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News Archive for "Immigration"

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LAS: Trump’s Proposed Deportation Plan Will Devastate Families

The Legal Aid Society is condemning a plan by President-elect Donald Trump to carry out mass deportation.

LAS Condemns Mayor’s Xenophobic Raid on New Arrivals

The Mayor has ordered a temporary displacement and search and seizure of the roughly 3,000 individuals at Randall's Island.

Attorneys: Restricted Phone Access Prompts Hunger Strikes in ICE Detention

The New York Immigrant Family Unity Project is reporting a sudden termination of the free call minutes program at ICE detention facilities.

LAS Condemns Biden Order to Severely Limit Asylum Seekers

The order deprives migrants who are fleeing persecution in their home countries access to safe harbor and due process.

LAS Secures Landmark Ruling to Protect Against Excessive ICE Detention

Today's ruling from the Second Circuit clarifies that ICE cannot incarcerate individuals for unreasonably prolonged periods of time without a bond hearing.

Defenders: Mayor’s Plan Could Result in Thousands Transferred to ICE Custody

The Mayor’s call to upend NYC’s detainer law would throw local criminal court proceedings into chaos and perpetuate family separation.

New Yorkers Rally Against Eviction of Asylum Seekers

Legal Aid joined elected officials and a range of homelessness and immigration advocates a day before the City is expected to begin evicting families with children from shelter.

LAS: Housing Families with Children at Floyd Bennett Field is Unacceptable

A tour of the facility revealed that it falls woefully short of providing the accommodations that this vulnerable population needs and deserves.

LAS: City Must Not House New Arrivals in Tents

Passing out tents as winter approaches is a mockery of the City’s legal and moral obligation to provide safe shelter to people without homes.

LAS Condemns City’s Plan to House Families with Children in Cubicles

Private rooms, not open cubicles, are needed to ensure the safety of families with children and to reduce the transmission of infectious disease.