NYIC Hosts Roundtable To Step Up Support And Focus On Long Island
The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) hosted a roundtable discussion with more than 20 community organizations on September 7 at the Sisters of St....
Stories For Liberation: Now Is Our Time
{:en}This story from a Long Beach High School student leader is dedicated to every young person who has found a connection with a family...
ICE Issuing Notice to Appear for Court With “Fake Dates”
Immigrants in Texas have been showing up for immigration court hearings recently only to find that the court does not have their cases on...
New Long Island Project Provides Free Legal Representation For Family Separation Cases And Other...
As hundreds of families separated at the border by Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy were finally reunited and headed to Long Island, many wondered if they...
Advocates: LI Congressman Holds Roundtable Without Key Community Stakeholders
Congressman Lee Zeldin held a roundtable on immigration issues today at Suffolk County Community College in Riverhead with law enforcement officials, but advocates argue...
Stories for Liberation: Words
{:en}“He doesn’t know, I am a man.” In a small writing circle at Hofstra University where young Dreamers, community elders, organizational leaders, and activists...
Residents Sue Islip To Dismantle Allegedly Unfair Voting System
A group of Islip residents are suing the Town of Islip in an attempt to change the local voting system from an “at-large” system...
Woodward Describes How DACA Compromise Was Killed
Bob Woodward’s new book Fear delves into the decision making within the Trump administration on immigration policy. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes the collapse...
Sessions Aims To Expand Immigration Judge Corps By 50 Percent
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced today that he wants to increase the number of immigration judges by 50 percent by the end of the...
Records: Migrant Children Have Contemplated Suicide, As Family Separation Draws Out
Reporting from ProPublica has revealed that separated children are suffering from mental disorders and have even contemplated suicide as a result of their plight....
Kavanaugh Ruled Against Legal Precedent To Side Against Workers
This week’s Supreme Court hearings on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court offer some insight into his views on immigration. One...
Trump Administration Proposes Detaining Immigrant Babies Indefinitely and Ending State Oversight Of Conditions
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will issue a proposed regulation on Friday designed to skirt the protections for children apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico...
NYIC: Seek Legal Assistance ASAP To Renew Your DACA
A recently published survey has found that many Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients have not yet renewed, despite federal court decisions that...
Trump’s Attack On Legal Immigration Hurting Businesses, Including On Long Island
Trump’s sustained attack on immigrants, both undocumented and authorized, is damaging businesses across the United States, including on Long Island.
As the New York Times...
Judge Rejects Texas Demand That DACA End Immediately
On Friday, in Texas v. United States, Judge Andrew Hanen ruled against issuing a preliminary injunction shutting down the DACA program.
The ruling was...
Long Island Nonprofits Mobilize To Help Immigrants Become Citizens
Nassau Suffolk Law Services and the Suffolk County Bar Association are launching a new project to help permanent residents in Suffolk County apply for...