New York, NY—Today, Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Lewis Kaplan issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) requiring that ICE meet baseline conditions for holding people on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza including proper spacing, bedding, food, water, hygiene, clean clothes, medication, access to a doctor and legal phone calls.

New York, NY—This morning, NYIC President Murad Awawdeh joined Members of Congress Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), and Dan Goldman (NY10) in an oversight visit to MDC Brooklyn, where over 100 immigrants are now being detained under a new ICE-Bureau of Prisons agreement.

Despite ICE denials, video shows people detained for days in inhumane conditions with no change of clothes or showers

Raw video available here, social video available here

New York—Today, newly released video shows what immigrant New Yorkers have been telling their families and attorneys for months: the 10th Floor of 26 Federal Plaza is an ICE detention facility.

New York, NY—Today, federal judge Michael E. Farbiarz of Federal District Court in Newark ruled that Mahmoud Khalil – a legal permanent resident of the United States and Columbia University student activist – be freed from ICE detention. Khalil has been held in a detention facility in Louisiana for three months solely on the basis of his political speech as a student, during which time his wife gave birth to their first child alone.

New York, NY—As the New York State Legislative session comes to a close for FY26, the State Legislature failed moved the New York for All Act (S2235/A3506) and the Language Access Expansion Act (S5535/A4875) which would protect and defend Immigrant New Yorkers.

New York, NY—Today, the Supreme Court of the State of New York issued a preliminary injunction barring Mayor Eric Adams from opening an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office at Rikers.

Murad Awawdeh, President and CEO, New York Immigration Coalition:

“Justice prevailed in New York City today as Mayor Adams was blocked from launching one more attack on our immigrant neighbors.

New York, NY—Today, the Trump administration announced an immediate travel ban barring people from 12 countries from entering the United States. People from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen are banned from entering the U.S., while those from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela will face restrictions.

New York—Today, the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) retained the temporary block on deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. The justices also sent the case back to the federal appeals court, which they directed to examine claims by those who have been detained that they could not be legally deported under the Alien Enemies Act.

New York, NY—Today, Mayor Eric Adams announced the closure of the Asylum Application Help Center by the end of June 2025. The Asylum Application Help Center was launched in 2023, at the former American Red Cross offices, to assist immigrants who had recently arrived in New York City submit their asylum and work authorization applications.

New York, NY—Today, Dr. Badar Khan Suri was released on bail from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention by Virginia U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles. Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow on a student visa at Georgetown University from India, was arrested by masked immigration agents outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia on March 17. Khan Suri was never charged with a crime.