By Norma Lewis, JD There was quite a bit of excitement, relief, and joy, and a few spiffs smoked when New York legalized recreational marijuana. Several advocates and lawmakers welcomed it as one of t...
TPS for Venezuelans
La designación de Venezuela para TPS entró en vigencia el 9 de Marzo de 2021 y permanecerá vigente durante 18 meses, hasta el 9 de Septiembre de 2022. El período de registro de 180 días para que ...
Black Immigrants Matter
By Jack Herrera, The Nation The day after a Minneapolis Police officer killed George Floyd, Guerline Jozef’s mind was in the skies above the Gulf of Mexico. That morning, Immigration and Customs Enf...
The Democrats’ Immigration Problem
Customs and Border Protection officers check identification paperwork at the San Luis Port of Entry. 8765 – San Luis, Ariz. / US – September 29, 2010 (Shutterstock) By David Leonhardt, NY ...
Biden Immigration Overhaul Would Reunite Families Split up by Deportation
Families separated by the border between Mexico and the United States meet this morning at the Rio Grande, where they hug for four minutes. – Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 06-24-2017 (Shutterstock)...
Registration period opens for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria
Syrian refugee and her child at a volunteer’s camp. – Kos, Greece – October 10, 2015 (Shutterstock) WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security today published a Federal Regist...
Immigrant Rights Advocates Successfully Win Inclusion of Immigrant Families in Latest COVID-19 Relief Package
By New York Immigration Coalition New York, NY – Today, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion stimulus package, which is the latest COVID-19 federal relief bill...
Attorney General James Helps Restore Injunction of Trump Administration’s Public Charge Rule
State Attorney General Letitia James addresses during Governor Andrew Cuomo inauguration for third term at Ellis Island – New York, NY – January 1, 2019 (Shutterstock) NEW YORK – New Yor...
Biden just partially lifted Trump’s pandemic-related restrictions on legal immigration
Protesters rally against President Trump’s travel ban on February 4, 2017 in Washington DC (Shutterstock) By Nicole Narea, VOX President Joe Biden has partially lifted a Trump-era ban that has s...
Lawyers have found the parents of 105 separated migrant children in past month
Families separated by the border between Mexico and the United States meet this morning at the Rio Grande, where they hug for four minutes. – Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 06-24-2017 (Shutterstock)...