By: Jonathan Custodio | thecity.nyc THE CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. Amid increased pressure from federal and state leaders, New York colleges must designate a staffer by next year to address hate crimes and discrimination under a new law applying to both public and private institutions. […]
Editorial credit: Evgenia Parajanian / Shutterstock.com WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the factors that officers consider in certain benefit requests where an exercise of discretion is required, including factors relating to aliens’ past requests for parole and any involvement in anti-American or terrorist organizations, […]
WASHINGTON— On April 9, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin considering aliens’ antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests. This will immediately affect aliens applying for lawful permanent resident status, foreign students and aliens affiliated with educational institutions linked to […]