NEW YORK — The New York City Hall launched a series of videos on Friday with legal information for immigrants seeking asylum in the United States, who have not stopped arriving in this city since August of last year.
The videos, in English and Spanish, contain important information you should know as part of your immigration case, including the role of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), how to update your address with federal agencies -thousands are in shelters in this city-, how to understand immigration documents and what to expect from appointments with ICE and immigration courts.
More than 65,000 immigrants, mostly Venezuelans, have arrived in New York since last year, of which more than 39,400 are in shelters and 120 hotels rented by the city to accommodate them, who are provided with food, social services and legal and schools for children.
This has led to the opening of 130 emergency shelters, after the saturation of the city’s shelters and eight humanitarian aid centers. A center was also opened to connect asylum seekers with various resources, register children in schools, to which videos are now added.
Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement that with these videos, immigrants will be better informed to handle the complex immigration issues they face.
“With legal services in short supply and legal providers overwhelmed, this administration is taking a proactive stance to ensure that asylum seekers have the information they need to understand their immigration case and our legal system,” the commissioner said. from the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, Manuel Castro.
These videos will be on various social media channels and will be played in emergency shelters, Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers (HERRC) and other locations.
2023-05-13 03:37:36
#York #launches #series #videos #inform #immigration #process
