Puerto Ricans

As they move from Puerto Rico and between states, many Puerto Rican families face cultural, language and economic barriers while seeking better services for their children with special needs.

President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy affects not only immigrants but entire communities in the city of Philadelphia.

After seven years in which it raised nearly $20 million on behalf of the victims of the Pulse gay nightclub massacre, the foundation folded without fulfilling the promise of a memorial.

Furthermore, due to the expectation that the Electoral Code would be amended, the State Elections Commission paralyzed work aimed at establishing electronic electoral systems for nine months in 2021.

The high cost of hiring a lawyer, the English language, and an insensible prison system complicate the situation for families in Puerto Rico with relatives imprisoned in the United States.

For Samuel Serrano, going to prison is like disappearing. And he knows from experience that many stay inside. He is Puerto Rican, owns an auto repair shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the state with the most people born in Puerto Rico serving sentences in state prisons.

In Polk County, which is more than an hour from Tampa and three from Miami, overall rental income rose an average of 53.7% between 2017 and the first quarter of 2022, a jump from $924 to $1,421. By percentage, Polk was the county where rents increased the most during that five-year period in Florida.