NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs – Virtual Presentation: A Demographic Snapshot of NYC’s Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Immigrant Population

NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs – Virtual Presentation: A Demographic Snapshot of NYC’s Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Immigrant Population

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 […]

Naturalization Fees: A Poll Tax Hidden in Plain Sight

Naturalization Fees: A Poll Tax Hidden in Plain Sight

By Valentine Brown, Immigration Impact The application fee to apply for U.S. citizenship was due to rise from $640 to $1170 on October 2. Though the fee hike was temporarily blocked in federal court, this is not the first time U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has tried to raise the naturalization application fee. But the increase has never […]