Senate Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) calls to subpoena Barr and Sessions on June 13, 2021 in New York City. (Shutterstock) By Victoria Falk, Special to CAW Just a few months after New York’s Governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed legislation on March 31, 2021, legalizing recreational marijuana use for adults in New York State, Senator […]
By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact Nearly a decade after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to provide protections to undocumented immigrants brought here as children, Judge Andrew Hanen of the Southern District of Texas struck down the program on July 16, ordering U.S. Citizenship and Immigration […]
Supporters of Guadalupe García de Rayos and her family wait for updates during a rally attempting to prevent her deportation. 4569 – Phoenix, Ariz. / U.S. – February 8, 2018 (Shutterstock) By Philip Marcelo, AP News Just a few short months ago, Lucio Perez moved out of the western Massachusetts church he’d lived in for […]
Undocumented immigrants living with HIV/AIDS in New York State are eligible to enroll in uninsured care programs that provide access to free HIV and/or AIDS care. Here is a step-by-step explanation.
By Daniela Parra, City Limits New York State provides health care services to all persons, regardless of immigration status, who have or have been exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and/or have developed acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Lack of health insurance is not an impediment to accessing medications and medical check-ups. New York State […]
The move will cut the ballooning backlog of 1.3 million immigration cases in the U.S. It is Garland's third such reversal of Trump policy.
A Border Patrol agent takes a Central American couple who crossed the Rio Grande River illegally to seek asylum into custody. – Hidalgo, TX, USA – May 26, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Julia Ainsley, NBC News WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday reversed an order from Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions that barred immigration […]
Advocates call for Biden to end Title 42, re-open asylum process, as up to 10,000 Haitians remain stuck in Mexico and more may be on the way.
Demonstrators marching along Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House to encourage the Biden administration in ending its support of Haitian dictator Jovenel Moise. – Washington, DC – May 18, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Julian Resendiz, Border Report EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Haitians had been fleeing political violence long before Wednesday’s assassination of President Jovenel […]
By Melissa Cruz, Immigration Impact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will no longer detain most people who are pregnant, postpartum, or nursing, according to a new policy released on July 9. However, ICE did not commit to a total ban, saying that there will still be “very limited circumstances” that will allow the agency […]
By Suzanne Monyak, Roll Call Shortly after the Biden administration announced an effort to bring deported veterans back to the U.S., more than two dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus are calling on the administration to expand the initiative to include all unfairly deported immigrants. In a Wednesday letter obtained by CQ Roll Call, […]
This virtual presentation features key findings from MOIA’s new demographic analysis of the city’s Asian and Pacific Islander (API) immigration population. View the report at: https://on.nyc.gov/APIReport. This report comes at a moment when the City is celebrating #ImmigrantHeritageMonth while supporting community members and fighting incidents of bias and discrimination citywide. The report reflects the urgency […]
Amid new national holiday, advocates draw attention to discrimination based on race and legal status.
Juneteenth Parade Philadelphia at Malcom X Park African American Independence Day. – Philadelphia, PA / USA – June 22 2019 (Shutterstock) By Suzanne Monyak, Roll Call Hours before President Joe Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday, advocates seeking humanitarian protections for undocumented immigrants from Black nations ramped up calls for action. “Today, as […]