New York Elected Officials and Puerto Rico Advocates Hold Emergency Press Conference at SOMOS Puerto Rico. Fuera ICE de las escuelas, fuera ICE de Puerto Rico / ICE out of our schools, ICE out of Puerto Rico

One day after the Puerto Rico Senate approved a weakened student protection bill, and following weeks of escalating ICE raids across the island, New York leaders stand with Puerto Rican and Dominican advocates to defend every child's right to learn safely

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SAN JUAN, P.R.–New York State elected officials, Puerto Rican and Dominican community leaders, and immigrant rights advocates gathered tonight at the Caribe Hilton during the SOMOS Puerto Rico conference to demand that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stay out of Puerto Rico's schools and end its escalating enforcement operations across the island.

New York, NY—Yesterday, a U.S. judge ruled that New York can continue enforcing its statewide ban on law officers working with federal immigration agents to make civil arrests. The judge also rejected the injunction on another law giving Attorney General Letitia James the authority to investigate sheriffs who cooperate with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

New York, NY—Today, NYC Mayor Mamdani released a letter calling on private New York City garage and parking lot owners to prevent and block United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from using their property as a staging area for their enforcement operations and terrorizing New Yorkers.

New York, NY—Today, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot a New Yorker in the Bronx. More than two dozen people have been shot by federal immigration officers in the last year. 

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

“ICE’s violent tactics are a clear danger to all New Yorkers, as today’s shooting in a residential neighborhood demonstrates.

New York, NY—Today, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration, allowing it to resume fast track deportations of immigrants to third-party countries other than their countries of origin, while the legal challenge to the policy continues. The Supreme Court also announced that it will hear oral arguments at the end of this year to determine its final ruling.

A new federal rule governing “public charge” – a test used in certain immigration decisions, such as applying for a green card  – takes effect September 18, 2026. Public charge rules are used to determine whether a person is likely to become primarily dependent on the government for support.

New York, NY—Today, the Trump administration published a proposal for major changes to how the United States government produces census results for Census 2030, which includes excluding U.S. residents who live, work, and contribute to their communities but do not hold citizenship or a green card and eliminating questions about race and ethnicity.

New York, NY—Today, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador was set to expire, leaving 17,00 New Yorkers on the pathway to detention and deportation. Under federal law, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is required to publish its decision in the Federal Register at least 60 days before a TPS designation expires as to whether to extend or terminate the designation.

New York, NY—On August 21, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), in their federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s indefinite suspension of immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries.

New York, NY—Earlier this week, the Justice Department adopted a sweeping new legal interpretation designed to compel states to assist the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns.

The administration’s Office of Legal Counsel outlined a new path for the federal government to yank federal funding from states that don’t aid the administration’s mass deportation push.