By
Karen Yi From the
January 29, 2010 issue | Posted in
National,
immigration Miami-Dade Community College student Felipe Matos has a new schedule this spring semester. Each day starts with a 5:30 a.m. wake-up call, a big breakfast, a quick stretch and securing his feet with a thick layer of duct tape. Then Matos sets off for a 17-mile walk interspersed by several breaks of singing songs, and later stops to sleep in a different place every night — RVs, churches or even strangers’ homes.
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By
Renée Feltz From the
December 31, 1969 issue | Posted in
IndyBlog,
Not an Article,
immigration For two weeks Jean Montrevil faced deportation. But after Monday's earthquake, President Obama suspended the deportation of Haitians like him. "Because of the tragedy that happened to Haiti, I could have been a widow today," Montrevil's wife, Jani, said Wednesday. She spoke to a crowd of about 100 people who gathered under two large American flags that hung from the front of the Varick Detention Center.
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