By Nelson A. King
Prominent Jamaican-born
immigration attorney Winston
Tucker continues to make a
huge impact on the Caribbean
community in New York.
The Jamaica, Queens-based
Tucker told Caribbean Life, in
an exclusive interview over the
weekend, that he has established
“a very satisfying immigration
law practice” that he
integrates with caring for his
family, engaging in community
service, teaching and media
appearances.
Tucker, who considers himself
a family and community
immigration lawyer, has incorporated
his immigration law
practice with the ambitious
agenda of the Queens-based
Caribbean Immigrants Services,
Inc. (CIS), which he cofounded
with his compatriot,
Irwine Clare, Sr. “to bridge the
void created by the reduction
in government services to the
immigrant community in general
and the Caribbean Community
in particular.”
Tucker said his philosophy,
shared by CIS, is that “the
strength and effective function
of family, businesses, communities
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and nation are interrelated,
and closely correlate to
their level of participation in
the democratic process.
“As such, the focus continues
to be services to the community
that will impact their
level of participation in their
governance, improve their economic
circumstances, leading
to economic and political
empowerment,” he said.
He added that this philosophy
continues to be relevant
“because of the emerging and
converging situations that
remind the advocates among
us that the attacks on immigration/
migrant population,
those searching for opportunities
and socio-economic security,
are not over.
“We are reminded that people
will continue to gravitate to
geographic areas that hold the
promise for life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness,” Tucker
said. “They will move to areas
that afford them the chance
to recover from failed international
and local policies, and
experiments.
“Immigration, therefore, is
the responsibility of host and
home governments,” he posited.
“Both must be lobbied.”
Tucker said his community
advocacy is realized primarily
through CIS and its “one-stopshop
empowerment center”
concept.
“This concept — that is taken
into the community at home
and abroad, through a network
of churches, community service
organizations, clubs and
media — is an example of community
empowerment through
collective action,” he said.
“This advocacy that pushes
legalizing the undocumented
and naturalizing legal permanent
residents, in a world where
government downsizing and/
or re-engineering is placing
emphasis on private enterprise
and self-reliance, makes the
community outreach efforts of
Winston Tucker and The Caribbean
Immigrants Services, Inc.
an important and necessary
catalyst for our community
and full participation in the
democratic process in the coming
years,” said Tucker, who
received his Juris Doctor (JD),
law, degree from Brooklyn Law
School.
He takes pride in stating that
he is “a product of Seaward Primary
School, Jamaica College
in Jamaica, West Indies.”
Winston Tucker, Esq,
Immigration attorney makes
difference through CIS