What you should know: A hundred immigrants, most of them Venezuelans, arrived in Manhattan on buses from Texas as the crisis of congested shelters and lack of resources in New York increases. After a war of words between Texas and New York City officials, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on August 5 that his state … Read more
What to Know Hundreds of immigrants have been sent to New York City from Texas with paperwork that diverts them to places where they cannot receive shelter or crucial legal mail. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Adriano Espaillat sent a letter Friday to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas asking what the department was doing to ensure … Read more
Luis Rey Ramírez remembers that it was on April 5, 2013 when a notice from USCIS informed him that his request to benefit from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program had been approved. That was just a year after former President Barack Obama implemented DACA, which allowed hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants … Read more
Summer, alcohol and steering wheel. A combination that could result in fatal accidents in the worst case scenario, as well as thousands of dollars in fines and years in prison. But when it comes to an undocumented driver, an arrest could lead to deportation under the crimes of moral turpitude. New York’s drunk driving laws … Read more
Although the Driver’s License Access and Privacy Act, commonly called the “Green Light Act,” went into effect on December 16, 2019, many undocumented immigrants and recent arrivals still struggle to understand the process of obtaining a license. . Since the passage of the Green Light Law in 2019, more than 750,000 undocumented immigrants meet the … Read more
The New York Department of Labor collaborates with different law enforcement agencies to find and prosecute criminals who have made fraudulent purchases with Excluded Workers Fund (EWF) prepaid cards. According to the department, scammers use EWF recipients’ information to gain access to their assistance cards. Another tactic is to have the card suspended so it … Read more
Mexican-American immigrant rights activist Manuel Castro, who grew up undocumented in the country, was appointed this Friday as head of the New York City Immigration Affairs office (commissioner) of the city’s new mayor, Eric Adams. . Castro, who was until now executive director of the New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) organization, an organization that has … Read more
The fund aimed at supporting undocumented immigrants living in New York will no longer accept new applications and will have exhausted its pot of more than $ 2 billion by the end of the month, announced the office of Governor Kathy Hochul. Since last Friday, no new applications have been accepted for the Excluded Workers … Read more