Faced with NYC funding cut, over 100 low-wage workers poised to lose legal help
Leave your thoughtsAfter suffering years of alleged sexual harassment and wage theft while working for a Queens caterer, Alicia Calderon decided to…
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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to move forward with ‘public charge’ rule
Leave your thoughtsVIDEO The Trump administration can move forward with a rule to make it harder for immigrants who rely on public…
Transgender Asylum Seeker Asks For Release From ICE Detention
Leave your thoughtsWhen Yimy Aldair Benitez Lopez was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last November, they had one major fear…
Proyecto de ley propone impedir que ICE entre en las cortes de Nueva York
Leave your thoughtsAuspiciadores de esta propuesta de ley dicen que cuentan con los votos necesarios para pasarla, una vez sea debatida en…
Trump Administration Loses Fight To Temporarily Block Public Charge Rule For Immigrants
Leave your thoughtsThe Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied the government’s request to let a new rule go into effect…
The Supreme Court Will Hear My Case Today. Trump Will Not Win on DACA.
Leave your thoughtsI will not live in fear. And neither will the 700,000 undocumented immigrants like me. Two years ago, when President…
DACA Dreamers Will March From NYC to DC in Run Up to Decisive Supreme Court Case
Leave your thoughtsThey’re marching because they could lose everything. Dozens of immigrants will walk to Washington D.C. to highlight an upcoming U.S.…
Freeing More Immigrants From ICE Detention
Leave your thoughtsFor years, immigrant New Yorkers have stood side by side to demand respect and dignity and win critical victories for…
Lawsuits Aim to Stop Ice Arrests at NY Courthouses
Leave your thoughtsLaw-enforcement officials and immigrant-rights groups want a federal judge to block ICE from making arrests in and around courthouses. NEW…
‘Confused and Fearful’: New Yorkers Grapple With Trump Immigration Policies
Leave your thoughtsResidents of Jackson Heights, one of New York’s most diverse neighborhoods, are concerned the new ‘public charge’ rule will put…