russian-Armenian immigrants. His articles link the mob-like group to fraud, burglary and murder.
Tags: gang; Russian; Armenian; organized crime; Los Angeles; murder; mob; crime; Mafia; police; cops; law enforcement; San Fernando Valley; fraud; crime syndicate
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Ground Zero
The New Times reports on a Phoenix neighborhood attempting to hold itself together in the face of gangs, poverty, noise, pollution and decay. Community leaders have organized a Fight Back program they hope will slowly help them reclaim their streets.
Tags: gangs; immigrants; inverse condemnation; poverty; development; HUD
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INS Scheme
A gang headed by a woman, sees a "business" opportunity to rip-off immigrants. They picked good targets - immigrants who are reluctant to go to authorities. The scheme is the promise to provide the proper paperwork for legal entry into the U.S. A civil rights task force would eventually put together the information needed to prosecute the ringleader.
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Many Mexican immigrants who are farmworkers and labor unionists came to this country from Mexico seeking a better life for their children. However, some Hispanic youth are falling into a lawless, dangerous world. This article briefly discusses labor union politics and tactics for immigrant workers, but focuses primarily on the how America is affecting and being affected by the rapidly growing Hispanic population. (Mar. 25, 1996)
Tags: Finnegan The new americans Chateau Ste. Michelle Latin american teenagers Latin gangs 19 pgs.
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Village Voice (New York) takes a look inside the world of Chinese immigrants, who pay $30,000 to smugglers to come to the U.S. and then are virtual slaves to the smuggling gangs; immigants end up living a hellish existence, staying in apartments with dozens of other immigrants and working menial jobs, sometimes several of them, for low wages, April 26, 1994.
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Immigrants of War-Torn Homeland Battle for New Life in Orange County
Fountain Valley Independent (Huntington Beach, Calif.) explores the immigration of Vietnamese settlers into Orange County, detailing the impact the immigrants have had on the area; also describes the immigrants' continuing fears of communism.
Tags: Vietnamese; Duong; immigrant; asians; gangs; relocation