Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com Kofi Amankwaa and His Colleagues Tricked Vulnerable Immigrants Into Paying Thousands For Fraudulent Services That Caused Them to be Deported NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit today against Kofi Amankwaa, a Bronx immigration lawyer, and others in his office, Sylvester Boateng, Nana Adoma Kontoh, […]
By American Immigration Council Staff | January 19, 2024 | immigration Impact When Sri Lankan business analyst Dinesh Prabaharan became a U.S. citizen in December of 2023, he expressed his gratitude at finally being able to call America his home “without restriction.” “As newly minted citizens,” he added, “we not only have a duty, but the unique […]
By Giulia McDonnell Nieto Del Rio | January 19, 2024 | Documented The migrant men lay their blankets on the wood floor, where they would spend the night. Many had not been able to shower in more than a week. Others said they felt sick as their coughs echoed through the room. The recent snowstorm added […]
Editorial credit: YASAMIN JAFARI TEHRANI / Shutterstock.com By Tarini Parti | January 18, 2024 | MSN An immigration deal being crafted in the Senate would limit migrants’ ability to claim asylum at the southern border, a White House concession some progressives say shows that President Biden’s leftward shift on immigration as a 2020 candidate was […]
Migrant families prepare to leave the Roosevelt Hotel shelter after receiving their 60-day notices, Jan. 16, 2024. Credit: Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan | January 17, 2024 Pregnant migrants in their third trimester and women with newborn babies will get a reprieve from shelter evictions until their babies turn six months old, city officials told THE […]
At the end of 2023, New York food delivery workers won a huge victory with an increase in our minimum wage. In response, app companies immediately conspired to push us back down. Now, customer tips we rely on to survive are on the line. The State Supreme Court’s November decision to uphold the city’s new law to […]
Editorial credit: Allen J.M. Smith / Shutterstock.com By America’s Voice | January 16, 2024 Washington, DC — House Republicans keep admitting their views that immigration and the border are a political issue to run on, rather than a policy issue to be resolved. The latest reminder, via Beltway outlet Punchbowl News: “Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team gave […]
Editorial credit: OogImages / Shutterstock.com By The Editorial Board | January 16, 2024 | Inquirer Republicans have forced the Biden administration to the negotiating table on immigration, holding aid for Ukraine hostage in a bid to enact draconian measures that would further upend the asylum process and pave the way for the kind of anti-immigrant […]
By Murad Awawdeh Gov. Hochul, let’s show the nation how to shape a morally sound, economically beneficial response to the migrant crisis. As 2024 sets in, immigrant communities all over are bracing for a year of attacks and policy proposals that threaten to eliminate crucial protections and resources. President Joe Biden and congressional leaders are considering cruel […]
By Arun Venugopal | January 12, 2024 | Gothamist The last time Congress enacted immigration reform was 1986. Ronald Reagan was president. Ed Koch was New York mayor. “Platoon” was in the movie theaters. Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on takeoff from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Since then, Congress and the White House have only known stalemate and […]