Immigrant Defense & the Democratic Party in Hands Off New York City (opens in new tab)

The following account is an activist's report of her experiences and frustrations in joining the immigrant rights defense network Hands Off New York City (HO NYC), where the Upper Eastside activity is apparently under the rather heavy-handed leadership of a local Democratic Party club. Perhaps -- at least we'd like to think -- in other areas the work might be less bureaucratically dominated. In any case we find this detailed chronicle to be useful and instructive. Most importantly of course, ...