CityLimits: Newly Arrived Immigrant Youth Face Challenges to School Enrollment
Federal law dictates that youth and young adults under 21 experiencing homelessness should be enrolled in school immediately but CityLimits spoke with various organizations working ...
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CityLimits: Mayor Touts Latest—Lower—Cost Estimate For Sheltering New Immigrant Arrivals
Melissa Chua, co-director of NYLAG’s Immigrant Protection Unit discussed with CityLimits the concerns and contradictions surrounding the Mayor’s handling of recently arrived immigrants in shelters ...
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Bloomberg Law: New York Migrant Surge Sparks Need for Legal Interpreters
The recent increase of immigrants in New York has highlighted the need for legal interpreters fluent in less common languages, as they are crucial for ...
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NYLAG on CBS New York: The impact of budget cuts on legal services for recently arrived immigrants
Budget cuts reflected in the City's November Program to Eliminate the Gap (PEG) further defund the Rapid Response Legal Collaborative—a program through which NYLAG provides ...
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El estatus de protección temporal (TPS)
Un taller sobre el estatus de protección temporal (TPS) y cómo funciona el proceso:
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City Limits: Mayor’s Budget Cuts to Impact Legal Services, English Classes for City’s Immigrants
Despite an increased demand in legal services with appropriate expertise for recently arrived immigrants, the city recently announced budget cuts to the Rapid Response Legal ...
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Yarys Lopez and NYLAG Honored as Robin Hood 2023 Heroes
Yarys Lopez, longtime NYLAG client and now Pro Se Plus Project volunteer, was recognized as one of Robin Hood's 2023 Heroes.
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NEW REPORT: How Overenforcement Robs Asylum Seekers of Their Day in Court
Thousands of asylum seekers are ordered removed and exposed to the horrors of detention and deportation due to overenforcement, through no fault of their own. ...
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Documented: Deportation Orders Reach 25 Year Height as Migrants Miss Notices in Shelter Shuffle
The absence of stable housing has made it very difficult for immigrants to track important hearing dates they must attend that are only being sent ...
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Testimony: Legal Services for Asylum Seekers in New York City
Melissa Chua, the Associate Director of the Immigration Protection Unit at the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), spoke before the New York City Council ...
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