OLA in the News

A Border Patrol vehicle monitors the U.S.-Mexico border in California earlier this year. Credit: AP/Gregory Bull The Trump administration, in the latest front in its mass deportation campaign, is targeting "unaccompanied" children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without their parents, according to officials and advocates. The government is offering the children, including thousands on Long Island, $2,500 to go back to their homelands — and suggesting they and their familie

U.S. State Department seal in front of the agency's office in Washington, DC in July. Credit: NurPhoto via Getty Images/NurPhoto Immigrant advocates on Friday described the Trump administration’s announcement to expand its review of all current U.S. visa holders as the latest crackdown intended to snuff out free speech and criticism of the administration. The U.S. State Department, in an emailed statement to Newsday on Friday, said its "continuous vetting includes all of the

Members of immigrant communities in the East End village are now on edge. An immigration advocate says ICE was in Greenport Sunday and several people were deported. Minerva Perez, executive director of OLA of Eastern Long Island described it as an “indiscriminate raid.” “It is outrageously frightening," she said. “These were folks that were just sort of randomly picked out. These were not targeted situations.” Members of immigrant communities in the East End village are now o

"It's horrifying. It's the most devastating thing I've ever experienced," said Minerva Perez, whose East End Latino advocacy group, OLA,...

Organización Latino Americana of Eastern Long Island Executive Director Minerva Perez joined a chorus of voices pushing back on three new...

"Women are being forced to choose between suffering in silence or coming forward and risking their family," says Julia Miller, a...

Latino immigrants care for some of America’s most lavish beachside mansions. Their disappearance would affect the wealthy, too. Latino...

As federal immigration agents began stepped-up enforcement efforts nationwide this past week as part of the Trump administration’s...

The Town of Southold is holding a community meeting on Thursday night on its “policing policy” amid ICE activities. The East End of Long Island counts many immigrants as its residents. Advocates tell News 12 there is fear among those who are both undocumented and documented. Minerva Perez, executive director of OLA of Eastern Long Island, said that businesses are going to be “drastically affected” by the fear that their own employees have about showing up to work. The Town of

Part of the letter reads: "We realize the new administration’s changes in federal immigration policies, including the potential for immigration enforcement in our schools, have understandably caused great concern within our Riverhead community." In a move to protect its students, the Riverhead School District has made it clear that it will not allow immigration enforcement operations within its schools, despite a controversial directive from the White House. This decision com

Newsday Migrants walk through Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Monday, in an attempt to reach the U.S. border. Credit: AP/Edgar H....

Newsday A feelings chart in a classroom at Our Lady of Guadalupe bilingual school in Central Islip. The state has issued guidance to...

President-elect Donald Trump is looking to make major changes that could impact the U.S. economy. Newsday's business reporter James...

Just days from President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, municipalities are bracing for an about-face on federal immigration...

Minerva Perez, the executive director of Latino advocacy organization OLA of Eastern Long Island, joins the editors to discuss the...

Mass deportations. It’s become the catchphrase for the terror, cruelty, heartlessness and chaos many associate with the pending Donald...

To say there is a lot at stake for voters across the country this November would be an understatement. While a high-stakes presidential...

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, right, arrives for a court appearance An advocacy group that supports Latino residents on...

OLA’s Executive Director Minerva Perez with Governor Kathy Hochul. Courtesy Office of the Governor OLA of Eastern Long Island’s Executive...

OLA of Eastern Long Island has announced the hiring of Lucía Damerau as director of Immigration Legal Services, Wanda Sánchez Day as...