Hundreds of teachers who left the Caribbean several years ago to work in New York are now in a quandary, since they were misled when recruited by New York City schools.
A BBC Caribbean report stated that promises of “green cards” (legal permanent residency) have gone unrewarded, they say — which means their children and spouses cannot work.
Reports of possible lay-offs in the city’s teaching service have added to their fears, according to education correspondent of the New York Daily News, Meredith Kolodner.
Kolodner told BBC Caribbean that the teachers had previously stayed quiet because of fears over their immigration status. Most of the teachers are from Guyana, Jamaica, and the Eastern Caribbean.
The New York Department of Education has not commented on the teachers’ claims so far.
