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Proposed Hotel Divides Local Leaders and Community in Little Bangladesh

Posted on 01 November 2017. Tags: , , , , ,

A proposed hotel in Little Bangladesh is dividing a community already at odds over the narrow strip, where long-time Jackson Heights residents live alongside South Asian immigrants.

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Far From Home, Beauty Pageants Remain Popular

Posted on 18 November 2014. Tags: , , ,

Every Saturday morning, Marcela Barrera of Jackson Heights hair sprays her daughter’s ringlets, helps her pick out an outfit appropriate for the season, and then brings her daughter to a modeling class at Super Star Dance Studio. It is there that Barbara, 6, learns how to strut, pose and shuffle her feet to the quick beats of a Bachata tune.

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Unable to Work, Indian Immigrant Women Feel Trapped by H4 Visas

Posted on 26 October 2014. Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Legal Indian immigrant women, and holders of the H4 visa, speak out about the visa restrictions they’re facing, starting from their ineligibility to apply for jobs to obtaining a driver’s license. Many are eagerly awaiting Obama’s delayed immigration policies.

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