“Kids in Cages” at the Border Find Terra Firma in the Bronx
Unaccompanied children who come alone from Central America to seek asylum in the United States have complex legal, medical…
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Immigrant and Labor Activists Pay Bezos a Visit on Prime Day
Outside Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently-purchased Manhattan apartment, warehouse workers and immigration activists delivered more than 270,000 petitions calling…
Amid Threat of Raids, Queens Prepares to Stand Up to ICE
In the face of President Trump’s promised raids against undocumented immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), activists and…
Double-Jeopardy Immigration Laws Threaten Democracy
I am part of a movement of people who believe that migration is a human right, that every person…
Calls Continue for Microsoft to Sever Ties with ICE
When the bells of Saint Thomas cathedral tolled 5 pm on June 25, sweaty tourists nearby on Fifth Avenue,…
With her husband in detention, an undocumented Honduran mother of three tries to hold her family together in the Trump Era.
Watch: Activists March In Solidarity With Immigrant Rights Leaders At ICE HQ
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Worries Grow Census Data Could Be Used to Target the Undocumented
But if noncitizens do not respond, they could be undercounted, lowering federal funding for areas with large immigrant populations like New York City.
The ABCs of Austerity: Adult Literacy Classes Face Budget Axe
Julio Forbes sneaks into the intermediate ESL class almost half an hour late, red folder in hand and ready…
ICE Breakers: Public Defenders are Standing Up for their Undocumented Clients in More Ways than One
The increasing detention of undocumented immigrants inside New York City courthouses is spurring protests from the public defenders who…