NBC News: Venezuelan migrants apply for temporary protected status with renewed urgency as deportations are set to resume
The new expansion of temporary protected status (TPS) for recent arrivals from Venezuela has positively impacted millions but there is a fear those who've arrived ...
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Statement: NYLAG Celebrates Venezuelan TPS Announcement
We at NYLAG are thrilled that recent arrivals from Venezuela will now be protected and better able to pursue a path toward work authorization and ...
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Financial Planning Magazine: The Price of Escape-Why Ukrainian Refugees are Losing their Savings in America
NYLAG’s Jodi Ziesemer spoke to Financial Planning about the financial hardship many Ukrainians face when they seek refuge in the U.S. to escape the war ...
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Testimony: City’s Shelter Policies for Recent Immigrants are Discriminatory
NYLAG’s Deborah Berkman testified before the New York City Council Committees on General Welfare and Immigration about the harms of a recently implemented 60-day limit ...
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Gothamist: DoorDash, Legal Group Set to Deliver Free Legal Clinics on Immigration to Workers
NYLAG’s Immigrant Protection Unit is partnering with DoorDash to offer free immigration legal clinics for its New York City delivery workers.
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DoorDash and New York Legal Assistance Group Partner to Provide Free Immigration Legal Clinics for Dashers
NYLAG’s Immigrant Protection Unit is partnering with DoorDash to offer a free immigration legal clinic for New York City delivery workers.
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New York Times: New Migrants Have a Year to Apply for Asylum. Many Won’t Make It.
NYLAG’s Jodi Ziesemer spoke to the New York Times about the long, confusing, and tedious application process required of migrants seeking asylum. Even for those ...
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NY1: Long Lines and Hearing Delays Reflect a Broken Immigration System for Asylum Seekers
NYLAG’s Jodi Ziesemer spoke to NY1 about how asylum seekers are being impacted by delays and dysfunction in the immigration system, including unfair deportation orders ...
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Gothamist: NYC’s Immigration Court Delays Could Jeopardize Migrants’ Chance at Asylum
NYLAG’s Melissa Chua and Grace Choi spoke to Gothamist about how chaos and delays outside of immigration court in New York City are jeopardizing immigrants’ ...
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Documented: Migrants Struggle to Find Lawyers to Meet One Year Deadline to File for Asylum
NYLAG's Jodi Ziesemer spoke with Documented about the demand for free legal services for asylum-seekers in New York City, one year after thousands were bussed ...
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