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As the Trump administration ramps up its deportation efforts through courthouse arrests, more migrant youth—many of whom are, or were recently, living in city shelters—are seeking guidance on how to…

ByDaniel Parra 9Comments

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Aug 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Justice

New York Groups Challenge ICE’s Courthouse Arrests

The Trump administration’s tactics “discourage people from attending court or from feeling safe in court, where folks are simply seeking to access the process that is accorded to them,” said…

ByDaniel Parra 4Comments

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Jun 2025

Featured Government Immigration In Depth Justice

As ICE Pursues Courthouse Arrests, Immigrant Families Struggle to Find Legal Help

Family members cope with the hardship of having a loved one detained while facing the challenge of finding an attorney to represent the detained person as the clock ticks down…

ByDaniel Parra

ByJeanmarie Evelly 15Comments

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Apr 2025

Economy Featured Housing and Homelessness Immigration Politics

What Immigrant Community Advocates Want in This Year’s New York State Budget

Advocates defending the state’s immigrant communities called for several initiatives to be included in the final deal, from expanded tax credits to legal services funding, citing ongoing attacks by the…

ByDaniel Parra 3Comments

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Mar 2025

Featured Government Immigration Justice

‘An Impossible Situation’: NY Providers Scramble After Trump Cuts Legal Aid For Unaccompanied Minors

While New York-based organizations have not stopped representing the unaccompanied minors they already work with, they’re not sure how long they’ll be able to do so without funding.

ByDaniel Parra 12Comments

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Jan 2025

Housing and Homelessness Immigration Justice Opinion

Opinion: Everyone Deserves a Lawyer. Pass the Access to Representation Act

“Providing legal support will likely result in an additional 53,000 New Yorkers being able to remain in their communities. And yet, the government is not required to give them a lawyer,…

ByPriya Vaikuntapathi 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

As City Sees Uptick in Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth, Lawmakers Probe ‘Gaps in Services’

As the number of immigrants and asylum seekers arriving in New York City has increased, so has the number of unaccompanied minors, advocates and city officials said during a recent…

ByDaniel Parra 5Comments

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Aug 2023

Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: Adams’ Admin Should Invest More in Legal Services For Asylum Seekers

“Seeking asylum has become nearly as difficult as getting here in the first place.”

ByRaiza Guevara 1Comment

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Jun 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

As Relocated Asylum Seekers Adjust to Life in Albany, Advocates Call for More Resources

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has embarked on a decompression strategy to free up space in the city’s local shelters by sending immigrants to other New York State localities. In Albany,…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Helping Asylum Seekers in New York’s Immigration Courts

“For many asylum seekers like me, the United States is a beacon of hope, providing refuge and safety from the violence many of us experience at home. Yet the sense…

ByPriscilla Hernandez*0Comments

‘Really Extreme Fear’: Advocates See Uptick in Young Migrants Afraid to Go to Court