New York, NY—Citing an anti-Asian backlash caused by the disinformation spread around the coronavirus, immigration advocates are calling for a calm and measured response throughout the city. In response to reports of discrimination against Asian New Yorkers, Steve Choi, the Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition, issued the following statement:
“Let’s be clear, coronavirus is a public health issue and not a question of race, nationality, or immigration-status.
New York, NY-On Thursday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot an unarmed individual in an attempt to arrest an immigrant New Yorker outside his Brooklyn home—ICE did not have a judicial warrant to effectuate the arrest. This follows a sustained campaign by ICE to attack New York's policies to protect immigrants.
New York, NY—Yesterday, the acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would immediately suspend enrollment in Global Entry and several other Trusted Traveler Programs (TTP) for all New York state residents.
The report offers recommendations for improving legal services, calls for a guarantee of legal representation for immigrant New Yorkers, and a $25 million investment in immigration legal and related services
New York, NY—The New York Immigration Coalition, in partnership with Brooklyn Law School’s Safe Harbor Clinic and the Immigrant Advocates Response Collaborative, today released a new report entitled No Safe Harbor: The Landscape of Immigration Legal Services in New York (2020). The report comes amid heightened enforcement efforts and an awareness of the challenges faced by immigrants navigating our complex systems without representation or language access.
New York, NY—In response to President Trump’s State of the Union, which featured several mentions of his immigration policy agenda, Steve Choi, Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition gave the following statement:
“President Trump’s State of the Union speech made one thing abundantly clear—we're going even further down the rabbit hole, and there's dark days ahead for America.
New York, NY—Today, President Donald Trump announced an expansion of the travel ban to include Burma, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania. Immigrant visas were restricted for Kyrgyzstan, Burma, Eritrea, and Nigeria. Sudan and Tanzania have diversity visas suspended.
