“La imposibilidad de conseguir una cita para el asilo tiene profundas consecuencias en la vida de los migrantes”, afirma Sophie Bah Kouyate, gestora de servicios de African Communities Together. “Sin acceso a estas citas, los migrantes quedan a menudo en un estado de limbo, incapaces de obtener un estatuto legal o acceder a servicios esenciales”.
The Affordable Connectivity Program, which offered up to $30 a month towards broadband service for low-income and other eligible households, ran out of funds early this summer.
Un reciente informe del Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, una organización sin fines de lucro que analiza política tributaria en los Estados Unidos, calcula que los inmigrantes indocumentados pagaron $96,700 millones en impuestos federales, estatales y locales en 2022.
New York City officials secured agreements from Uber and Lyft to “drastically reduce access restrictions” for drivers. But the New York Taxi Workers Alliance called the deal “a corporate give-away” that doesn’t do enough to improve workers’ conditions.
“With legal services to obtain work authorizations, language access so they can navigate our government bureaucracy, childcare so they can go to work, and education so their kids can get on the pathway to future success, immigrant families will be able to contribute even more to our city.”
“Physicians serving the city’s most vulnerable populations are not seeking extravagant salaries. Instead, we advocate for fair compensation to address the worsening shortages, ensuring the full staffing levels necessary to deliver the quality care that all New Yorkers deserve.”
El 4 de junio el presidente Joe Biden anunció una orden ejecutiva que suspende el procesamiento de solicitudes de asilo entre los puntos de entrada oficiales a lo largo de la frontera sur, y autoriza a los funcionarios de inmigración a deportar inmigrantes sin procesar sus solicitudes de asilo.
“We must accumulate data to understand how the city has supported work permit applications, entrepreneurship, workforce development initiatives, and access to health care in order to identify the gaps in our efforts,” said the bill’s sponsor, Councilwoman Carlina Rivera.
Over 100 unionized workers at Mobilization for Justice could return to work as soon as Wednesday morning, members said.
Mobilization for Justice has been operating for more than 12 weeks without the workers who typically execute its mission to combat economic injustice—its more than 100 unionized staff.
En los dos últimos años, más de 189.200 inmigrantes han llegado a la ciudad de Nueva York y unos 64.400 están actualmente al amparo de la ciudad; de ellos, aproximadamente el 17 por ciento proceden de países africanos, según la alcaldía.
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