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New York, NY–Today, immigrant rights advocates brought their demand for the inclusion of a pathway to citizenship for 5 million undocumented essential workers, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) beneficiaries, and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients in the next federal infrastructure package to the streets of New York City.
New York, NY-Judge Andrew Hanen, today, ruled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) invalid going forward. In his ruling, Judge Hanen blocked the Department of Homeland Security from approving any new grants of DACA. As of now, the Judge’s order will not impact current DACA recipients or their ability to renew their grants of DACA.
In May 2018, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with six other state Attorneys General, filed a suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
New York, NY-Late Tuesday evening, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer unveiled the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion infrastructure package, which will enact President Joe Biden’s entire social welfare and family aid program. Included in the massive proposal is a pathway to citizenship for millions of Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status recipients, and immigrant essential workers, including hundreds of thousands of immigrant New Yorkers.
New York, NY-Following the release of the New York City’s Department of Education’s (DOE) Academic Recovery Plan (ARP), the New York Immigration Coalition Education Collaborative is sounding the alarm regarding the ARP’s lack of sufficient investments in programs to support immigrant students to fully recover from the academic impact of remote learning.
New York, NY-Today, the New York City Board of Elections’ official vote tallies confirmed that voters elected the most diverse slate of Council Members in the city’s history. In 2022, 35 of the 51-member legislative body will be people of color. Additionally, 29 of the incoming Council Members are women, which marks the first time that the City Council achieved true gender parity.
New York, NY—Today, the Our City, Our Vote (OCOV) coalition, led by the New York Immigration Coalition and United Neighborhood Houses, and NYC Council Member Francisco Moya were joined by immigrant rights and civic engagement advocates, allies, and Queens residents to celebrate securing a super-majority on Intro 1867, which would expand the right to vote in municipal elections to immigrant New Yorkers with legal permanent residence status or work authorization.
New York, NY-Today marks the ninth anniversary of President Barack Obama's historic Rose Garden speech announcing the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The DACA program allowed hundreds of thousands of young people to come out of the shadows and apply for work authorization and protection from deportation for recurring two-year periods.
New York, NY—Today, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), immigrant rights advocates, allies, and immigrant New Yorkers brought their demand for an FY 2022 budget that recognizes immigrants as essential to New York’s recovery to City Hall.
New York, NY—This week, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand affirmed her support for deploying any means necessary, including budget reconciliation, to provide a road to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers. Her statement comes after New York representatives Yvette Clarke, Adriano Espaillat, Mondaire Jones, Grace Meng, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Nydia Velázquez made the same commitment last month.
Albany, NY-Following the end of the legislative session in Albany, immigrant rights advocates, led by the New York Immigration Coalition, celebrated several historic wins—including the creation of a $2.1 billion fund for excluded workers and the passage of the NY HERO Act, which ensures the protection of millions of front-line workers, regardless of immigration status by creating permanent, enforceable health and safety standards to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other airborne infectious diseases in the workplace.
