Clarissa A. León
@clarissaleon.bsky.social
🇨🇴 DocumentedNY.com Deputy Editor. We cover NYC immigrants + immigration in Spanish, Chinese and Haitian Creole. I appreciate a good coffee + good read. (@documentedny.bsky.social)
Thank you @RBReich - Robert Reich - for sharing our work (on Facebook) ! documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...
September 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Thank you @RBReich - Robert Reich - for sharing our work (on Facebook) ! documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...
The Big Beautiful Bill is pretty ugly for Chinatown businesses who say cuts to SNAP will hurt their sales. One food store vendor said ALMOST ALL of her customers use SNAP.
documentedny.com/2025/07/17/s...
documentedny.com/2025/07/17/s...
July 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Big Beautiful Bill is pretty ugly for Chinatown businesses who say cuts to SNAP will hurt their sales. One food store vendor said ALMOST ALL of her customers use SNAP.
documentedny.com/2025/07/17/s...
documentedny.com/2025/07/17/s...
On the last weekday of AAPI month, happy to share this Our City interview with the incredible Ava Chin who shows us how exclusion through immigration laws keep coming up over and over again.
documentedny.com/2025/05/30/a...
documentedny.com/2025/05/30/a...
May 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
On the last weekday of AAPI month, happy to share this Our City interview with the incredible Ava Chin who shows us how exclusion through immigration laws keep coming up over and over again.
documentedny.com/2025/05/30/a...
documentedny.com/2025/05/30/a...
🚩 22-years-old. Deported in the middle of the night. Lands in CECOT. No explanation given.
cc @stephenm @potus @aoc @govkathyhochul @nycmayor
documentedny.com/2025/05/05/a...
cc @stephenm @potus @aoc @govkathyhochul @nycmayor
documentedny.com/2025/05/05/a...
May 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🚩 22-years-old. Deported in the middle of the night. Lands in CECOT. No explanation given.
cc @stephenm @potus @aoc @govkathyhochul @nycmayor
documentedny.com/2025/05/05/a...
cc @stephenm @potus @aoc @govkathyhochul @nycmayor
documentedny.com/2025/05/05/a...
Why did immigrants tell us crime was a concern? We looked into it. East Flatbush, Chinatown, and Jackson Heights all saw increases in both major and non-major felony offenses in 2024, reaching their highest levels in 24 years, according to our analysis of NYPD data. documentedny.com/2025/04/02/m...
April 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Why did immigrants tell us crime was a concern? We looked into it. East Flatbush, Chinatown, and Jackson Heights all saw increases in both major and non-major felony offenses in 2024, reaching their highest levels in 24 years, according to our analysis of NYPD data. documentedny.com/2025/04/02/m...
🚨 New documents reveal ICE has plans to expand its detention centers in 15 states, including CA, IL, and AZ. A new contract might soon emerge for a detention center in Newark, NJ, despite the state having previously closed three ICE detention centers. https://buff.ly/3Z01AFt
November 21, 2024 at 3:52 PM
🚨 New documents reveal ICE has plans to expand its detention centers in 15 states, including CA, IL, and AZ. A new contract might soon emerge for a detention center in Newark, NJ, despite the state having previously closed three ICE detention centers. https://buff.ly/3Z01AFt
🚨 New documents reveal ICE has plans to expand its detention centers in 15 states, including CA, IL, and AZ. A new contract might soon emerge for a detention center in Newark, NJ, despite the state having previously closed three ICE detention centers. https://buff.ly/3Z01AFt
November 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM
🚨 New documents reveal ICE has plans to expand its detention centers in 15 states, including CA, IL, and AZ. A new contract might soon emerge for a detention center in Newark, NJ, despite the state having previously closed three ICE detention centers. https://buff.ly/3Z01AFt