Tiempo 5/4/25: New book explores Latino histories, communities and cultures in New Jersey

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- On this edition of Tiempo, we take a look at a new book highlighting Latino communities in the Garden State and the inspiration behind the literature.

The book "Latinas/os in New Jersey: Histories, Communities and Cultures" is a compilation of research-based writings that explore a wide range of topics about New Jersey's Latinos and Latinas, including their migration to the Garden State.

Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago, one of the book's co-editors and a professor in the Department of Latino and Caribbean Studies at Rutgers University, joins us to discuss this book.

Meanwhile, immigration enforcement agents took an 18-year-old Latino man from a Bronx apartment, and now he's in El Salvador's most notorious prison. Tiempo has a special report with the man's anguished father, who is still searching for answers.

Also on our program, a group of New Jersey teens spent their spring break in Honduras on a humanitarian mission. The group helped construct a community kitchen and center for Hondurans.

We speak to them about the experience and the nonprofit that helped organize the trip.

Tiempo airs Sunday mornings at 11:30 on Channel 7, WABC-TV in New York City.

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