Speaker Adams and Council Members Oppose Plan to Site Asylum Seeker Relief and Intake Center at Randall’s Island, Propose New Approach

Urge Administration to consider indoor locations and focus on expediting transitions from homeless shelters into permanent housing by eliminating bureaucracy and expanding supportive housing.

Speaker Adams and Council Members Oppose Plan to Site Asylum Seeker Relief and Intake Center at Randall’s Island, Propose New Approach

NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 17: New York City Council’s Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Harlem on January 17, 2022 in New York City. (Shutterstock) City Hall, NY – Speaker Adrienne Adams, Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, and the chair and members of the Council’s Immigration Committee expressed major […]

Biden is Hoping Small Changes go a Long Way on Immigration

Biden is Hoping Small Changes go a Long Way on Immigration

Dallas, TX USA – April 9, 2017: American Flags Waved During Immigration Reform March (Shutterstock) By Michael D. Shear and Miriam Jordan, The New York Times WASHINGTON — Even before the political spectacle of a Republican governor flying migrants to a tiny resort island in Massachusetts, President Biden’s top border officials decided there had to […]

Adams Administration Announces ‘Project Open Arms,’ Comprehensive Support Plan to Meet Educational Needs of Families Seeking Asylum

‘Project Open Arms’ Will Provide Wraparound Services for New Students Entering School System, Including Academic, Social-Emotional, and Language-Access Supports Plan Includes Targeted Resources for Asylum-Seeking Families Currently Living in and out of City’s Shelter System

Adams Administration Announces ‘Project Open Arms,’ Comprehensive Support Plan to Meet Educational Needs of Families Seeking Asylum

New York, NY – August 11, 2022: Mayor Eric Adams delivers remarks during joint announcement with Paley CEO Maureen Reidy at The Paley Center for Media. (Shutterstock) NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Department of Education (DOE) Chancellor David C. Banks, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Manuel Castro, and […]

How Haitian Migrants are Treated Shows the Ties Between Racism and Refugee Policy

How Haitian Migrants are Treated Shows the Ties Between Racism and Refugee Policy

Foley Square, New York, NY, USA – September 23, 2021: “National ‘Communities Not Cages’ Day of Action” demonstration to end deportations, close detention centers, and free detainees. (Shutterstock) By Luisa Farah Schwartzman, The Conversation The first protected category of the United Nations refugee convention is race. The 1951 convention defines a refugee as a person […]

Dueling Court Orders May Decide Fate of President Biden’s Title 42 Expulsions

Dueling Court Orders May Decide Fate of President Biden’s Title 42 Expulsions

By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact In just under two years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has carried out over 1.5 million rapid “expulsions” of asylum seekers and migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border under Title 42, a controversial public health law invoked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At least 200,000 parents […]

New Report Amplifies Concerns About ‘Dedicated Docket’ for Asylum Seekers

New Report Amplifies Concerns About ‘Dedicated Docket’ for Asylum Seekers

A migrant from Colombia in a Border Patrol Inmate Transport van after turning himself over to authorities on May 13, 2021 in Yuma, Arizona. (Shutterstock) By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact When the Biden administration announced a new “dedicated docket” in immigration court for families seeking asylum at the border, many advocates raised concerns that the docket would […]

Haiti Faces Disasters and Chaos. Its People are Most Likely to be Denied U.S. Asylum

Haiti Faces Disasters and Chaos. Its People are Most Likely to be Denied U.S. Asylum

 Haitian migrant families wait in front of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance to request refuge in Mexico. – Mexico City, Mexico – September 23, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Marisa Peñaloza, NPR Like thousands of Haitians, Gibbens Revolus, his wife, Lugrid, and their 2-year-old son, Diego, made the treacherous journey to the U.S.-México border from Chile […]

President’s Murder Shores up Credible Fear Case for Thousands of Haitian Asylum Seekers, Activists Say

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.

President’s Murder Shores up Credible Fear Case for Thousands of Haitian Asylum Seekers, Activists Say

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 […]