By Ruth W. Messinger | September 27, 2023 We are at a challenging moment in the ever-unfolding story of our city. But it’s actually a place we have often been before. The immediate challenge is, of course, the entry into the city during the last year of over 110,000 migrants fleeing oppression and violence in […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the extension and redesignation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months from Nov. 21, 2023, through May 20, 2025. DHS also posted a Federal Register notice for public inspection. The extension of TPS for Afghanistan allows current beneficiaries to re-register to retain TPS through May 20, 2025, if they […]
Vanessa Cárdenas: “To the extent that this is a policy discussion at all, the immigration policies they propose are a perfect encapsulation of the GOP’s ongoing descent into extremism” Washington, DC – House Republicans are proposing incorporating key elements of the border and immigration policy package known as HR2 – or the “Child Deportation Act” – into a […]
Washington, DC – The Republican push to shut down the government, including over the border and immigration, is the crescendo of their relentless focus on anti-immigrant themes during the Biden administration. Meanwhile, blue states and cities are facing strains over recent arrivals and how best to navigate the political and policy cross-currents. If these immigration storylines […]
Photos Courtesy of NYIC Click here for live-stream recording Ralliers push federal government to expand TPS, work authorization for asylum seekers to decrease pressure on shelters and boost local economies New York, NY — Today, a unique group of organizations representing various sectors of New York City rallied in Battery Park to demand the federal government to […]
Editorial credit: aaronschwartzphoto / Shutterstock.com By American Immigration Council Staff | Aug 25, 2023 When the Trump administration proposed an overhaul of federal policy regarding when immigrants could be denied green cards or visas based on use of public benefits – the public charge rule – it made an impact in immigrant communities long before it technically took […]
By Emma Winger | Aug 17, 2023 On Thanksgiving Day 2017, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested Kamyar Samimi—a lawful permanent resident with a decade-old conviction for drug possession—and sent him to the privately run ICE Processing Center in Aurora, Colorado. Two weeks later, he was dead. Facility staff had forced him to stop methadone […]
By: AV PRESS RELEASES Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings and David Torres from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: June 15 is anniversary number eleven of the executive order issued in 2012 by then Democratic President Barack […]
AV PRESS RELEASES Editorial credit: William Hunton / Shutterstock.com Washington, DC – Yesterday, Ron DeSantis traveled to Arizona for an anti-immigration speech and garnered more attention for his latest dehumanizing political stunt to fly migrants to California. As the New York Times correctly noted, “stoking outrage is the point.” While Gov. DeSantis is clearly trying […]
By Linda Nwoke Immigration has always been a contentious subject of discussion in the US. Many people seek sanctuary in the country worldwide due to the rise in political turmoil and economic prospects. Just recently, on May 11th, Title 42 was ended, a policy that prevented asylum seekers from entering the United States, specifically from […]