Advocates and Lawmakers Rally to Demand $165M for Immigration Legal Services Funding, Passage of Access to Representation Act and BUILD Act

Advocates and Lawmakers Rally to Demand $165M for Immigration Legal Services Funding, Passage of Access to Representation Act and BUILD Act

By The New York Immigration Coalition | Photo courtesy of The New York Immigration Coalition While Trump administration attempts mass deportations, proposed legislation would secure immigrants’ legal rights. New York—Today, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), partners, legal service providers, immigrant New Yorkers, and allies rallied at the New York State Capitol in support of […]

For Immigration Policy Experts and Immigrant New Yorkers, Hochul’s Silence in State of the State Address Was Loud

For Immigration Policy Experts and Immigrant New Yorkers, Hochul’s Silence in State of the State Address Was Loud

By Fisayo Okare, DOCUMENTED | Editorial credit: Ben Von Klemperer / shutterstock.com In what is likely to be the most consequential year for immigrant New Yorkers in decades, Gov. Kathy Hochul said nothing about protecting immigrant New Yorkers, the state collaborating with or resisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, or anything related to Trump’s […]

How New York Can Defend Against Trump’s Mass Deportations

How New York Can Defend Against Trump’s Mass Deportations

By Zach Ahmad , New York Civil Liberties Union | Editorial credit: Ameer Mussard-Afcari / shutterstock.com Trump’s efforts to expel millions of immigrants are a threat to all of us. New York State is home to nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants. Most of them have lived in New York for more than a decade. They are our […]

Strengthening Protections for Vulnerable Communities in NYC

Strengthening Protections for Vulnerable Communities in NYC

By Esther Claudette Gittens | Editorial Credit: shu2260 / shutterstock.com  New York City, a global symbol of resilience and opportunity, faces deep-rooted challenges in addressing the needs of its vulnerable communities. Amid growing economic inequality, housing insecurity, and healthcare disparities, low-income families, immigrants, elderly residents, and others face systemic barriers to stability and prosperity. Addressing […]

Why Immigrants Voted for Trump

Why Immigrants Voted for Trump

By Clarissa Leon, DocuentedNY |Editorial Credit: mikeledray / shutterstock.com  Outside poll sites in public schools, museums and libraries, immigrant New Yorkers made their case for why they supported former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris. Crime, public safety, the economy and women’s reproductive rights were overarching concerns, but in the midst of exiting […]