Adams Affirms Sanctuary City, While Saying NYC Can Be ‘Very Helpful’ as Trump Plans Mass Deportations

Adams Affirms Sanctuary City, While Saying NYC Can Be ‘Very Helpful’ as Trump Plans Mass Deportations

By Gwynne Hogan, THE CITY | Photo Courtesy: THE CITY The mayor repeated his longstanding criticisms of the “sanctuary city” laws limiting cooperation with federal law enforcement, while saying he’d “make sure that we continue the spirit of what our laws are here.” Mayor Eric Adams offered mixed messages on Tuesday to New Yorkers wondering […]

Will Gov. Hochul Fight Trump’s Plan for Mass Deportations?

Will Gov. Hochul Fight Trump’s Plan for Mass Deportations?

By Chris Gelardi, THECITY | Photo Courtesy THECITY  Trump is poised to ramp up deportation activity in northern states like New York, which has few statewide policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. President-elect Donald Trump has made it clear: His administration will aggressively pursue “mass deportations.” States may seem powerless in the face of such […]

Deportation Defenses and Legal Representation: Navigating the Complexities of U.S. Immigration Law

Deportation Defenses and Legal Representation: Navigating the Complexities of U.S. Immigration Law

By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial credit: Bartolomiej Pietrzyk/ shutterstock.com Increased deportation enforcement, particularly against individuals who have failed to meet asylum criteria or were ordered deported in absentia, has made deportation defense a critical area of immigration law. These proceedings can drastically alter an immigrant’s life, resulting in their removal from the United States, […]

Oversight Agency Says 32,000 Unaccompanied Children Are Missing. But Are They?

Oversight Agency Says 32,000 Unaccompanied Children Are Missing. But Are They?

By Raul Pinto, Immigrationimpact.com | Editorial Credit: PhotopankPL/ shutterstock.com Last month, a federal oversight agency published a report claiming that 32,000 children classified as unaccompanied minors did not show up to their immigration court dates. The report, published by the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, noted that Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]

Do 287(g) Agreements with ICE Make Communities Safer?

Do 287(g) Agreements with ICE Make Communities Safer?

By Juan Avilez, Policy Associate for State and Local Initiatives and Raul Pinto, Deputy Legal Director | Immigration Impact Texas’ SB4 set the tone for the national discourse around immigration enforcement. Since then, certain states have felt emboldened to create their own immigration enforcement regimes, like Iowa and Oklahoma, which enacted equally strict copycat bills. Other […]

Federal Civil Rights Complaint Demands Investigation into Abuse Against Hunger Strikers at New York ICE Jail

Federal Civil Rights Complaint Demands Investigation into Abuse Against Hunger Strikers at New York ICE Jail

Editorial credit: Rebekah Zemansky / Shutterstock.com By Fisayo Okare | Documented Around 40 individuals detained at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility — New York state’s largest immigrant detention center — went on a hunger strike to protest the facility’s policy and practice of locking people in their cells for approximately 18 hours per day, and […]

CeBONDS One Year After its Implementation

CeBONDS One Year After its Implementation

By Raul Pinto & Laila Khan | Immigration Impact Approximately one year ago, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched Cash Electronic Bonds (CeBONDS), a web portal with the stated intent improving how people pay bonds to ICE to secure the release of a loved one from detention. One year in, it’s clear that while […]

Ice Detainees Suffer Preventable Deaths − Q&A With A Medical Researcher About Systemic Failures

Ice Detainees Suffer Preventable Deaths − Q&A With A Medical Researcher About Systemic Failures

By Cara R. Muñoz Buchanan | The Conversation The 2024 Homeland Security appropriations bill increased funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations to handle an anticipated daily detainee population of 41,500, up from an average of 34,000 in recent years. Yet recent studies have exposed cracks that call into question the agency’s ability to medically […]

Commentary: New York for All Act Would Bar Local Police from Cooperating with ICE

Commentary: New York for All Act Would Bar Local Police from Cooperating with ICE

Editorial credit: Matt Gush / Shutterstock.com By Andrew Gounardes and Karines Reyes | Times Union New Yorkers across the political spectrum agree that our nation’s immigration system is broken. The current path to citizenship can take decades to navigate, leaving many families in a state of constant fear of detention and deportation, even when they’ve done […]

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