55 Local Elected Officials From Across NYS Call on Legislature to Pass New York For All

55 Local Elected Officials From Across NYS Call on Legislature to Pass New York For All

New York—Today, the New York Immigration Coalition, Local Progress, and the NYC Council Progressive Caucus released a sign-on letter from 55 municipal, town, county and school district elected officials from all over New York State calling on the NYS Legislature to pass the New York For All Act before the end of the legislative session. The New York […]

Immigrant Rights Advocates & Elected Officials Rally to Keep NY Families Together, Pass New York For All Act

Immigrant Rights Advocates & Elected Officials Rally to Keep NY Families Together, Pass New York For All Act

Photo by Oscar B. Castillo The New York for All Act prohibits local law enforcement and state agencies from colluding with federal immigration authorities The livestream is here. Photos and videos are here. High-res photos by Oscar B. Castillo are here. New York—On Thursday, June 1 the New York For All Coalition, elected officials, immigrant rights advocates, allies and impacted […]

Border Patrol Custody Is Already Dangerous and This Florida Lawsuit Is Making It Worse

Border Patrol Custody Is Already Dangerous and This Florida Lawsuit Is Making It Worse

Posted by Dara Lind // Immigration Impact One of the biggest concerns after the end of the Title 42 policy of mass expulsion at the U.S.-Mexico border was that large numbers of people would cross in the hours and days afterward. When the switch happened last Friday at midnight, people feared that bottlenecks throughout the processing […]

On International Workers’ Day, Unions and Worker Justice Groups Call for Passage of New York For All Act

On International Workers’ Day, Unions and Worker Justice Groups Call for Passage of New York For All Act

NEW YORK—Unions and worker justice organizations are joining the call for lawmakers in Albany to pass the New York for All Act, which would broadly prohibit local and state agencies from assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) in searching for, arresting and deporting immigrant New Yorkers. Twenty-five labor unions […]

This Is Pretty Simple, Mr. President: Don’t Restart Family Detention

This Is Pretty Simple, Mr. President: Don’t Restart Family Detention

The Biden administration is reportedly planning to detain large numbers of immigrant families again this spring. This is part of the administration’s plan to replace Title 42 with a new policy that will make it very difficult for the majority of migrants crossing the border to qualify for asylum in the United States. According to news reports, […]

Biden’s Reviving Phone-Booth Asylum. Here’s Why It Was a Disaster

Biden’s Reviving Phone-Booth Asylum. Here’s Why It Was a Disaster

The Biden administration is yet again turning to the Trump playbook as it tries to slap together a border crackdown to succeed the end of the Title 42 “public health” order next month. The latest revived Trump-era idea: keeping asylum seekers in Border Patrol custody for longer, and conducting asylum screening interviews in phone booths, […]

DHS Publishes Privacy Document About ATDs and the Data They Collect – Two Decades Late

DHS Publishes Privacy Document About ATDs and the Data They Collect – Two Decades Late

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) implementation of Alternative to Detention Programs (ATD) on March 17. ATD programs provide noncitizens in removal proceedings the ability to remain in their communities as their cases progress through the immigration court system instead of being detained. The PIA—a […]

6 Firsthand Stories That Reveal the Problem with Family Detention

6 Firsthand Stories That Reveal the Problem with Family Detention

The Biden administration is reportedly considering reopening family detention. This is horrific news—news that left us in tears. Between the two of us, we dedicated countless hours working and volunteering in what was then the nation’s largest family detention center in Dilley, Texas. During that time, we witnessed firsthand the horrors of family detention and are […]

In New York, Department of Corrections Questioned About Collaboration with ICE at New York City Council Hearing

In New York, Department of Corrections Questioned About Collaboration with ICE at New York City Council Hearing

During a city council hearing on Wednesday, February 23 years of emails were made public showing collaboration between some members of the Department of Corrections and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) and Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) were able to obtain dozens of emails between the DOC and ICE spanning from 2015 […]

Infamous Immigration Detention Center Closes, but More Work Needs to be Done

Infamous Immigration Detention Center Closes, but More Work Needs to be Done

Aurora, CO, USA. Sep 2, 2019. Michelle Malkin, a well know TV personality and writer with other patriots participating at the Stand For Ice rally in Aurora, CO showing support for ICE workers. (Shutterstock) By Rebekah Wolf, Immigration Impact After years of advocacy and widespread abuse, Berks County officials announced that the federal government was […]

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