Starting Sept. 13, 2023, affirmative asylum applicants must bring an interpreter to their asylum interview if they are not fluent in English or wish to proceed with their interview in a language other...
The Economic Benefits of Work Permits
Editorial credit: Mircea Moira / Shutterstock.com By Maribel Hastings The Spanish-language media coverage of the refugee crisis in New York reveals a common denominator among immigrants: they want to ...
Feds Seek Fix to Speed Work Permits to Thousands of Migrants in NYC
Editorial credit: Ajdin Kamber / Shutterstock.com By Julia Preston, THE MARSHALL PROJECT | SEP 8, 2023 The Biden administration has begun using a pathway called humanitarian parole to sidestep the asy...
Adams: Cost of migrants ‘will destroy New York City’
Mayor Eric Adams helps distribute donated food and clothing to families of asylum seekers housed in the city at public school 20 in New York on February 11, 2023 (Photo: Shutterstock) By Jeff Coltin...
Ukraine and Sudan Receive TPS Extensions, Redesignations as Global Displacement Continues to Rise
By Adriel Orozco | Aug 24, 2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the extension and redesignation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Sudan and Ukraine las...
“Trump’s Sickening Plans for an All-Out War on Immigrants”
By Vanessa Cárdenas Yesterday, Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacted to the details and larger implications of the Trump and Miller immigration plan. Read her comments...
Biden’s Asylum Transit Ban – Where Are We Now?
San Diego, California, USA – May 12 2023: Migrant woman holding her crying infant child at the San Diego, CA and Mexico international border wall after title 42 policy has expired. (Shutterstock...
Mayor Adams Declared NYC ‘Destroyed’ by Migrants, but Economics Tell a Different Story
By Greg David, THE CITY New York has been “destroyed by the migrant crisis,” Mayor Eric Adams claimed in April at a news conference in Washington. Adams’ administration projects spending more th...
City of New York to sue 30 New York Counties for Illegally Walling off Their Borders to Asylum Seekers
New York City Seeks to Invalidate Unlawful Executive Orders Seeking to Prohibit City from Providing Temporary Housing to Small Number of Asylum Seekers During Statewide Emergency NEW YORK – New Yor...
New York City to get $104.6M From FEMA for Asylum-Seekers
NEW YORK — New York City is set to receive $104.6 million in federal funds to help cover the cost of providing services to asylum-seekers, two of the state’s highest ranking elected officials said...