Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Governor’s Press Office Governor Hochul: “The State of New York has also had to provide resources to house these individuals, get them legal s...
Biden Proposes Rule to Quickly Remove Certain Migrants During Initial Screening Process at the Border
Editorial credit: Walter Cicchetti / Shutterstock.com By Adriel Orozco | Immigration Impact On May 9, the Biden administration proposed a rule that would allow asylum officers to consider and impose...
Biden’s New H-2A Rule Expands Protections and Increases Oversight for Migrant Workers
By Adriel Orozco | Immigration Impact On April 29, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a new rule aimed at protecting workers on temporary H-2A visas and strengthening the agency’s oversight o...
Migrants and Advocates Brace for New Rules Governing Shelter Spots
The St. Brigid shelter re-ticketing site in the East Village, April 25, 2024. Credit: Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan Any adult migrant without children seeking shelter will soon be warned they...
Growing State Safety Net Gives a Boost to Some New Migrants
A family leaves the Roosevelt Hotel shelter as migrants began to receive eviction notices, Jan. 9, 2024. Credit: Alex Krales/THE CITY By Gabriel Poblette Nearly a year after New York state took step...
Adult Migrants Limited to 30-Day Stay in ‘Right-to-Shelter’ Settlement
By Gwynne Hogan New York City can restrict shelter stays for adult migrants to a single 30-day placement, with extensions granted only under “extenuating circumstances,” according to the terms of ...
Trinidad and Tobago Migrant Found Dead After 4 Years in ICE Detention
Editorial credit: Grossinger / Shutterstock.com By Sunita Sohrabji | Ethnic Media Services More than 160 detained migrants have embarked on a hunger strike at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma,...
Showdown Between Texas Authorities and the Federal Government Headed to the Supreme Court
By Kate Melloy Goettel and Juan Avilez | Immigration Impact A Texas law that allows local law enforcement to arrest migrants, state court judges to issue removal orders, and state officials to remove ...
‘Win-Win’ Proposal Could Speed Up Hiring Of New Yorkers and Migrants, Fill Thousands Of Open Jobs, and Bolster Local Economies
Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) is supporting a plan approved earlier this month by the state’s Civil Service Commission that could help fill many of the roughly 10,000 unfilled positions within stat...
Migrant Families and Schools Brace for Wave of Shelter Evictions
Migrant families being moved to and from the Roosevelt Hotel ahead of reaching a 60-day shelter limit. Credit: Alex Krales/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan, Michael Elsen-Rooney, and Chalkbeat | January 8, ...