By governor.ny.gov Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that the New York State Department of Labor has implemented a new process to shield undocumented immigrant workers from retaliation and removal...
Congress Introduces Sweeping Immigration Reform Bill ‘DIGNIDAD Act’ to Address Systematic Challenges
By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact On May 23, members of Congress introduced what has sadly become an increasingly rare bit of legislation; a comprehensive immigration reform bill aimed at ...
600 Children Would Lose Child Care With End of Free NYC Program for Undocumented Families
Mayor Eric Adams speaks during briefing on arrest of suspects in connection to 2 men drugged, robbed and killed at NYPD Headquarters in New York on April 18, 2023 (Shutterstock) Mayor Eric Adams’ pr...
Dispelling the Myth: How Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes and Contribute to the US Tax Base
By Steven Hubbard, Immigration Impact As Tax Day approaches, it is important to acknowledge the tax contributions made by immigrants—even those who are undocumented. These contributions play a vital...
How Did a State Known for Its War on Immigrants Approve In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students?
Tempe, Arizona – August 4 2019: Arizona State University (Shutterstock) By Isabela Dias, Mother Jones Jose Patiño remembers how his mother cried when the acceptance letter from Arizona State ...
Undocumented and Homeless: “We are the City’s Dirty Little Secret”
By Rommel H. Ojeda, Documented NY For the new people that are arriving, the Mayor [Eric Adams] likes to show off like he is doing something because he only cares about his image. As long as they keep ...
What You Need to Know About the New Proposal to Update The Registry
By Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact Democrats in the House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States for at least seven yea...
Anti-Immigrant Republican Extremism Positions Itself and Intensifies
By Americas Voice Whether through state laws, city ordinances, executive orders, or federal measures, if anti-immigrant Republicans have anything in common it’s that they are operating from the same...
D.A. Bragg: Immigration Lawyer Sentenced to 1-3 Years in State Prison
Photo Courtesy: Manhattan DA’s Office Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the sentencing of New York City-based immigration lawyer, CARLOS MORENO, 61, for unlicensed pra...
‘Mija’ Film Review: Intimate Doc Spotlights Two First-Generation Daughters of Mexican Immigrants
By Elizabeth Weitzman, TheWrap For her first feature-length film, documentarian Isabel Castro set out to capture a widely experienced, yet still broadly overlooked immigrant perspective. And thereR...