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Volume 44, No. 27

Friday, July 20, 2018

OUR WORLD IN PHOTOS VANCOUVER — Cricket: Vancouver Knights’ Chris Gayle holds up trophy after his team defeated the West Indies B Team in their final of the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament in King City, Ontario, on Sunday, July 15. Visit brooklyneagle.com for more photos. Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP

B’klyn, Queens Leaders Offer Workshops For Immigrants By Paula Katinas Brooklyn Phoenix

In the wake of a shocking incident in which a Muslim woman was verbally harassed by a fellow passenger on an S53 bus traveling from Bay Ridge to Staten Island, an attack that was captured on video, elected officials and immigration rights advocates in Brooklyn and Queens are planning to hold workshops and forums to assist immigrants. See page 3

GUEST EDITORIAL:

Endorsed by Publisher Terrence Lyght

Confusing facts and Opinions — See page 2 —

In this April 1, 1997, file photo,Winnie Cantave, a Haitian immigrant, joins a group of about 500 immigrants demonstrating against the new immigrations laws in front of the INS building in Miami. Throughout U.S. history, critics of federal immigration authorities have sought reforms or abolition in response to new laws and changing federal policies some deemed discriminatory. Visit brooklyneagle.com AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, file


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