Chris Sommerfeldt and Tim Balk, New York Daily News, Sep 14, 2022 NYC asks feds to fast-track work papers for migrants amid busing crisis - "Mayor Adams and members of the City Council have begun to aggressively pressure the federal government... Read More
Sonia Rincón, ABC7NY, August 25, 2022 "Five buses filled with migrants from Texas arrived in New York City Thursday, one day after dozens of migrants arrived wearing bracelets with bar codes. City officials said they had heard stories about... Read More
Brian Lee, New York Law Journal, June 3, 2022 "Under a measure passed by the New York Legislature, judges would reinforce defense counsels' duty to provide individualized advice to their clients and an additional opportunity for individuals... Read More
NY Gov. Hochul, Oct. 9, 2021 "Governor Hochul Signs Legislation Protecting Undocumented Immigrants from Threats to Report Their Immigration Status; Legislation (S.343-A/A.3412-A) Applies the Legal Standard of Extortion or Coercion to a Person Threatening... Read More
NY Gov. Cuomo, Dec. 15, 2020 "Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed the Protect Our Courts Act (S00425A/A2176A) to ensure New Yorkers can freely access the justice system without fear of being targeted by federal immigration authorities. The legislation... Read More
New York Attorney General Letitia James, July 24, 2020 "New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a large coalition of states, cities, and counties in filing a lawsuit against President Donald Trump for attempting to, once again, illegally... Read More
Max Siegelbaum, Mazin Sidahmed, DocumentedNY, Latino USA, May 13, 2020 "... In 2019, we set out to document the fallout from those changes, observing New York City’s immigration courts every single day for three months. When we began reporting... Read More
Read this letter dated Mar. 23, 2020 from the Association of Deportation Defense Attorneys to EOIR administrators in New York City. Read More
Caroline Kelly, CNN, Feb. 6, 2020 "The acting secretary of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday that New York state residents can no longer participate in certain Trusted Traveler Programs, including Global Entry, due to provisions in the state's... Read More
Beth Fertig, WNYC, Sept. 25, 2019 "New York State Attorney General Letitia James, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and the Legal Aid Society filed two separate federal lawsuits Wednesday against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, accusing... Read More
Denis Slattery, NY Daily News, June 17, 2019 "Undocumented immigrants will have access to driver’s licenses under a law green-lighted by the Legislature on Monday and signed by Gov. Cuomo hours after he’d tried to tap the brakes on... Read More
Beth Fertig, WNYC, May 21, 2019 "Meet the new judges working in New York City's immigration court under the Trump administration's higher caseload demands and stricter asylum rules." Read More
In an unpublished, three-member panel (GREER, Wendtland; O'Connor dissenting) decision dated April 24, 2019 , the BIA stated: "[B]ased on a straightforward application of the categorical approach outlined in Taylor and its progeny, we must... Read More
Mallory Moench, Times Union, Apr. 18, 2019 "ICE can no longer arrest undocumented immigrants inside New York courthouses unless they have a warrant signed by a judge. The New York State Office of Court Administration (OCA) signed its new rule change... Read More
Beth Fertig, WNYC, Apr. 18, 2019 "The trip from Federal Plaza to the intersection of Varick and Houston Streets can be done in less than 30 minutes when walking west and taking the uptown 1 train. But for the government’s immigration trial... Read More