IN THE HEADLINES

AMERICAN DREAM ON HOLD by Matt Boyce
After officials found that a terror plot at JFK earlier this year was hatched allegedly by three men from Guyana, NYC immigrants from that country and their lawyers say they are facing much harsher scrutiny by immigration officials, and applications are taking much longer to process.

KOREA REUNITED by Jin Lee
Koreans here are watching the reunification talks between North and South Korea with great interest, hopeful that someday they will be able to return to a unified country where the city streets are cleaner than in NYC and their money goes further.

CITY TRANSLATION EFFORTS STILL STRUGGLING by Tamara Porras and Magadalena Slipik
When school lets out at a New York City school, you hear the din of children in the yard speaking in English, Spanish, Chinese and many other languages. Yet, even though parents have a right to have school documents including report cards translated into their native language, about 60 percent of parents don’t realize it and don’t take advantage of the policy.

DRIVER'S LICENSE PLAN BRINGS OPPOSITION AND CONFUSION by Dustin Seplow
After loud and steady opposition from many state officials and politicians, Gov. Eliot Spitzer dropped his plan to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses without proof of legal status.