New York, NY-With negotiations around another stimulus package stalling in Washington, advocates denounced the continued exclusion of immigrants from any Federal relief. According to available data, immigrants make up nearly half of the nation’s essential workers on the front lines of this pandemic while being disproportionately impacted by the virus and struggling to survive during these uncertain times.

New York, NY—This week, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), the nation’s largest coalition of immigrant rights organizations, launched an ad campaign calling on President-Elect Joe Biden, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Congress to lead the way in demanding the incoming administration “right the wrongs'' of the last four years and transform America’s broken immigration system.

New York, NY-Today, the Trump administration finalized new regulations that would annihilate the country’s asylum system. The rules raise the standard of proof for migrants hoping to obtain asylum and allow immigration judges to deny applications for protection without allowing migrants to present their case in court.

New York, NY-Today, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Health and Human Services (HHS) agency announced that the Federal COVID-19 vaccine program would no longer mandate participating states to acquire and share personal information, such as drivers licenses or social security numbers, of residents who receive the vaccine.

New York, NY-Today, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments regarding President Trump’s memo excluding undocumented individuals from the 2020 Census count for the purposes of congressional apportionment. In July, the New York Immigration Coalition, the ACLU, New York Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Texas, ACLU of Southern California, and Arnold & Porter brought a lawsuit, New York Immigration Coalition V. Trump, which challenged President Trump’s memo.

New York, NY-This morning, the New York Immigration Coalition led advocates in a celebration of Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris’ overwhelming sweep of New York State and their campaign’s victory in the 2020 elections. Across the country, immigrant communities and people of color helped take back the “blue wall” states of Pennsylvania and Michigan as well as flipping formerly deep-red states like Georgia.

New York, NY—Yesterday, US District Judge Jesse M. Furman issued a decision that the Department of Homeland Security illegally ejected more than 800,000 New Yorkers from the Trusted Traveler Program (TTP), which lets vetted travelers avoid long security lines at airports and land borders.

New York, NY-On Monday afternoon, the Supreme Court set aside a Ninth Circuit court order that extended counting efforts for the 2020 Census through October 31, allowing the Trump administration to end counting soon.  SCOTUS’ decision could mean that all counting efforts and outreach will end in the next few days.

New York, NY-Under an expanded Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expedited removal policy, any individual anywhere in the country can be deported in as quickly as a day and with no due process. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be able to utilize the policy once they complete a mandatory training course.

New York, NY—On Wednesday afternoon, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit rejected the Trump administration’s appeal for a stay on Judge Koh’s order that the headcount for the 2020 Census continue through October 31, while allowing the Census Bureau to continue to try to meet a December 31, 2020, statutory reporting deadline.