Immigration
New York Immigration Coalition leaders are rolling up their sleeves
With a new administration, there’s time to focus on structural changes, including in NYC
New York City
Can NYC prevent ICE agents from impersonating the NYPD?
Their own training manual says they shouldn't do it.
Immigration
Undocumented immigrants in New York get little financial help
Facing massive budget shortfalls, the state hasn’t stepped in to give cash to people left out of federal relief.
Immigration
Will immigration policy be Trump’s leverage over New York?
Trump repeatedly turns to immigration policies as bargaining chips with New York.
Andrew Cuomo
Cuomo will give the DHS access to state DMV records, after all
On a case-by-case basis, anyway.
Immigration
You want democracy? Give noncitizen New Yorkers the right to vote
If we want New Yorkers to have true representation, we must extend the right to vote to all who live here, including non-citizens.
Donald Trump
Confusion across NY as DHS blocks residents from Trusted Traveler programs
Here’s what you need to know about the Department of Homeland Security’s suspension of these programs.
New York City
New York City Councilmembers call for hiring of noncitizens for 2020 census
In the last two censuses the federal government provided a waiver, but Donald Trump wasn’t in the White House then.
New York State
The answer to organized labor’s woes? Immigrants.
Unlikely allies join forces – and dust off a playbook from the past.
New York City
New York’s stronger safety net will magnify Trump’s new public charge rule
The Trump administration’s recent change to the “public charge” rule could have an outsized impact on New York’s immigrants because federal social welfare programs that are administered at the state level can vary widely in their rules over who qualifies for assistance, and New York’s programs tend to be generous.
New York State
New York bucks the national trend on immigration
As the federal government takes a hard-line stance on immigration, the Empire State opens its doors.
New York State
Where are New York’s sanctuary cities?
The (supposedly) safest places in New York for undocumented immigrants.
New York City
What do you do if you’re not allowed to buy insurance?
What do you do if you’re not allowed to buy health coverage?
Immigration
How driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants would work
The Assembly is expected to vote this week on one of the most controversial legislative issues of the year – a proposal to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses.
Bill de Blasio
City Council, advocates discuss IDNYC tech liabilities
IDNYC raises concerns over increased surveillance of undocumented New Yorkers.
New York City
New York politicians’ biggest flip-flops
How New York politicians ‘evolved’ on pot, guns, immigrants, LGBT rights and homelessness.
Donald Trump
Trump’s potential about-face on highly skilled immigrants
As the government shutdown lingers on, President Donald Trump may be willing to re-think H-1B visas.
New York City
A year later, NYC’s construction safety law is being ignored
Bogus training certificates are putting workers in danger, critics say.
New York City
What it means to be a ‘Dreamer’
Assembly candidate Catalina Cruz has said she would be New York’s first ‘Dreamer’ in office.
New York City
Abolish ICE – and replace it with something better
The federal government should follow NYC’s lead on immigration enforcement, argues Bitta Mostofi, commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs.
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