Protecting Workers: DCWP Settles with Six Major Companies Over Workplace Violations

Protecting Workers: DCWP Settles with Six Major Companies Over Workplace Violations

Editorial credit: Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com NEW YORK, NY – Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga today announced nearly $3 million in relief secured for workers from six major businesses to resolve violations of the City’s workplace laws: White Castle, Taco Bell, Domino’s Pizza, Amazon, Farm Country grocery store, and Public Preparatory […]

Biden Administration Can Remove Texas’ Razor Wire Barrier at the Border, Supreme Court Rules

Biden Administration Can Remove Texas’ Razor Wire Barrier at the Border, Supreme Court Rules

Editorial credit: Vic Hinterlang / Shutterstock.com By Suchita Mathur | January 23, 2024 Buoy barriers with chainsaw devices in the Rio Grande river. Coils of concertina wire along the riverbank. Armored Humvees blocking access roads. Piles of dirt rendering gates unusable. Governor Greg Abbott’s cruel attempts to booby trap the Texas border to prevent U.S. […]

Attorney General James Sues Fraudulent Lawyers in the Bronx for Scamming Immigrants

Attorney General James Sues Fraudulent Lawyers in the Bronx for Scamming Immigrants

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, […]

Naturalization Helps Immigrants and the United States Reach Full Potential

Naturalization Helps Immigrants and the United States Reach Full Potential

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 […]

Biden Accedes to Tougher Immigration Policy to Deflect Criticism, Secure Ukraine Aid

Biden Accedes to Tougher Immigration Policy to Deflect Criticism, Secure Ukraine Aid

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 […]

Evictions Will Be Delayed for Migrant Women Who Are Pregnant or Have Newborns, City Says

Evictions Will Be Delayed for Migrant Women Who Are Pregnant or Have Newborns, City Says

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 […]

Opinion: Struggling NYC Delivery Workers Finally Got a Raise—And App Companies Are Punishing Us For It

Opinion: Struggling NYC Delivery Workers Finally Got a Raise—And App Companies Are Punishing Us For It

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 […]

“Let’s Wait for Trump” – House GOP Again Says Quiet Part Out Loud on Immigration and Border

“Let’s Wait for Trump” – House GOP Again Says Quiet Part Out Loud on Immigration and Border

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 […]

Biden Must Make Immigration a Priority, Not Give in to GOP Demands

Biden Must Make Immigration a Priority, Not Give in to GOP Demands

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 […]