What you should know New York City will take steps to end its contract with a medical services company contracted to house and care for a recent influx of international immigrants. Mayor Eric Adams’ office said Tuesday that the city will not renew its contract with DocGo before it expires on May 5 and will … Read more
Austin. A lawyer defending Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the United States illegally announced to a panel of federal judges on Wednesday that the law may have “gone too far,” but that will be up to the court to decide. The comment was made to a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court … Read more
What you should know Department of Buildings (DOB) inspectors were called Wednesday afternoon to investigate reports of an illegal conversion inside a two-story commercial building in East Kingsbridge Road in the Fordham neighborhood. Upon arrival, they discovered that one of the shops in the building had been converted into an illegal dormitory. The DOB said … Read more
What you should know The comments marked the mayor’s harshest rebuke to date of so-called sanctuary laws adopted by New York over the past decade, which aimed to protect the city’s immigrant population by limiting how local agencies can assist in efforts federal detention and deportation. “The mere fact that we can’t share with ICE … Read more
What you should know Authorities arrested a man after a violent incident last Thursday inside a migrant shelter in New York City, in which some police officers were assaulted. The incident occurred on Thursday morning at the shelter located on Randall’s Island, which has been the scene of controversy since it opened with a tent. … Read more
What you should know According to a statement, the city will increase the cut in spending on “asylum seekers” by 10%, as the city describes recently arrived immigrants, after applying a “successful” 20% cut in the items dedicated to them, which has allowed more than 1.7 billion dollars to be returned to the coffers. Adams … Read more
At this moment, more than 17,000 immigrant children and adolescents New arrivals who live in the municipal shelter system, the vast majority coming from the Caribbean and South America, have the complete security of a desk in the 1,800 public schools of New York City, which almost none of them are aware of, is whether … Read more
What you should know New York City will expand curfew to more migrant shelters following violent incidents attributed to people in migrant shelters. Facts that have attracted national attention in recent weeks. Mayor Eric Adams’ administration will impose an 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. check-in time at 20 migrant shelters starting Monday, after imposing initially … Read more
According to research published this Thursday by The New York Times (TNYT) A group of immigrants who arrived last summer are suing members of the National Guard for millions of dollars before the Manhattan Federal Court. for alleged sexual misconduct and to the contractor company DocGO, for allegedly having committed abuse and violent acts. The … Read more
The migration crisis in the Big Apple takes on other dimensions, to mutate to more complicated scenarios. It is no longer about the collapse of municipal shelters and the financial stress faced by the arrival of thousands of people, who take advantage of the local norm of the right to shelter. Now another question arises: … Read more