Deportation of Maryland Dad with Protected Status is a Stark Warning Why Due Process Matters

Deportation of Maryland Dad with Protected Status is a Stark Warning Why Due Process Matters

Editorial credit: eddie-hernandez.com / shuttterstock.com District Judge ruling: “generalization of criminality” to Venezuelans “smacks of racism predicated on generalized false stereotypes.”  Washington, DC — In a ruling yesterday blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to rescind Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from Venezuelans, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen noted this administration’s “generalization of criminality” to Venezuelans, calling it “baseless” and assessing […]

How to Obtain a Pardon in New York State: A Step-by-Step Guide

How to Obtain a Pardon in New York State: A Step-by-Step Guide

By Figeroux & Associates | Call 855-768-8845 Introduction Obtaining a gubernatorial pardon in New York State is a significant step toward overcoming the lingering effects of a criminal conviction. A pardon offers relief from collateral consequences like limited employment opportunities, housing barriers, and, in some cases, immigration challenges.  This comprehensive guide outlines the step-by-step process […]

Mother and Three Children Wrongfully Abducted and Disappeared by ICE in North Country, NY

Mother and Three Children Wrongfully Abducted and Disappeared by ICE in North Country, NY

  Editorial credit: eddie-hernandez.com / Shutterstock.com New York—On Thursday, March 27, a mother and her three children were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Sackets Harbor, New York – the town where “border czar” Thomas Homan lives. When ICE was executing an arrest on a farm, they also entered a different home on the property, […]

The Sunday Sin: Racial Segregation in American Churches and the Call for Unity

The Sunday Sin: Racial Segregation in American Churches and the Call for Unity

By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial Credit: Ritu Manoj Jethani / Shutterstock.com “It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o’clock on Sunday morning.”   — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. These words, spoken more than half a century ago, still ring painfully true today. While America has made significant progress […]

Attorney General James Defends Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Venezuelan Immigrants

Attorney General James Defends Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Venezuelan Immigrants

Editorial credit: Phil Pasquini / shutterstock.com Trump Administration’s Early Termination of TPS Designations Would Endanger Immigrants and Harm New York’s Economy NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James on March 25, co-led a coalition of 18 other attorneys general in opposing the Trump administration’s unlawful and baseless attempt to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) […]

Brannan: NYC Must Divest from Tesla Cites Musk’s Attacks on NYC Funding, Social Security, and National Security Risks

Brannan: NYC Must Divest from Tesla Cites Musk’s Attacks on NYC Funding, Social Security, and National Security Risks

Editorial credit: Christopher Penler / shutterstock.com Brooklyn, NY — New York City Council Finance Chair Justin Brannan called for complete divestment of NYC’s $1.2 billion pension investment in Tesla. “Elon Musk is deadly for democracy and his companies are corrosive for our portfolio,” Brannan said. “Musk is an unelected oligarch with way too much power – […]

New York’s Unemployment Insurance System Is Floundering. Here’s How to Save It.

New York’s Unemployment Insurance System Is Floundering. Here’s How to Save It.

By James A. Parrott, THE NEW SCHOOL | Editorial credit: JHVEPhoto / shutterstock.com Unemployment insurance (UI) provides bedrock social and economic security for us all. But in New York that foundation is badly fractured. Our State-administered UI funding setup unfairly penalizes small- and medium-sized employers. It pays woefully inadequate benefits to laid-off workers. And it […]