Pregnant Queens mom moved to ICE detention center in Louisiana ahead of deportation wins last-minute stay
A pregnant Queens mom caught in the Trump administration’s immigration net won a last-minute stay of deportation Tuesday — just before federal immigration agents were ...
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Pregnant, Sick, and Fast-Tracked for Deportation
A pregnant and very ill woman being detained and held in isolation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement is being “fast-tracked” for deportation, she and her ...
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NYLAG commends change in NYS court rules requiring judicial warrants for ICE arrests at courthouses
Over the last couple of year ICE has stepped up enforcement in New York courthouses. Their presence there has had a chilling effect on immigrants, ...
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Worse than a wall: Trapping asylum seekers in Mexico
An Op-Ed published in The Hill and written by NYLAG immigration attorney Elizabeth Gibson describes the horrific ramifications of increasingly strict limitations on protections for ...
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We stand with ALL survivors
NYLAG is fighting for survivors—of sexual harassment at work, of forced marriage in one’s country of origin, of sexual assault in the U.S. military, and ...
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NYLAG says “no” to the wall
President Trump declared a national emergency on the border with Mexico on Friday in order to access billions of dollars that Congress refused to give ...
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Sponsors of migrant children face steep transport fees and red tape
NYLAG immigration attorney Crystal Fleming quoted in this article in the New York Times.
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NYLAG strongly disagrees with decision in the Matter of A-B-
Yesterday Jeff Sessions decided that a woman who escaped El Salvador after being beaten and raped with impunity for 15 years should not have been ...
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Give the gift of literary empathy
Check out this socially conscious reading gift guide—with a focus on immigration issues—written by NYLAG immigration attorney Elizabeth Gibson and published in the Huffington Post.
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Domestic violence victims fear deportation for reporting crimes against them
Director of NYLAG's Matrimonial & Family Law Unit, Amanda Beltz, is quoted in this Truthout article.
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