Proposed legislation would secure immigrants’ legal rights Photos and videos available here Livestream is available here Albany, NY—Today, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), partners, legal service providers, immigrant New...
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Immigration Advocates and Lawmakers Rally to Demand $165M for Legal Services in Budget, Passage of the Access to Representation and BUILD Acts
As American Troops Withdraw from Afghanistan, Immigrant Rights Advocates Demand Expedited Visa Processing and Expansion of Refugee Program
New York, NY-As nearly two decades of U.S. occupation of Afghanistan come to a close, the New York Immigration Coalition calls on the Biden Administration to expedite refugee resettlement efforts...
NY Immigrant Rights Advocates Decry Parliamentarian’s Opinion on Immigration in Budget Reconciliation Package
New York, NY—Today, the Senate Parliamentarian, an unelected bureaucrat, ruled that Congressional Democrats’ plan to provide temporary work permits without a roadmap to citizenship, does not meet the Senate requirements...
Immigrant Rights Advocates Demand Justice for Buffalo Victims of White Supremacist Mass Shooting
Buffalo, New York—Earlier today, ten people lost their lives and three people were injured at a Buffalo-area NY TOPS supermarket after a white supremacist opened fire on them. “We are...
New York Immigrant Rights Advocates Demand US Welcome As Many Ukrainian Refugees As Possible
New York, NY–In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent armed conflict and extraordinary conditions, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) called for an immediate designation of Temporary...
Immigrant Rights Advocates Hail Partial End of Immigration Ban
New York, NY-Yesterday, President Joe Biden revoked his predecessor’s extremist immigrant visa ban. Last spring, the Trump administration halted the issuance of green cards until the end of 2020 citing...
Staff Series: Mozeak Speaks
...way that I didn’t know was possible. Except for watching things like Game of Thrones or fictional things. But when it happens in real life, when someone who is literally...
DACA Recipients, Immigrant Advocates and Elected Officials Rally to Celebrate DACA’s 10th Anniversary, Call for a Pathway to Citizenship
...them have ever really known, yet they unfairly remain in a state of uncertainty threatening their stability, their families and their futures. It’s on Congress to finally deliver a pathway...
Immigrant Roots: Kelly Harry, Creator of UndocumentedFinance.com
...the United States. I grew up in Brooklyn, in Mill Basin, not too far from King’s Plaza Mall. I didn’t know that I was undocumented until high school. My school...
We Are Alejandro & Carmen and We Are Ready
...communities? Alejandro: There’s a lot of misinformation about undocumented immigrants, and a lot of that misinformation comes from a place of fear; of not knowing who people are. This is...