New York City Teachers Recruited From Caribbean Call On City To Prevent Deportations

The AP (6/30) reports that some 500 teachers recruited by New York City from Caribbean nations in 2001 during a teacher shortage "said Wednesday that the city needs to do more to help them and their families obtain permanent US residency," saying that they "were hired with the understanding that New York City officials would help them regularize their immigration status. But teachers who attended a news conference Wednesday on the steps of City Hall said they are here on H-1B work visas they need to keep renewing or risk deportation; meanwhile, their adult children are not legally able to work."