Daily News: Dromm Advocates for Immigration Center

From New York Daily News by Clare Trapasso:

They wait on the city's streetcorners, often shivering in the cold, hoping someone will drive by and offer them a job. Soon, they will be able to come indoors.

Beginning next month, day laborers will be eligible for job training and social service programs in three Queens neighborhoods under a new $1.2 million initiative paid for with federal stimulus dollars.

But advocates say they won't be satisfied with anything less than full-fledged immigration centers.

Councilman-elect Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said he plans to advocate for permanent centers during his term.

"We need to address the problems that day laborers face holistically, rather than piecemeal," Dromm said.