U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reminds affirmative asylum applicants that, starting today, you must bring an interpreter to your asylum interview if you are not fluent in English or wish to proceed with your interview in a language other than English. If you need an interpreter and do not bring one, or if your interpreter […]
By Priscilla Alvarez, Polo Sandoval and Mark Morales, CNN The White House defended its response to the asylum seeker influx facing New York Friday, arguing that without congressional action, the administration is limited in what it can do, following a letter from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul urging more action. The growing number of migrants at the […]
Governor Kathy Hochul today extended an Executive Order which provides the State with greater flexibility to procure the resources necessary for municipalities to support asylum seekers and provide them with humanitarian aid. This Executive Order follows Governor Hochul’s public address to New Yorkers on the asylum seeker crisis. “New York State continues to deploy significant resources to […]
By: Dara Lind Editorial credit: Poetra.RH / Shutterstock.com On April 8, a family came to the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana and asked to be let into the United States to seek asylum. The husband’s arm was bleeding. He’d been shot. The cartel that had driven him and his family from Jalisco the […]
By Linda Nwoke In the complexity of global politics, the pursuit of safety and freedom often leads many people on a perilous journey from persecution and oppression to seeking refuge in another country. Various factors, such as an unwavering belief in democracy and human rights or ideas, can cause them to become subject to persecution […]
Editorial credit: Mircea Moira / Shutterstock.com With Over 46,000 Asylum Seekers Currently in City’s Care, New Program Allows Houses of Worship to Host 19 Asylum Seekers Each Overnight Up to 50 Houses of Worship Set to Participate in First Cohort NEW YORK – As New York City continues to care for more than 46,000 asylum seekers, […]
Posted by American Immigration Council Staff // ImmigrationImpact.com The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency back in May meant an end to Title 42. That policy, grounded in an obscure public health law, was put in place by the Trump administration in March 2020 to stifle asylum rights at the U.S. southern border. To prevent […]
From the Irish potato famine to the 1970s fiscal crisis, immigration has been key to the city’s growth in ways that are playing out again as asylum-seekers arrive. BY GREG DAVID // TheCity.nyc Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com New York has been “destroyed by the migrant crisis,” Mayor Eric Adams claimed in April at a […]
Posted by Alex Miller // ImmigrationImpact.com Editorial credit: Procyk Radek / Shutterstock.com Time was running out for many Afghan refugees living and working in the United States after American troops withdrew from Afghanistan. Thanks to the Biden administration’s recent decision to extend what is known as “parole,” many Afghans will now be given the opportunity to […]
Posted by Dara Lind// ImmigrationImpact.com Back in February, when the Biden administration proposed a new regulation that would essentially restrict the vast majority of border crossers from qualifying for asylum, we broke it down with a guide to qualifying for asylum in the United States in 12 not-so-easy steps. The final regulation, published Wednesday, will go into […]