Uladzimir Danskoi is the Seventh Defendant Sentenced in Two Immigration Fraud Cases Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ULADZIMIR DANSKOI,...
New Board of Immigration Appeals Decision Sets Roadblock for Cubans, Others Seeking Green Cards
By Emma Winger | September 28, 2023 A recent Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision bars certain recently arrived noncitizens from becoming lawful permanent residents. In Matter of Cabrera-Fer...
Urban Matters | If We’re True to Our Better Selves We Can Meet the Migrant Challenge
By Ruth W. Messinger | September 27, 2023 We are at a challenging moment in the ever-unfolding story of our city. But it’s actually a place we have often been before. The immediate challenge is, of ...
Hochul, Adams want Right to Shelter law modified
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Giulia Mcdonnel Nieto Del Rio | September 26, 2023 At a closed-door conference in New York County Supreme Court on Tuesday, city representatives indic...
ICYMI: Secretary Mayorkas Announces Extension and Redesignation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status
Editorial credit: Carsten Reisinger / Shutterstock.com Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the extension and redesignation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS...
Extension and Redesignation of Afghanistan for TPS
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the extension and redesignation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months from Nov. 21, 2023, through May 20, 2025. DHS al...
Need Immigration Papers? Try Your Luck at Manhattan’s Overwhelmed Federal Building
New immigrants wait on a rainy Monday morning to get into 26 Federal Plaza. Gabriel Poblete/THE CITY | Sept 18, 2023 By Gabriel Poblete | SEP 20, 2023 Only 600 people a day can be served by ICE at 26 ...
‘No hate; no fear: Immigrants are welcome here.’ Pro-migrant rally held on Staten Island
Editorial credit: Leonard Zhukovsky / Shutterstock.com By Scott R. Axelrod, Staten Island Advance Sep. 19—STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Several dozen people from Staten Island and other boroughs gathered ...
City Hall About to Put Migrants in Shelters on Shorter Clocks
Migrants outside of a shelter in Brooklyn. Alex Krales/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan | Sept. 19, 2023 Adults who reapply for shelter will have just 30 days, and families with children may be given their ow...
“Cruel, Unworkable and Extreme” – Assessing House Republicans’ Proposed Immigration and Border Package
Vanessa Cárdenas: “To the extent that this is a policy discussion at all, the immigration policies they propose are a perfect encapsulation of the GOP’s ongoing descent into extremism” Washingt...