Editorial credit: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the 2-year foreign residenc...
As Number of Asylum Seekers in City’s Care Tops 64,100, City Announces Additional Policies for Asylum Seekers in City Shelters
By Mayor’s Office | October 16, 2023 Announcement Builds on City’s Work Offering Intensified Casework Services and Distributing Notices to Adults Upon Opening, Floyd Bennett Field to Serve App...
ACLU Announces Major Settlement in Family Separation Lawsuit
Editorial credit: DCStockPhotography / Shutterstock.com By ACLU | October 16, 2023 NEW YORK — A major settlement was announced today by the American Civil Liberties Union involving its years-long la...
Gov. Hochul Backs Adams’ Call to Suspend ‘Right to Shelter’ During Asylum Crisis
Kathy Hochul. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Greg B. Smith | October 11, 2023 Mayor Eric Adams has asked a judge to let him suspend the city’s 42-year-old obligation to provide a bed to anyone who requ...
NYC mayor’s top advisor calls on feds to ‘close the borders’ to stop flow of migrants
By Clayton Guse | October 1, 2023 A top advisor to Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday called for the federal government to “close the borders” in order to prevent more migrants from coming to New York Cit...
CEO Of Immigration Services Company Sentenced To 10 Months in Prison Following Trial Conviction for Immigration Fraud Offenses
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...