Yvette in the News

  • Congress Members Urge Audit of Border Patrol
    Aug 28, 2012 - Congress Members Urge Audit of Border Patrol By Manuel Valdes The Seattle Times 8/28/2012 5:23 PM Eleven congressmen sent letters urging a nonpartisan government watchdog to audit the U.S. Border Patrol's activities on the northern border, immigrant advocates said Tuesday. The Democratic lawmakers ... More
  • Next Up: Sheldon Silver's Secret Bailout of Vito Lopez
    Aug 28, 2012 - Next Up: Sheldon Silver's Secret Bailout of Vito Lopez By Azi Paybarah Capital New York 8/28/2012 8:48 AM Authorized by Speaker Sheldon Silver, the New York State Assembly paid $103,080 in June to settle a sexual harassment case against the powerful assemblyman and Brooklyn Democratic leader Vito L... More
  • Safety Campaign Spreads to Major League Baseball
    Aug 27, 2012 - Safety Campaign Extends to Major League Baseball By Mark Newman MLB.com 8/27/2012 3:50 PM NEW YORK -- Traditional phrases at Major League Baseball games include such standards as "Take Me Out To The Ball Game," "Here is your starting lineup" and "Play Ball." Now you can add another to the ballpark ... More
  • Caribs Urged to Avoid Deportation
    Aug 23, 2012 - Caribs Urged to Avoid Deportation By Nelson A. King Caribbean Life August 23 2012 Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke is urging eligible Caribbean national to apply for reprieve from deportation. Last week, the United States began accepting applications from young illegal Caribbean and other im... More
  • DREAMers, Undocumented Youth, Attend Legal Clinic
    Aug 20, 2012 - DREAMers, Undocumented Youth, Attend Legal Clinic By Tequila Minsky Caribbean Life August 20 2012 10:39 PM They began lining up at 6:00 a.m. and the doors of St. Mary’s Church on the Lower East Side opened about 10:15 a.m., earlier than planned. Aug. 15 was the first day that DREAMers, undocumented... More
  • New York Officials Hail DACA, Warn People of "Fraudulent" Applications
    Aug 16, 2012 - New York Officials Hail DACA, Warn People of "Fraudulent" Applications By Momar G. Visaya Asian Journal 8/16/2012 10:24 pm The New York Attorney General’s office, represented by Kristen Clarke, chief of the civil rights bureau, warned applicants to make sure that their applications are correct and ... More
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke Urges DoJ Action on Stop-and-Frisk
    Aug 16, 2012 - Rep. Yvette Clarke Urges DoJ Action on Stop-and-Frisk Politics365 August 16 2012 Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder last week asking the Department of Justice to intervene in Floyd, et al. v. City of New York and Hassan, et al. v. City of New York to protect th... More
  • Young Illegal Immigrants Get Temporary Legal Status in NYC
    Aug 16, 2012 - Young Illegal Immigrants Get Temporary Legal Status in NYC By Shoshana Lauter New York Press 8/16/2012 Hundreds of undocumented young people in New York City began lining the block around St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Grand Street before dawn today, braving the rain and enduring an hours-long wait.... More
  • US Legislators Complain to the Justice Department
    Aug 14, 2012 - US Legislators Complain to the Justice Department i95.5 FM 8/14/2012 Several United States legislators say they have written to the Justice Department asking it to intervene immediately to stop the New York Police Department (NYPD) policy of unnecessarily stopping and frisking Caribbean nationals. ... More
  • Congresswoman Clarke Calls for DOJ Intervention in Stop-and-Frisk
    Aug 13, 2012 - Congresswoman Clarke Calls for DOJ Intervention in Stop-and-Frisk By Caitlin Nolan Ditmas Park Patch 8/13/2012 Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, D-Ditmas Park, has called on Attorney General Eric Holder to protect the constitutional rights of New Yorkers and intervene in the practice of stop-and-frisk, ... More
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