BY DIANE DIMOND A reader from New Hampshire wrote to me to ask: “Why, just because you are born here, are you an American citizen? I know the history of this law but it is out of date and just encourages more illegal immigration.” Well, I cannot argue with that. The reader, who goes by […]
BY DIANE DIMOND In the midst of national debates on fiscal cliffs and gun control, could this also be the time to tackle our immigration woes? Let’s be honest and agree that U.S. immigration policy is a complete disaster. For too many decades, this country has ignored violations of our immigration laws, and now […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE On stage through October 4 Director of “Living Out” Kathy Gnazzo says we sometimes forget that undocumented workers have a human face; that they are, in fact, “just people.” The play, running through October 4 at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack, depicts mainly the life of young immigrant women who work as […]